BRITISH COLUMBIA 



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BRITISH COLUMBIA 



THE FACTORY 



Log Products 

 Smelting 

 Canned Salmon 

 Lumber Products 

 F6undries,Machine Shops 

 Railroad Cars Repaired 

 Dried Fish 

 Electricity 

 Bread,Confectionery 

 Coke 

 Shipbuilding 



THE FISHERY 

 Salmon 

 Halibut 

 Herring 



BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on Canadian Government Reports 

 Mil lions of Dol lars Annual ly 



10 



10 



20 THE MINE 



Cemeni 



Silver 



Lead 



Gold 



Copper 



Coal 



THE FARM 

 Egg* 



Fruits 



Potatoes 



Oats 



MilK 



Livestock sold 



Hay,C lover 







two large provincial reserves, Strathcona Park, 

 on Vancouver Island, and Mount Robson Park, 

 protecting the headwaters of the Fraser River. 

 These two parks include about 1,000,000 acres. 



The Douglas fir, a magnificent tree which 

 frequently exceeds a height of 300 feet, is the 

 most valuable and most abundant species, but 

 white and yellow cedar are also important. 

 On the mainland, directly north of Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, are great stands of spruce 

 and hemlock, which are especially valuable 

 for making wood-pulp. The importance of 

 lumbering has only recently been recognized; 

 between 1900 and 1910 the average annual cut 

 increased nearly threefold, afterwards decreas- 

 ing. It is now 1,000,000,000 board feet or more, 

 valued at about $30,000,000. 



Among the animals the moose, black-tailed 

 deer and caribou are common in the valleys 

 and wooded sections; the wapiti, once numer- 

 ous, is now extinct except in the foothills of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Bears, wolves and wild 

 cats are so common that in some sections they 

 are considered a nuisance. In the mountains 

 are the haunts of the bighorn and the goat, the 

 pursuit of which furnishes thrills for even the 

 most seasoned hunters. In the north are many 

 fur-bearing animals, and trapping and trading 

 are still important. The birds are especially 

 numerous, more than 300 different species 

 making their homes here. One of the charac- 

 teristic birds is the burrowing owl of the in- 

 terior plateau. Jays and magpies are con- 

 spicuous; among the game birds are grouse, 



partridge, teal, mallard, pin-tail and canvas- 

 back. Fish, especially trout, are plentiful in 

 nearly all the streams. The province, in short, 

 has an abundance of game, and is a sportsman's 

 paradise. 



Mineral Wealth and Mining. The coal de- 

 posits on Vancouver Island and the gold along 

 the Fraser River first drew attention to the 

 section which now forms British Columbia, and 

 mining is still the industry of first importance. 

 The annual output of minerals fluctuates con- 

 siderably, but $25,000,000 is a fair average. 

 In 1912 it was $32,000,000, but this was a 

 high record, and there was a slight falling-off 

 in the succeeding years. The average is about 

 one-fifth of the total for the Dominion. 



As early as 1857 placer mining was carried 

 on along the Fraser River, and by 1862 and 

 1863 the annual output had reached $3,000,000. 

 The production then slowly declined until it 

 was about $400,000 in 1893, but since then new 

 hydraulic methods and new gold fields have 

 revived the industry. The placer mines are 

 of comparatively little importance, but vein- 

 mining brings the annual total to an average 

 of more than $5,000,000. The year 1913 set 

 a high record of 297,450 ounces, valued at more 

 than $6,100,000. 



In the southeastern part of the province are 

 large deposits of silver-lead ores, and the pro- 

 duction of each of these minerals averages 

 $2,000,000 a year. Copper has been mine'd 

 commercially only since 1894, when the output 

 was 324,000 pounds. It now averages 45,000,000 



