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Through the Mackenzie Basin
C H A P T E R I.
FROM EDMONTON TO LESSER SLAVE LAKE.
MM. L* m » , with hi* staff, left Winnipeg for Edmonton
by the Canadian Pacific express on the 22nd of M a r , two
of the f N u i i i l l i w i m w i having preceded him to that point.
The train waa crowded, as usual, with immigrants, tourist*,
globe- trotters and way- passengers. Parties for the Klondike,
for California or Japan— once the far East, but now
the far West to us— for anywhere and everywhere, a C. P . R.
express train carrying the same variety of fortunate* and
unfortunates a* the ocean- cleaving hull. Calgary was
readied at one a. m. m the Queen's birthday, ami the same
morning we left for Edmonton by the C. & E . Railway.
Every one was impressed favourably by the fine country lying
between thc » e two cities, ita intermediate towns and villages,
and fast- growing industries. But one thing especially was
not overlooked, via., the honour due to our venerable Queen,
• fata, no soon to be taken from us.
I n the evening we arrived at Strathcona, and found it
f o r a g e d with people celebrating the day, Crossing the
river to Edmonton, we gat rooms with some difficulty in one
of its crowded hotels, but happily awoke next morning
refreshed and ready to view the town. It is needless to
describe what has been so often described. Enough to say
Edmonton is one of the doors to the great North, an outfitter
of its trader*, m emporium of its furs. And there is some-is
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| OCR | Through the Mackenzie Basin C H A P T E R I. FROM EDMONTON TO LESSER SLAVE LAKE. MM. L* m » , with hi* staff, left Winnipeg for Edmonton by the Canadian Pacific express on the 22nd of M a r , two of the f N u i i i l l i w i m w i having preceded him to that point. The train waa crowded, as usual, with immigrants, tourist*, globe- trotters and way- passengers. Parties for the Klondike, for California or Japan— once the far East, but now the far West to us— for anywhere and everywhere, a C. P . R. express train carrying the same variety of fortunate* and unfortunates a* the ocean- cleaving hull. Calgary was readied at one a. m. m the Queen's birthday, ami the same morning we left for Edmonton by the C. & E . Railway. Every one was impressed favourably by the fine country lying between thc » e two cities, ita intermediate towns and villages, and fast- growing industries. But one thing especially was not overlooked, via., the honour due to our venerable Queen, • fata, no soon to be taken from us. I n the evening we arrived at Strathcona, and found it f o r a g e d with people celebrating the day, Crossing the river to Edmonton, we gat rooms with some difficulty in one of its crowded hotels, but happily awoke next morning refreshed and ready to view the town. It is needless to describe what has been so often described. Enough to say Edmonton is one of the doors to the great North, an outfitter of its trader*, m emporium of its furs. And there is some-is |
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