THE LAURENTIDES PARK 



within reasonable bounds, and might 

 easily derive a handsome revenue from 

 this source. 



In this high-lying country the timber 

 is too small to attract the lumbermen, 

 and even as pulpwood it probably has 

 but little value. Where the growth is 

 slow the annual rings are close together 

 and the wood is hard, resinous, and un- 

 suitable for the mill. The few spruces 

 of any size that exist are much scattered 

 and are situated in such remote places 

 that it would not pay to take them out. 

 A very large part of the wooding is 

 small deciduous timber of no present or 

 prospective value where it stands. It 

 does not seem too much to hope that the 

 forest will long be spared, and certainly 

 the loss and gain should be carefully 

 measured before the axeman is given his 

 will of it. The government is in a posi- 

 tion to enforce additional and strict 

 regulations with regard to any cutting 

 that may be permitted; how desirable 



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