building, machines and tools, crucible steel, 

 clothing, textile, paints and varnishes, distillery, 

 breweries and electrical machinery. 



Centre of Canadian Automobile Industry 



There are many developments taking place 

 throughout the area of the Border Cities illus- 

 trative of the faith in this section on the part of 

 foreign manufacturers, and illustrative of that 

 greater future the area is destined to experience. 

 At Objibway the Canadian Steel Corporation, 

 a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company, 

 has a two thousand acre site upon which all work 

 preliminary to actual plant construction is 

 already completed at a cost of $5,000,000. 

 This includes huge docks extending half a mile 

 inland and capable of handling at one time eight 

 of the largest steamers. The foundations of 

 blast furnaces and wire mill are all in. 



The automobile industry in Canada is con- 

 tinually increasing in importance, which means 

 the further development of the Border Cities, 

 which is the centre of the industry. The Ford 

 Motor Company of Canada is to erect a new 

 plant on a site of 125 acres to cost approximately 

 $6,000,000, capable of doubling the present 

 output and turning out five hundred cars per 

 day. It is further reported that Dodge Brothers 

 are to shortly put up a large plant in the area 

 and that the Reo Motor Car Company has 

 purchased fifteen acres for a similar purpose. 



The Border Cities, from their location and 

 conveniences, are suited to practically all lines 

 of manufacture, and manufacturers are coming 

 to discover this in ever greater numbers. Partic- 

 ularly are these conditions to the advantage of 

 the United States business man, who is evincing 

 a justifiable interest in the section. Already one 

 of the first of Canada's industrial areas, the 

 Border Cities are destined for great future 

 development and prosperity. 



Preserving Canada's Historic Sites 



Since 1605, when the first settlement was established 

 in this country by De Monts, at Annapolis Royal, Nova 

 Scotia, Canada's development has been rapid and to-day 

 is recognized as an equal by many of those countries from 

 which she drew the nucleus of her present population. Of 

 the sufferings and sacrifices of the early inhabitants we 

 have many interesting, detailed accounts, while the 

 remains of old forts, as well as the thick-walled, loop-holed 

 habitat of the settler, are mute evidence of the dangers 

 which they were constantly exposed to from the periodical 

 raids of Indians. 



Many of these structures have been obliterated; some 

 are still intact; while in many instances only a few stones 

 mark the spot where once a bustling community existed. 

 In addition a great number of relics of both English and 

 French occupation are in the possession of individuals, 

 societies, museums, etc., and in order that future gener- 

 ations, and those who may arrive from other countries in 

 years to come, may be instilled with Canadian traditions, 

 the Federal Government has under way a comprehensive 

 plan for the marking and preserving of those historic land- 

 marks which have hitherto been neglected, as well as 

 ooki ng after those already marked. 



Each province has numerous landmarks, which are 

 closely connected with its history, and in this connection 

 the province of Quebec is especially rich. The citadel at 

 Quebec City, which is in an excellent state of preservation, 

 is one of the finest examples of early fortifications still 

 existing on the American continent. Near Three Rivers is 

 the ruin of the old St. Maurice forges, which were erected 

 in 1730 and operated until 1880, under both French and 

 English regimes. In their great furnaces, gun-shot, stoves, 

 ploughs and many other implements reqjired by the 

 settler were manufactured. Montreal has many interest- 

 ing historical sites, and the walls of numerous old buildings 

 in the city are decorated with tablets recording some 

 historical incident which has transpired within its walls. 



The Earliest Settlement In Canada 



At Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia, is the site of the 

 earliest settlement in Canada, which in 1917 was set aside 

 by the Government for historic parks purposes. Nearby 

 is Grand Pre, immortalized by Longfellow as the home 

 of Evangeline. Near Scotch Fort, in Prince Edward 

 Island, is the landing place of the first Scotch settlers, the 

 descendants of whom recently erected a tablet in com- 

 memoration of the event. In 1914, old Fort Howe, at 

 St. John, New Brunswick, scene of so many stirring 

 events in the early history of Canada, was set aside as a 

 national park. 



The only original blockhouse remaining in the Maritime 

 Provinces, Fort Edward, Windsor, N.S., is to be preserved 

 as a site of historic interest by the Canadian Parks Branch. 

 It was erected by Major Charles Lawrence in 1750 and 

 was later called Fort Edward in honor of Colonel Edward 

 Cornwallis, then Governor of Nova Scotia. 



Along the Niagara Frontier in Ontario there are 

 several historical sites, scenes of many fierce struggles in 

 the war of 1812-14 and the Fenian Raid.' At Toronto, 

 Queenston's Heights, Crysler's Farm, and other points, 

 monuments and tablets have been dedicated to the 

 memories of those patriots who fought for their country. 

 At Port Dover, where the Sulpician fathers, Dollier and 

 Galinee, on March 23, 1670, erected a cross bearing the 

 arms of France and took possession of the Lake Erie 

 region in the name of Louis XIV, there is the famous 

 "site of the cross." 



In Western Canada there are many traces of the early 

 trading posts erected by the hardy Scotch factors, and 

 explorers of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North- 

 west Trading Company. The famous structure, Fort 

 Garry, erected by Lord Selkirk for the protection of his 

 infant colony spread along the banks of the Red River, 

 has been carefully preserved, and on the site now 

 stands the city of Winnipeg, the gateway through 

 which the flood of golden grain from Western Canada's 

 fertile farms passes on its way to feed the people of the 

 Old World. At Lake Windemere, the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway and Hudson's Bay Company recently began the 

 erection of a replica of "Kootenay House," the first 

 trading post in the interior of British Columbia, on the 

 site of the original post. The old post was erected in 

 1807 by David Thompson, the famous astronomer and 

 explorer, for the Northwest Company, and was later 

 acquired by the Hudson's Bay in 1821. 



A Board of Historians Appointed 



Early in 1914, a beginning was made by the Govern- 

 ment in marking and preserving these landmarks, but it 

 was not until after the war that a determined effort was 

 made to centralize and systematize the work. A board of 

 prominent Canadian historians was appointed by the 

 Federal Government to superintend the work in conjunc- 

 tion with the Dominion Parks Branch. It was first 

 decided to make a detailed survey of historic landmarks 

 and to date nearly six hundred have been inspected. 



Several sites which appeared to be of national im- 

 portance were selected by the Board and work will begin 

 as soon as possible on restoration. In addition between 

 fifty and sixty aboriginal earthworks have been chosen 



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