Aim tSS CANADIAN NORTS-WSST. it 



Adaqtiate ftra brigade haa been organized, and, in fact, all the advantages and 

 eoDTeniences of an old eatabliahed metropolitan city are already enjoyed by iti 

 inhaoitanti. 



No less than seren lines of railway now centre in Winnipeg, and a grand anion 

 depot ia in coarse of erection. Winnipeg is the doorway and chief distribating 

 point between the East and the vast prairie region of the Canadian North* west. 



PoKTAOi LA Prairib is aboat as old as Winnipeg, although not as lai^e ; but 

 of late years it has progressed wonderfully, and can boast of numerous fine buildings, 

 mills, churches, hotels, stores and prvate residences. As it is surrounded by a 

 magnificent stretch of the finest agricultural country in the North-west, it is certain 

 to become a popalons and important city. 



Brandon, the next point on the maia line, although only surveyed and laid 

 «at into a town site in the spring of 1881, can now boast of a population of over 

 4000, and has already numerous fine buildings, several mills, churches and other 

 public buildings. Its position on the river Assiniboine, and the fine country 

 ■orroonding it, are destined to make Brandon a large and prosperous place. 



Broadvibw, although only laid out a few months ago as a town, is already 

 making rapid strides in building operations. It has a fine station, and quite a 

 nomber of stores and dwellings have been erected there this summer. Broadview is 

 also happily situated in the centre of a good agricultural tract of country. 



GArsLL is destined to become one of the most flourishing centres in the Canadian 

 North-west, owing to its close proximity to a splendid tract of fine agricultural land 

 lying in the now nimous " Qu'Appelle Valley." As a distributing point Capell wiU 

 be a most important station on the Canadian Pacific Railway, as the country 

 surrounding it is being rapidly settled by the very best class of farmers. 



Regina, the new city of the plains and future capital and metropolis of the 

 North-west Territory, is situated in the centre of, probably, the richest wheat lands 

 in the North-west. A broad and deep creek containing the very best quality of 

 water runs through the site, and the gentle slope of the land will give it the very 

 best drainage facilities. Here the government buildings of the territory, the 

 governor's residence, and barracks for the mounted police are to be erected 

 immedietely. From its position in the very centre of the great prairie region it ia 

 destined to become the chief distributing point for all that vast territory. 



Betoming once more to the international boundary, we have Emerson and West 

 Lynne, two important points nearly opposite each other on the Red River, and 

 destined to nnite ere long and become one large city. Emerson and West Lynne can 

 both boast of fine builmngs, public and private, well laid-out streets, and a large 

 and ever-increasing trade with the south-western portion of Manitoba. We have not 

 space here to describe all the many interesting points along the railway, but the 

 following table will show how numerous are the rising towns along the route, and how 

 eonveniently situated they are as markets for the settlers. 



What are the Distances betiveen the Cities, Towns, 

 and Villages on the .TIain L<ine (Prairie Section) of the 

 Canadian Paciflc Railway t 



MUes. Miles. 



St. Vincent — Red Jacket 7 



Smerson 2 Wapella 9 



Dominion City 10 Burrows 8 



Amand 8 Whitewood 6^ 



Dufrost 8 Percival 7 



Otterbume 9 Broadview 7J — 181 



Niverville 7i Oakshela 7 



St Norbert IH Grenfell 8 



St Boniface.... 9 Summerberry 7i 



WiNNiPEO 8—68 Wolseley 8 



Rosser 16 Sintaluta 8 



Marquette 14 Indian Head 10 



Beabom « Capell Hi 



PopUr Point - 5 McLean 8 



