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| A Trip Through Canada This little booklet was not compiled with the view of giving a full or comprehensive idea of all the exhibits in the Canadian Pavilion, but it is merely a collection of the more interesting sections, and is intended to guide the visitors and to show them the wonderful possibilities and opportunities of our great Dominion. Statistics and literature describing Canada's commercial, agricultural and mineral resources, will be furnished gladly by the heads of the different departments. In order to avoid confusion in going through our building, the visitors will find it more convenient and pleasant to keep to the left and to follow as closely as possible the pictures shown in this little book. |
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Canadian Water Powers
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| This shows a section of a large topographical painting of Canada, with a number of power plant models arranged to show that every industrial center throughout the Dominion has an abundance of cheap power. | |||
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A Canadian Home. Twelve years from virgin prairie to the height of productiveness.
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| The trees seen in the picture were seedlings furnished to the settler with 160 acres of land by the Canadian Government. The size of the trees and shrubs, which were planted by the settler two years after he commenced to plow the first sod, shows the richness of the soil. In the foreground may be seen mounted specimens of the different game birds and water fowl that abound on the prairies and streams of the western provinces. This picture is the first section of a panorama portraying farm scenes, bird and animal life of Canada. Other views of the same panorama, depicting the land of the past and the land of the present, are shown in the illustrations on the following two pages. |
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Wonderful Stock Ranges
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| For hundreds of years the southern Canadian prairies were over-run by the great herds of buffalo that fed on the prairie grass. The existence of these large herds is one of the theories advanced to account for the wonderful richness of the soil and the productiveness of the prairie lands. The mounted specimen of the buffalo is an excellent example from the fast-vanishing herds, whose place is now being taken by the distant relatives, shown in the distance. The prairies and plains of the west afford magnificent stock ranges. The building of new transcontinental lines has rolled back the map of Canada hundreds of miles and opened up an immense territory to the commerce of the world. | |||
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The Sportsman's Paradise
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| British Columbia and the Canadian mountains have long been the sportsman's paradise, for there, away back in the wilds of the mountains, are still to he found the finest hunting and fishing to be desired by any one. The country abounds in mountain sheep, elk, caribou and different varieties of bear; while the streams are alive with the finest trout in the world, to say nothing of the excellent salmon in the waters near the sea coast. But not alone is the country attractive to the sportsman, for there, in the heart of the mountains, is the prospector's delight. These mountain ranges are rich in minerals. Many wonderful discoveries have developed into great dividend payers, and the resources of the country are just being opened up. | |||
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Beavers Building Dam.
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| This is an excellent illustration showing the beaver at work. In the center are two beavers working on one of the countless beaver dams to be found in the streams of Canada. These little engineers are known as the earliest wood cutters and dam builders in the world. They were furnished for this exhibit by the Provincial Government of Quebec. They came from the northern part of that province, and travelled fifteen days to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition - which shows their hardy nature. | |||
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Vancouver in 1923
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| Among the noticeable features of the scene of Vancouver harbor are the Grand Trunk Pacific Elevator, on the water's-edge at North Vancouver, and the Canadian Northern Elevator, near Stanley Park. To the right are the Canadian Pacific elevators. The Canadian railroads have the best facilities for carrying grain from the west. The Canadian Northern Railway elevator is the largest in the world. The total capacity of grain storage in Port Arthur and Fort William is about 35,000,000 bushels. The Wheat Belt is 900 miles long by 300 miles wide. | |||
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Wheat Elevators
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One of the many resorts for sportsman and nimrods to be found in British Columbia, Canada, where fish and game abound. In the valleys, fine agricultural land for Mixed farming may be secured at nominal figures.
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The Main Corridor, showing part of the Mineral Exhibit and illustrating the Decoration Scheme throughout the building.
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| The pictures over the specimen cases are constructed entirely of grains and grasses, and are shown more fully in the following three illustrations, depicting scenes in eastern and western Canada. The specimens in this and other parts of the building give some idea of the wonderful mineral resources of the Dominion. The gold nuggets from British Columbia and Yukon Territory, and the rich silver ore from Cobalt, form an interesting part of this display. | |||
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Farm Scene in Eastern Canada
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Wheat Field Scene in Grains and Grasses
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Minerals, Farm Scene and Fruit Exhibit
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Fruit Exhibit
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| One of the most attractive exhibits shown is that supplied by the Canadian apple growers. Excellent specimens of many varieties of apples are shown, and they are all of good size and color. The cold of the Canadian winters is particularly conducive to the production of apples of delicious flavor. The apples displayed are from five provinces of Canada - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia - the greater quantity being from the last named province. Magnificent colored portraits of the King and Queen of the British Empire, and some of Canada's leading statesmen, may be seen in this part of the building. | |||
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Section of the Fruit Exhibit, showing some beautifull samples of preserved fruits, from all parts of the Dominion.
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| This picture is a corner of the exhibit shown on the preceding page. The Canadian canneries should not be forgotten when in this part of the building. Although not shown in these reproductions, they are well represented. Canada is as justly proud of her highly-flavored apples as California is of her luscious oranges. The semi-tropical sun provides sweetness to the orange, and the winter frost gives flavor to the apple. |
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Model of Coquitlam-Buntzen Development, Vancouver Power Company
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Model of Iroquois Falls Development, Abitibi Power & Paper Company
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