NEW BRUNSWICK 



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NEW BRUNSWICK 



Lumbering. When the first settlers came to 

 New Brunswick practically the whole area was 

 covered with forests, but fires and lumbermen 

 have- destroyed from one-third to one-half of 

 the forests. On the shores of the Bay of Fundy 

 most of the trees are firs and spruces, varieties 

 which are also found in the western and north- 

 ern part of the province. In the northeast are 

 birch, beech, maple, ash and other hardwoods, 

 and elm js common in the river valleys. The 

 abundance of trees, the nearness of the forests 

 to the ports, and the facilities for logging fur- 

 nished by the many rivers have combined to 

 make lumbering second only to agriculture 

 among the great industries of the province. A 



of the catch as landed is about two-thirds that 

 of the market value as given above. 



The market value of the sardine catch is over 

 $1,000,000 a year, about one-fourth of the total 

 fur the province; this total includes the fresh, 

 salted and canned sardines, and about $400,000 

 of it is properly credited to manufactures. The 

 second valuable catch in the green state is 

 herring, which represents from one-sixth to 

 one-fifth of the total. Lobsters, smelts, cod, 

 salmon, hake and oysters are next in order. 



It is estimated that the capital invested in 

 the New Brunswick fisheries is about $4,000,000. 

 Most of it is in the hands of independent fish- 

 ermen, but in the lobster and herring fisheries 



THE FACTORY 



Printing,Publishing I 



Electricity 



Shoes 



Lumber Products 



Leather 



Fish Canned 



Iron, Steel 



Fish salted, etc. 



Wood Pulp 



Bread .Confectionery 



Rour,Grist 



Cottons 



Foundry.Machine Shop 



Railroad Carsrepaired 



Log Products 



NEW BRUNSWICK PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on Canadian Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 

 10 98765432 I 



THE FARM 



Hay,Clover 



Potatoes 



Milk 



Oats 



Live Stock sold 



Butter 



Animals slaughtered 



Turnips, Beets, etc. 



Buckwheat 



Wheat 

 THE FISHERY 



Herring 

 Lobsters 

 Sardines 



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river without a lumber mill is practically un- 

 known in New Brunswick. The annual timber 

 cut is worth about $7,000,000, and the value of 

 the lumber manufactured is about double that 

 figure. The province controls the cut of timber 

 on crownlands by issuing timber licenses to 

 the highest bidder. The manufacture of wood 

 pulp, though relatively a small branch, is grow- 

 ing steadily, and in time will undoubtedly be a 

 great industry. 



Fisheries. The commercial fisheries, with an 

 annual output of $4,000,000, rank third among 

 the industries. The biggest output on record, 

 that for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1915, 

 was $4,737,145. New Brunswick's catch of fish 

 ranks third among the provinces, but it is 

 only one-half the average for Nova Scotia, 

 which ranks second, and about one-third that 

 for British Columbia, which leads. The value 



there has been a tendency towards combina- 

 tion. The commercial fisheries, with a few in- 

 significant exceptions, are all sea fisheries. 

 Some trout, salmon, shad and other fish are 

 taken from the rivers and inland lakes for 

 commercial purposes, but the total value of 

 this catch never exceeds $40,000 or $50,000. 



Mineral Resources. The mineral wealth of 

 New Brunswick is not as great as that of its 

 neighbor, Nova Scotia. Practically the whole 

 of the triangular section lying southeast of a 

 line drawn from Fredericton northeast to Cha- 

 leur Bay a little more than one-third of the 

 entire province belongs geologically to the 

 Carboniferous Age. Bituminous coal is known 

 to exist throughout most of this section, but 

 for the most part it is impure or in thin seams. 

 The only important coal areas are indicated 

 on the map of New Brunswick on the preceding 



