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Northern, which are h'nked up with the new Govern- 

 ment h'ne. The population of Temeskaming in six 

 years has increased from 2000 to over 50,000. Similar 

 development has taken place in Temagami, Engel- 

 hart, and Liskeard. Where there was nothing but a 

 wilderness and the absence of life, other than the fish 

 in the streams and the big game that wandered unmo- 

 lested amidst the wild grasses and cover of the forest, 

 there are now farm-houses, hotels, and the general 

 features of civilized life. Were it not for the con- 

 venience of these travelling facilities, one would have 

 a grudge against railway enterprise, which so soon 

 transforms the primeval forest and primitive simplicity 

 into comfortable habitations and the luxuries of 

 conventional life. 



The Government has followed up railway exten- 

 sions with the establishment of normal schools at 

 North Bay. There, 600 feet above sea-level, in a 

 pure and invigorating atmosphere, the youth of the 

 colonists enjoy all the advantages of a fully equipped 

 educational system. 



The railway runs from North Bay through rich 

 agricultural land, ultimately reaching Cochrane over 

 1000 feet above sea-level. Woodlands, Widdefried 

 and Muloch are traversed en route. Nipissing and 

 its mines, French River and Georgian Bay with its 

 fish are in turn exploited ; opening up to the tourist 

 the fleeting joys of sport and to the settler the more 

 solid opportunities of lucrative industry. 



