A(ii;[cri;iTi;Ai. UKsoriicKs. liM 



THK FOKKSTS Ol" THK KXPLOITS. 



Next in I 111 Ici' as a luinlici-hit^' country is tlie Explnils Vallc-y. 

 wliieh contains a very larg'c tinantity of jnne ami otlu-r valualile 

 timber, to whieli refei-ence has already Leeu made. The report 

 already i| noted says: "Between the Grand Falls and Badger 

 Brook, at many ]iarts on lioth sides of the main river, pine 

 nourishes luxuriantly, uuk Ii of MJiicli ajipears to Ik- of excellent 

 quality, heing often oi' fail- diameter, straight and tall. These 

 reaches also display a tine growth of other A'arieties of (iniher ; 

 and at some i)arts, es])ecially ahove tlie forks of Sandy Brook, 

 white birch often attains a \ery large size. About Red Indian 

 Lake there i> a sii]hi1i growtli of pine, and spruce of large size, 

 straight and tall. . . . '• The southern side of the Exploits 

 jH'esents an unbnikiu dense forest, in a series of gentle undula- 

 tions, far as the eye can reach. From the Victoria Ttiver to the 

 lieail of the Ited Indian Lake, the country i- well-tiiiiliere(l 

 throughoul." . . . " Witli a splendid river, almiidaiit timber 

 and a feilile soil, tliis reginn is marked out hn- a prosperous 



settlement.'" 



THK m>IIJKK FORESTS. 



The valli'V of the Humljer is another district lidily wooded, 

 where lumlicring operations have been carried on for many years 

 on an extensive scale. " Tamarack or juniper is not rare ; yellow 

 birch of large dimensions are abundant ; white pine ami spiiice 

 grow in the greatest profusion, frequently of a size and ([uality 

 not greatly inferior, if not eipial to the best that is now brought 

 to market into (rasjie and other parts of the Lower I'loviiice of 

 Canada." 



Mr. McLeod, a Canadian civil engineer, said in his Report of 

 1875 : — " To give a rough estimate of the extent of tine timbered 

 land from the mouth of the Humber to the Grand Lake Brook, 

 I should say that in all there is not less than 20 s(piare miles, 

 ■which would on the average yield live trees of from 1,000 to 

 2,500 superficial feet each to the acre. This would give 3,200 

 trees to the square mile, which at an average board measurement 

 of say 1,500 feet, gives per square mile 4,800,000 sipiare feet. 



