i8o ONTARIO 



Sarnia. 



Sarnia, county seat of Lambton county, population 10,048, is on 

 the St. Clair River and the Grand Trunk and I 'ere Mar|iiette Kail 

 I, 170 miles west of Toronto. At this point a submarine tunnel 

 connects the railway systems of Ontario and Michigan. The 

 Northern Navigation -learners run twice weekly from Sarnia to 

 I 'or! Artbur and Dulutb and tlirce times weekly to Fort William. 

 During navigation an immense amount of freight i> transferred 

 fnm the roalroads here to steamers bound for Port Arthur and 

 I-'ort William, the bulk of the traffic being destined for the North- 

 Tin- town's industries are lumber, planing and saw mills, gas 

 and gasoline engines, threshers, carriages, spoke- and hubs, oil 

 refinery, -alt works, cannery, cream separators, chair won 

 and other-. Sarnia ha- natural gas, street railway, fine schools and 

 a good water front. 



Brockville. 



Brockville, the county town of Leeds and (.renville, population 

 >. is on the River St. Lawrence, 125 miles west of Montreal. 

 It is on the main line of the Grand Trunk; is connected with ( n 

 tawa by a branch of the Canadian Pacific; is a terminal of the 

 Brockville, Westport and Northwestern, and it- -hipping facilit- 

 v rail and water are excellent. The tourist steamers of the 

 R. and O. Navigation Company call at Brockville daily during the 

 -ummer. The town is the centre of an important dairying section ; 

 cheese sold by the Dairymen's Board of Trade exceeds in value three 

 million dollars annually ; and it has a number of factories employing 

 from 200 to 400 hands each besides smaller industries. It is beauti- 

 fully situated at the eastern gateway to the famous Thousand 

 1 -lands. Summer cottages extend along the St. Lawrence for m 

 miles. Within two hours' ride by the C.N.R. is a chain of lakes, 

 the Rideau. Bcverley. Charleston, etc. a paradi-c for anglers. 



Oshawa. 



Oshawa. Ontario county, population 8,OOO, 33 miles east of Tor- 

 n the main line of the ('.rand Trunk, is on a branch of the 

 Canadian Xorthern. and connects with Lake Ontario by the 

 < Miawa Klectric Railway. Tt ha- a wide reputation a- a manu- 

 ring centre and contains the largest carriage plant in the 

 Dominion. Among its forenio-t industries he-ide- carriages; arc 

 motor cars, malleable iron, metal roofing, interior fittings, leather. 



