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476 A P P E N D IX
measures about 5,000 miles, which estimate does not include
the coast lines of inlets or deeply indented bays.
3rd. That over one- half of this coast line is easily accessible
to whaling and sealing crafts.
4th. The navigable coast lines of the larger lakes of the
region i n question amount to about 4,000 miles, while its total
lacustrine area probably exceeds that of the eastern Canadian-
American chain of great lakes.
5th. That there is a river navigation of about 2,750 miles,
of which 1,390 miles is suitable for stern- wheel steamers, which
with their barges may carry three hundred tons; the remaining
1,360 miles being deep enough for light- draught sea- going
vessels.
6th. That there is a total of about 6,500 miles of continuous
lake coast and river navigation, broken only i n two
places.
7th. That the two breaks i n question are upon the Great
Slave and Athabasca rivers, the first being now overcome by a
20- mile waggon road from Port Smith southwards on the Great
Slave River, and the latter being a stretch of 70 miles on
the Athabasca, of questionable navigation above F o r t McMurray,
down which flat boats or scows descend, but cannot ascend, and
which about 50 miles of waggon road would overcome, while
some improvement of the rapids might render the whole river
navigable.
8th. That with suitable steam crafts this river and lake
navigation may be connected with Victoria and Vancouver by
way of the mouth of the Mackenzie, the Arctic Ocean and
Behring Straits and Sea, and it is now connected on the south
by 90 miles of waggon road, between Athabasca Landing and
Edmonton, with navigable water i n the Saskatchewan River.
ARABLE AND PASTORAL LANDS.
9th. That within the scope of the Committee's inquiry there
is a possible area of 656,000 square miles fitted for the growth
of potatoes, 407,000 square miles suitable for barley, and
316,000 square miles suitable for wheat.
10th. That there is a pastoral area of 860,000 square miles,
26,000 miles of which is open prairie with occasional groves,
the remainder being more or less wooded; 274,000 square miles,
including the prairie, may be considered as arable land.
11th. That about 400,000 square miles of the total area is
useless for the pasturage of domestic animals or for cultivation.
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| OCR | 476 A P P E N D IX measures about 5,000 miles, which estimate does not include the coast lines of inlets or deeply indented bays. 3rd. That over one- half of this coast line is easily accessible to whaling and sealing crafts. 4th. The navigable coast lines of the larger lakes of the region i n question amount to about 4,000 miles, while its total lacustrine area probably exceeds that of the eastern Canadian- American chain of great lakes. 5th. That there is a river navigation of about 2,750 miles, of which 1,390 miles is suitable for stern- wheel steamers, which with their barges may carry three hundred tons; the remaining 1,360 miles being deep enough for light- draught sea- going vessels. 6th. That there is a total of about 6,500 miles of continuous lake coast and river navigation, broken only i n two places. 7th. That the two breaks i n question are upon the Great Slave and Athabasca rivers, the first being now overcome by a 20- mile waggon road from Port Smith southwards on the Great Slave River, and the latter being a stretch of 70 miles on the Athabasca, of questionable navigation above F o r t McMurray, down which flat boats or scows descend, but cannot ascend, and which about 50 miles of waggon road would overcome, while some improvement of the rapids might render the whole river navigable. 8th. That with suitable steam crafts this river and lake navigation may be connected with Victoria and Vancouver by way of the mouth of the Mackenzie, the Arctic Ocean and Behring Straits and Sea, and it is now connected on the south by 90 miles of waggon road, between Athabasca Landing and Edmonton, with navigable water i n the Saskatchewan River. ARABLE AND PASTORAL LANDS. 9th. That within the scope of the Committee's inquiry there is a possible area of 656,000 square miles fitted for the growth of potatoes, 407,000 square miles suitable for barley, and 316,000 square miles suitable for wheat. 10th. That there is a pastoral area of 860,000 square miles, 26,000 miles of which is open prairie with occasional groves, the remainder being more or less wooded; 274,000 square miles, including the prairie, may be considered as arable land. 11th. That about 400,000 square miles of the total area is useless for the pasturage of domestic animals or for cultivation. |
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