20 Our North Land. 



LINE NUMBER THREE. 



Yokohama to Port Simpson, B.C. (nautical miles).. 3,865 

 Port Simpson to Churchill, Hudson's Bay (statute 



miles) 1,450 



Churchill to Liverpool (nautical miles) 2,960 



Total navigation and railway distance 8,275 



Route No. 1. — Total nautical and statute miles. .. . 10,900 

 Route No. 2. — Total nautical and statute miles. .. . 10,259 

 Route No. 3. — Total nautical and statute miles.. .. 8,275 



Difference in favour of No. 2 over No. 1 641 



Difference in favour of No. 3 over No. 1 2,625 



Difference in favour of No. 3 over No. 2 1,984 



These figures speak for themselves. But look also at the alti- 

 tudes. The railway portion of route No. 3, which is by the Pine 

 River Pass, Peace River country, Hudson's Bay, etc., will have for 

 its highest point, above the level of the sea, an altitude of but 2,350 

 feet, nearly 1,000 feet lower than the highest point of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway (route No. 2), and 5,800 feet lower than the 

 highest point on route No. 1. But let a comparison be made 

 between the railway portions of these routes : — 



Miles. 

 No. 1 — San Francisco to New York (Union and • 



Central Pacifies) 3,390 



No. 2— Port Moody to Montreal (C.P.R.) 2,885 



No. 3— Port Simpson to Churchill 1,450 



Difference in favour of No. 2 over No. 1 505 



Difference in favour of No. 3 over No. 1 1,940 



Difference in favour of No. 3 over No. 2 1,435 



Before referring to the proposed Hudson's Bay route as a direct 

 outlet from the prairies of the North-West, it will be in keeping 

 with my purpose to consider the transportation issue as an inter- 

 Provincial question. There is probably no other country under the 

 sun which furnishes a parallel to Canada in this respect. With a 

 territory stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, and 



