CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER VI 



rAGE 



Lake of bays — Fairy Lake — A honeymoon island — A smothered 

 waterway — Mary Lake — The searchlight — Wawa Hotel — 

 The "Joe" pleasure tug — Memories of Bigwin — A triplet of 

 graces — Savage Den and its "chief" — Auld lang syue — 

 Hollow Lake — Troul-lishing on Raven Lake — North Bay 

 and Tcniagami ; Facilities for colonization, The Forest 

 Reserve, Angling rivers and lakes, The Land of Hiawatha , 90 



CHAPTER Vn 



"Westward Ho" — Orangeville — Owen Sound — Through the 

 Great Lakes — Associations of Lake Huron — Breboeuf s 

 mission to the Indians — Feast of the dead — The wigwam 

 life — Indian superstitions — Folklore — Diabolical tortures — 

 Honour — Indian creeds — Loyola and his followers — Heroism 

 of the Jesuits — Painted devils — ^Joques — Massacre of Brebceuf 

 and Lalemant — Failure of Jesuit mission — The passing of 

 the Iroquois — Lake Superior — Picturesque rapids — The 

 largest lock in the world — Saulle Ste. Marie — Lake trout — 

 Fishing resorts — An inland sea — The Rideau River — Nipigon 

 and its trout — Patrol stations — Traffic on Lake Superior — 

 Thunder Bay — Port Arthur and Fort William — Change of 

 the clock — En route for Winnipeg — The opening page of the 

 book of the prairies 103 



CHAPTER Vni 



The province of Manitoba — The realization of " Sea Dreams " — 

 Civic and agricultural growth — Winnipeg — Railway enter- 

 prise — The Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk Railways — 

 System of Government — Schools — Public Park — Prices of 

 produce — "Ralph Connor" — The Canadian Northern Rail- 

 way — Winnipeg to Edmonton — The chance of a millionaire- 

 ship — Edmonton — The lady and the "gentleman" bus 

 conductor — Colleges and schools — Churches and drinking 

 saloons — Vegetable products — Edmonton to Calgary — 

 Flourishing agriculture 



