AtililCULlUItAL liE.SOUECES. lOl 



tlie Geological Sur\ey it is .stated that the rise I'rctin tlie sea to' 

 the level of Deer Lake is only ten feet. Deer Lake tlironj;li 

 which the Huniber Hows is fifteen miles in leiii^tli ami three in 

 breadth. Around it, es])e('ially to the eastward and n<irUiward, 

 is a fine expanse ni' Hat rolling country, rearliiiig i\^\■■<\v in tlie 

 former dii'ection towai-ds (Iraml Lake. 



The reader is referred lo the previous chapter, nn tlie new 

 line of railway, for an acronnt of tlie agiicidturnl, hiinliering 

 and mineral resources of the Great Humber Valley and the Bay 

 of Island.s. Tliere it is >liown tliat the area of the Hundjer 

 Valley is 800 S(piare iiiile>, of whicli fully oni'dialf contains soil 

 of a superior chaiacter, capalile of lieing cultivated to ailvantage. 

 The forest wealth is al-o great ; wliile half (d' the reiiiaiiiiug 400 

 Sf[uare miles coni}iare la\()uraVily with most of the laud cleared 

 and cultivated on the eastern sea-board Oue sliiking feature of 

 this region is the new cnal tield recently disco\ered iu the 

 vicinity of Grand Lake, ;iud whicli is now being tested. The 

 .splendid herring ti she ly of Lay of Islands will be greatly bene- 

 fited by the opeiung of till' railway and will speedily develojie 

 into very large pro[iortion.--. 



C<):\ll'AKATIVE KKl'OKT. 



The Eeport of tlu' (ieological Survey remarks: — '-Thousands 

 of scj^uare miles have been laid out in townshij)s, and already 

 h-ettled, in Canada, eitlui' for the purjjose of lundx'iing or farm- 

 ing, on tlie northern shores of Lake Huron and many parts of 

 the Lower Provinces, far inferior in most respects to this I'cgion 

 of Newfoundland, which tliere can scarcely be a dr)ubt is cap- 

 able of sujiporting a very large population." In this valley of 

 the Humber many thousands might find employment iu agiicul- 

 ture, while those living on the lower reaches of the riser and on 

 the banks of the Sound could comlnne fishing, lundjering and 

 ship-building Avitli faiiuing. 



IJO>Ts'E BAY. 



North of the Lay of Islands another fine bay opens named 

 Eonne Bay, the sceneiy of which is verv fine. It has not vet 



