HUDSON BAY A NATIONAL ASSET 



Cod have been found at a number of points in the north- 

 em parts of the bay and strait, and in Ungava Bay of late 

 years a most successful cod fishery has been carried on by 

 Senator Blanchard, a progressive and wealthy Newfound- 

 lander. The senator informed me that his newly established 

 Ungava Bay fishery had exceeded his best expectations. 



Doubtless other varieties of deep-water fish will be found 

 when properly fished for, but as yet this has not been done, 

 so far as I am aware. 



Of feathered game there is a great abundance, particu- 

 larly of waterfowl, the most important of which are: Brant, 

 Hutchins and Snowy Geese, Northern, American and King 

 Eiders, Squaw Ducks, Swans, Loons, Murres, Guillemots 

 and many other sea fowls. In many places I have seen 

 geese in such numbers that they could be killed by hundreds 

 with sticks. Ptarmigan, also, are found in great numbers in 

 many places in the open country. They are commonly 

 caught by the natives with nets, and form a staple article of 

 food. 



XL Vegetable Products. 



Under this heading, in the northern parts of the Hudson 

 Bay territory, we can count upon nothing for export, 

 although in the valleys of the Thelon and some other rivers 

 there are valuable belts of spruce and tamarack timber for 

 local supply when required. Nearly all of the southern 

 part of the territory south of latitude 58 degrees is, how- 

 ever, more or less heavily wooded with White and Blade 

 Spruce, Tamarack, Poplar, Birch, Pine, Balsam, Cedar, 

 Elm and Ash, here given in order of their abundance. 



Very large quantities of milling timber are found in the 

 valleys of all the large rivers emptying into the southern 

 shores of Hudson and James bays, whilst the available 

 supply of pulpwood is almost unlimited. 



Agricultural development is not to be expected anywhere 



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