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gary. The whole country, on both sides of the river, is absolutely 

 without wood, except in the tributary valleys, on the south of the main 

 stream. Quantities of very good Spruce and Douglas Pine can bo 

 obtained on Dead Man's River on the north, on the Kananaskis on the 

 south, and up the valley of the main stream for at least sixty miles above 

 Morley ville. No difficulty will be experienced in floating down either 

 logs or boards, as the river for many miles into the Rocky Mountains is 

 free from dangerous rapids. 



It will be seen by the foregoing remarks that wood is scarce in the 

 southern part of the prairie section. 



Mr. Ward states that the annual product of Manitoba and the North- 

 West Territories may be set down at 75,000,000 feet. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



British Columbia is amply and well provided with wood for construc- 

 tion and for other purposes, but the Coast Region of the Province has the 

 pre-eminence at present, owing to its facilities for export. The great 

 stores of forest wealth in British Columbia must lead, sooner or later, to a 

 very large trade. 



The West Cascade region is densely wooded, chiefly with many species 

 of gigantic conifers, but a large part of the East Cascade region is gene- 

 rally unwooded, or only thinly covered. The rivers of this Province, 

 generally speaking, are not well adapted for logging purposes, being 

 interrupted frequently by rapids, being compressed between rocky walls, 

 and being apt to rise and fall with great rapidity. The West Cascade 

 region is difficult to traverse, and has only been partially explored with 

 regard to its lumbering qualifications. 



An official pamphlet published by the Provincial Government gives the 

 following list of the principal trees of British Columbia : 



"Douglas Pine, Douglas Fir, and commercially Oregon Pine; Western 

 Hemlock, Englemann's Spruce, tall, straight, over three feet in diameter. 

 Eastern part of Province and interior plateau forming dense forests in 

 the mountains. Menzies Spruce, very large, mostly on coast. Great Silver 

 Fir, coast tree of great size. Balsam Spruce abounds in Gold and 

 Selkirk ranges, and east of McLeod's Lake. Williamson's Alpine Hem- 

 lock, too scarce and too high up to be of much use. Red Pine, Yellow 

 Pine and Pitch Pine, a variety of the heavy yellow pine of California and 

 Oregon, very handsome ; four feet in diameter. White Pine (Mountain 

 Pine) Columbia region Shuswap and Adam's Lakes interior of Van- 

 couver Island. White barked Pine, small. Western Cedar (Giant Cedar 



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