

Nova Scotia has an estimated forest area of 

 5,744,000 acres of her total land area of 13,483,000 

 acres made up of hemlock, pine, birch, oak and 

 maple, to the extent of about ten billion feet of 

 merchantable, coniferous, saw timber, five billion 

 feet of hardwoods, and eight billion feet of red 

 spruce and hemlock. Her valuable reserve of 

 pulpwood is figured out at twenty-four million 

 cords. Though possessing such extensive timber 

 resources, the greater part of which is yet 

 untouched, Nova Scotia ranks only fifth in her 

 lumber cut among the provinces of the Dominion, 

 and offers remarkable inducements to those who 

 bring capital and initiative to the exploitation of 

 her forests. 



Exports Increasing Steadily 



Canada is one of the first lumber producing 

 countries of the globe, exporting from her shores 

 five-sixths of her gigantic lumber cut, and the 

 province of Nova Scotia contributes her share 

 to this export trade. The peninsular province is 

 situated convenient to the most important trade 

 routes, and has excellent ports and shipping 

 facilities which considerably facilitate the export 

 trade to those lumber concerns operating in the 

 province. Of her lumber cut and manufactures 

 in 1920, amounting to nearly $24,000,000, 

 seventy-five per cent was exported and twenty- 

 five per cent consumed by the home demand. 

 Of the total amount approximately thirty per 

 cent went to the United States, twenty-five per 

 cent to the United Kingdom, ten per cent to 

 Upper Canada, and ten per cent to the West 

 Indies, South America and Newfoundland. 



An important section of the lumber industry 

 of Nova Scotia, and one which in common with 

 the rest of the Dominion is showing a yearly 

 increasing activity in value and output, is pulp 

 and paper, which promises yet greater develop- 

 ment owing to the propinquity of resources and 

 mills to the world's markets facing a shortage. 

 In 1919, there were seven pulp and paper mills 

 in the province, all using the mechanical or 

 ground-wood process. In 1920, these were 

 supplemented by the mill at Wolfville, whilst 

 that at Bear River was considerably extended 

 and its output increased. About one and a 

 quarter million dollars is invested in the pulp 

 and paper industry in the province. 



The past few years have seen a growing 

 interest on the part of both the Government and 

 people in the preservation of the provincial 

 forests, which constitute so valuable an asset, 

 and this has resulted in the establishment of 

 systems of reforestation, and methods of con- 

 servation and fire protection. 



Whilst almost two-thirds of the total area of 

 the province is classed as timber land, thousands 

 of acres have been completely devastated by fire, 

 and the policy of the province is now not only 

 to replant these enormous sections, but to take 

 adequate steps to prevent future depredations 

 by this blight. 



Departmental Publications 



Any of the following publications will be sent free on 

 request. 



Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A descriptive statistical 

 booklet on the three prairie provinces with full information on 

 the West. 



The Western Provinces of Canada. Booklet devoted to history, 

 progress, development, and possibilities of Western Canada. 



The Park Lands of Central Alberta. Descriptive of the area 

 tributary to the Calgary and Edmonton line of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway in Alberta. History, description of soils, develop- 

 ment, lands open for settlement, and information for settlers. 



Irrigation Farming In Sunny Alberta. Full description of 

 Alberta's irrigated lands, their progress, production and 

 possibilities. 



Improved Farms in Eastern Canada. Lists of unoccupied farms 

 in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, together 

 with area, adaptability and prices. 



List of Improved Farms in the Annapolis Valley. Index to farm 

 openings in the beautiful Nova Scotia valley, extent of holdings, 

 and prices. 



Business and Industrial Opportunities in Western Canada. Full 

 listings of industries existing and business openings in the provinces 

 of Western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British 

 Columbia. 



Canadian Pacific Reserve Farm Lands in Lloydminster and 

 Battleford Districts. Information of Canadian Pacific lands in 

 these districts, history, farming information, progress, and 

 possibilities. 



What Some Settlers Have Done in Western Canada. Stories 

 told by settlers from many lands, of the success they have achieved 

 on Western lands. 



Canada's System of Government. Canadian government briefly 

 outlined to portray its democratic traits. 



The Story of Canadian Nickel. History of the nickel mining 

 industry. 



Canadian Oil Exploitation and Prospects. An expert engineer's 

 history of Canadian oil development and future possibilities. 



Canadian Water Power Development. Authoritative and 

 exhaustive survey of water power reserves and possible 

 development. 



Paper Pulp from Flax Straw. An investigation engineer shows the 

 possibility of the development of a new industry in the West. 



A Canadian Grain Handling Plant. How Canadian grain is 

 stored and shipped. Authoritative article on Canadian elevators. 



Value of a Settler to Canadian Railroads. Computation from 

 reliable statistics of a farming settler's revenue-producing worth 

 to Canadian railroads. 



Returned Soldier Land Settlement Scheme. Details of settle- 

 ment conditions of returned soldiers on the Company's lands in 

 Western Canada. 



Bituminous Sands of the Athabasca Region. Description with 

 known values, and possibilities of development of the widely 

 known tar sands of Northern Alberta. 



The New Canadian Oil Field. Dealing with the Arctic oil region 

 of the new strike. 



Water Powers of the Maritimes. Authoritative article on the 

 undeveloped power systems of the Eastern provinces. 



Water Powers of Manitoba. The water powers of this province 

 dealt with exhaustively. 



Oleomargarine. History of oleomargarine in Canada and its futi re 

 prospects. 



Synopses of Natural Resources. Forty-five pamphlets dealing 

 briefly but concisely with Kaolin or China Clay. Oil Shales, 

 Mica. Fluor-spar, Asbestos, Molybdenum, Magnesite, Fruit, 

 Flax Fibre, Nickel, Coal, Clays, Salt, Copper. Zinc. Silver. Gold. 

 Pyrites, Iron, Potash, Talc, Feldspar, Platinum, Phosphate 

 (apatite), Manganese, Graphite, Cement, Barytes, Gypsum, 

 Irrigation, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Corundum, Sulphates of 

 Sodium and Magnesium, Timber and Pulpwood, Fish, Fur, 

 Peat, Grazing Lands, Mineral Waters, Building and Ornamental 

 Stone, Whaling, Sealing, Whe at, Oats and Barley, and Water 

 Powers. 



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