TIkiv i- no object lesson equal to this canal for 

 denionslniling Ur- enormous ivsources of Ihe great North- 

 west. As far as the eye could reach in l)olli directions 

 was an unendint;- procession of vessels hound ])oUi up the 

 lakes and down ; those passing down being loaded to the 

 deep water line with iron ore, grain, hunljer, etc. : those 

 passing up, with coal and general merchandise. And so 

 it is every day while navigation is open. 



What a lot of people with diversified pursuits our 

 Cana.lian Pacific steamer was carrying ! Sitting t)ppo.site 

 to me at table was a typical Knglishman, formerly a cof- 

 fee planter in Ceylon, but now a large land proprietor in 

 Manitoba. Another Knglishman had l)een out to the 

 East Indies elephant shooting, and was on his way to the 

 Rocky Mountains to try his hand on the griz/.ly bear. 

 He was a strenuous advocate of the Martini-Henry rifle 

 for large game, and wouldn't think of shooting a Win- 

 chester (probably because it is American). A ninnber of 

 passengers were going to shoot prairie chickens, ducks, 

 etc., others were on their way to buy land near Winni- 

 peg. One wanted to sell land up there, and wanted to 

 sell it badly. Merchants were returning from England, 

 Montreal and Toronto, having bought their fall and win- 

 ter stock: others were journeying across the contnient 

 en route to japan and China. 



Coming up the " Soo " (or Sault Ste Marie) River, 

 out of Georgian Bay, on Sunday la>l, I was profoundly 

 impressed with the magnitude of the resources of the 

 great Northwest. An almost continuous string of grain 

 or ore laden schooners, steamers. Imrges and '• wliale- 

 backs" kept passing us for miles and nnles, and on 



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