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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, ipi6. 



The Charm of a Brown Canoe 



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"You can paddle in any old 

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An interesting lecture was given 

 recently on the subject of Canada's 

 forest wealth by Dr. J. S. Bates, 

 Superintendent of the Forest Pro- 

 ducts Laboratories, before the Na- 

 tural History Society, Montreal. 



The forests of Canada, he explain- 

 ed, extend from the Pacific to the 

 Atlantic. British Columbia had half 

 the timber in the Dominion. Com- 

 ing east one finds large forests on 

 the northern side of the prairie pro- 

 vinces, while there are good forest 

 lands in northern Ontario, extensive 

 areas through Quebec, fairly well 

 covered lands in New Brunswick, 

 and rather limited ones in Nova 

 Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 



It should be remembered, he said, 

 that the amount of merchantable 

 timber in Canada is only about one 

 fifth to one fourth of what still re- 

 mains in the United States and for 

 this reason everything possible must 

 be done to increase Canada's forest 

 resources. Canada, however, still 

 stands third among the nations of 

 the world as regards her forest 

 wealth. Russia comes first, the Un- 

 ited States second and then Canada. 

 It is estimated that about 60 per 

 cent, of the land area of Canada is 

 good for nothing else but the grow- 



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