u ONTARIO 



NEW ONTARIO. 



Covering an area < -<|iiarc mile- and extending ;;<> 



mile* fnun north to south, this \aM territory in relation tn climate 

 can only be dealt with iinpcrfeclh . < '.v-ncra11\ spi-akini;. the Mini 

 HUT- arc warm and the winters MTV cold and lr;i in^. Tin- climate 

 of the portion lying north of Lake> Superior and Huron dift'er- 

 considerably from the pan caM .if Lake Huron and north of I.ako 

 Erie and Ontario, especially in winter, when the former portion. 

 in addition to hein^ fariher north, is less affected by the tempering 

 influence of the Great Lakes. The winters are distinctly severe, 

 but as the tables for Moose Factory, Abitibi and Haileybury indi- 

 cate, the summers are warm. These places respectively are 534 

 miles, 368 miles and 264 miles north of Toronto. The mean tem- 

 perature at Moose Factory in January is 25 lower, and at Hailey- 

 bury 15 lower than at Toronto; but as the spring advances the 

 differences become less, until in May they are respectively i<> and 

 2 lower, and in July 6 and 2 lower. The average daily maxima 

 temperatures at Moose Factory and Fort Hope (300 miles west- 

 ward) for July and August are 74 and 70, as against 77 and 

 73 at Haileybury, which latter temperatures are almost the same 

 a> at Toronto. The temperature is considerably lower in the t'a: 

 north in June than at Haileybury and Toronto, and the nights are 

 cooler all through the summer. The average winter temperature 

 at Lake Nipissing and Haileybury is several degrees lower than at 

 Montreal; and at Abitibi and Moose Factory, respectively 105 and 

 263 miles north of Haileybury, it is very nearly the same as in 

 Manitoba. Temperatures of over 80 are not infrequent in North 

 ern Ontario, and 90 and over usually occur several times ea h 

 summer. 



The total annual precipitation near Lakes \ipi->ing and TimU 

 kaming is nearly the same as in Southern < Mitario; but northward 

 this diminishes somewhat, the rainfall becoming le-^ and the snow- 

 fall greater. 



The great fertile Clay Belt is far from being in the ex 

 north of the province: it lies in the southern portion of Northern 

 .rio. Having longer hour- "f sunlight than in old Ontario. 

 the crops are correspondingly benefited, and the time of harvest 

 in north and south tends to be equali/ed 



