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Illustrated Canadian Forestry Magazine, December, IQ20 



Forest Fires—and Our Educational 



Patrol 



Our readers who have followed the 

 widespread programme of educational 

 work carried on by the Canadian h'ores- 

 try Association, will be interested in the 

 news received as to our Forestry Exhi- 

 bition car with a Lecture Car attached, 

 which have been touring in Central Que- 

 bec. The work of the cars will be con- 

 cluded in December, as weather condi- 

 tions make a winter railway itinerary 

 practically impossible. It is hoped to 

 start the 1921 tours both in Eastern Can- 

 ada and the Prairie FVovinces in the 

 month of May. 



At Berthier : Car attended by over 300 

 in the afternoon ; 200 students from 

 Academy attending lecture and motion 

 picture demonstration. A second lecture 

 to one hundred children was given im- 

 mediately afterwards. 



In the evening- the exhibition car was 

 visited by about 500 people, two meetings 

 being held in the lecture car with crowd- 

 ed audiences. Dr. Jervais. M.P., attended 

 one of the lectures and gave a short ad- 

 dress to the audiences. 



AT THREE RIVERS, owing to the 

 excellent co-operation of Mr. Henry 

 Sorgius, Manager of the St. Maurice 

 Forest Protective Association, large 

 audiences were encountered. 



During the first afternoon 700 people 

 visited the Exhibition car. Mr. Valin 

 assisted by Mr. A. G. Cooch, held a meet- 

 ing of 400 pupils and teachers at LaSalle 

 Academy. In the evening 500 people 

 visited the Exhibition car and two mo- 

 tion picture talks w re held in the lec- 

 ture car. 



On the second day at Three Rivers 

 500 people visited the Exhibition car and 

 a forestry lecture with motion pictures 

 was given to 500 students, and profes- 

 sors of the Seminary. The meeting was 

 honoured by the presence of M. Le 

 Superior, who addressed the audience 

 after M. VaUn's speech. 



Evening lectures were given at 7 p.m. 

 and 8.30 p.m., to 300 people and over 250 

 persons passed through the Exhibition 

 car at the same hours. 



AT SHAWINIGAX I'.VLFS four 

 lectures were given fluring the afternoon 

 to relays of students from local schools 

 and academies. The total attendance at 

 the four lectures was 700. During the 

 evening approximately 1,000 persons 

 visited the two cars. On the following 

 morning a special meeting was given to 

 100 pupils and teachers from the 

 Brothers' School. 



AT GRAND MERE in the afternoon, 

 a motion picture lecture was given at the 

 iuighsh school by Mr. P.lack^ while Mr. 

 \alin addres.sed some 600 pupils at the 

 l-)rothers' School. In the evening a 

 b'rench lecture was attended by 300 peo- 

 ple and this was follow^ed by an English 

 address to another audience. The at- 

 tendance at the Exhibition car was large, 

 more than 1,100 people passing through. 



On Saturday morning Xovember 20th, 

 at Grand Mere, 600 students visited the 

 Exhibition car; during the day another 

 800 people were present to see the ex- 

 hibits and attend forestry protection lec- 

 tures. 



At ( jrande Piles the attetidance at both 

 the Exhibition car and the motion pic- 

 ture lectures in French was one of the 

 heaviest yet recorded. 



Other points yet to be covered at the 

 time of going to press are St. Tete,. St. 

 Thecle, La Tuque, Flamand, W'indigo, 

 \"andry. Parent. Greening, Joliette and 

 Lachute. 



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I Annual Meeting i 



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? of the Canadian Forestrv Associa- I 



? tion will be held at the Windsor t 



i Hotel, Montreal. Thursday, Janu- ? 



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