<ESTS 



FORKS IS 



Three forcM v.mh. centre and north, characterise the 



e of Ontario. The southern forest has now greatly dU- 



ared. being repress woodloU of from 5 



i largely of very heavy hardwood 



soils, with an inter: the light 



'.ir in tli. swamps, and was by far the richest in number 

 ies of trees. 



al regi<- uing the rougher area between the rich 



agricultural lands on the s "iith anl the Ottawa River, is largely 



ith white pirn- as the most widcl;. 



trihuted .!!>' '-.i.il.lr t mthern section has consider- 



areas of birch, maple and beech, with a sprinkling of other valo- 



rthern section has the spruce and balflun. 



tlu- hardwoods as companions of the red and 



\\hit. .vhite pim- predominating, occupies 



.vest wan I along the north shore of 



. and northward near to the Canadian Pacific R!\ . and 



'mle parts of the Ra and I .alee of the Woods 



where the intermixed *IHCU> i- ilnrtK jack or Ranksian 



The ffreat white pine region, with it* other ^|ccir<. has been 



rs the s, .e lumber industry, which 



-. the south. 



Tin . m >st i >f the area north of Lake 



it- terri- '.v the rivcr< flowing IBtO 



lie ptilp-prodncmg trees.. 



ibutum and ^n-atext value i the spruce. 



'. where in varvir ^e the balsam fir. 



the birch, the poplar and the Rankian pine. The white and the 



nithern lrdcr .f the puhnrood area. 



the north There are no other tree*. 



in these fe\v\p, important quantity. While 



ontbern forests have b< the northern 



pulplamls ha niche<l 



Patricia, still farther id recently jtincd t. the province. 



adds fulK ino.ooo square miles of wooded lands. 



\n exploration of CV th of the Canadian Pacific RK 



was undertaken bv the Government in tqoo. embracing about 



60.000,000 acres. Tt was found that the territory is covered chieflv 



Crests of spnice. inek pinr and poplar, that the pine 



