Saskatchewan Forest Reserves Increased. 



Recent Additions Quadruple the Resirve Area in the Province. 



Attention has been ciiUed frequently in 

 the past in these pages to the fait that 

 Saskatrhewan with very heavy needs in re- 

 gar-l to titnber an^i fuel was the worst off 

 of all the western I'rovinces in regard to 

 forest reserves. The figures at the end 

 of \9l'\ were: — 



Alberta 26.271 square miles. 



Manitoba 4,108 



British Columbia ... 3,782 " " 



Saskatchewan 1,801 " " 



By an Act just passed during the 1914 

 session of Parliament the area of the Saskat- 

 chewan reserves has been increased by 7,910 

 square miles, bringing the total up to 9,711 

 square miles. The additions consist of two 

 classes : 



First, non-agricultural tracts comprising 

 small areas scattered throughout the prairie 



country. These tracts are nearly all sandy 

 and broken and have little or no timber 

 ui)on them. It will be necessary in nearly 

 all cases to provide for reforestation by 

 artificial means, but if these tracts are for- 

 ested they will be a great assistance to the 

 settlers in the prairie districts surrounding 

 them. 



The second class of reserves are the 

 larger areas forming the watersheds be- 

 tween the Saskatchewan and Assiniboine 

 Eivers and between the Saskatchewan and 

 Churchill Rivers. These are very important 

 watersheds, and are the source of suj)i)ly 

 of tindjer for a great settled area of prairie 

 lying to the south. They are elevated and 

 broken and not of agricultural character, 

 but they grow good timber. 



Map of the Province of Saskatchewan. 

 This shows the oM forest reserves in black, and the new reserves in outline. 

 The names of the reserves are as follows: 1, Big River Reserve; 2, Sturgeon; 3, 

 Fort a la Corne; 4, Pines and Xisbet; 5, Pasquia Hills and Porcupine; 6, Present 

 Porcupine; 7, Manitou; 8, Keppel; 9, Dun<lurn; 10, Beaver Hills; 11, Elbow; 12, 

 Cypress; 13, Seward; 14, Moose Mountain. 



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