ONTARIO 



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ONTARIO 



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OUTLINE MAP OF ONTARIO 



Showing the boundaries, principal cities, two navigable rivers and many smaller streams, mineral 

 deposits, and the highest point of land in tin- province. 



countries in the same latitudes. There are 

 r flowering plants, and the cone-bearing 

 trees, such as tin spruce and pine, abound. 



Animals. Caribou, bear, several species of 

 deer, a few moose and elk constitute the "big 

 game" of Ontario. Small animals, valuable for 

 their fur, are still numerous; chief among these 

 are the mink, skunk, weasel, erinm- 

 otter and musktat. The trapper and hunter 

 still plies his trade in the great forests and in 

 the unsettled open country, and the fur trade 

 is of such value as to demand the attention of 

 the Dominion government to prevent tin 



ination of fur-bearing animals. All fur 

 dealers are required to procure hrennca from 

 the provincial government. In summer thou- 

 sands of song birds are found, and the secluded 

 inland lake* ire i':ei,urnted by wild g<**e and 

 ducks winch come north to nest, then migrate 

 southward on the approach of winter. 



ing of lumber and ore, the leading products of 

 this part of the province. 



annual ramlall varies from thirty to 

 forty inches. It is evenly distributed through- 

 out the year, assuring the farmer sufficient 

 m for his growing crops. Throughout 

 the province the climate is healthful and brae- 

 Plant and Animal Life. The plant life m 

 that part of Ontario lying between the Ottawa 

 and the Great Lakes is the same as that 

 of other parts of North America in the same 

 latitude. Hardwood trees, such as the oak, 

 the maple and the hickory, are common, and 

 numerous wild flowers are found. Tip 

 violets and the hepatica and other early flow- 

 ers herald the mming of spring, and the wild 

 i<l the goldenrod adorn the fields and 

 waysides in the summer and autumn. In the 

 north the flora is similar to that of European 



