Airplanes, fail in attempt to reach Fort Norman, 205. Alberta, coal deposits estimated to be one seventh of the world’s total, 200; extent of pure bred cattle and dairy industries, 208. Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company, pioneer in Alberta irrigationwork, 207. Alfalfa, largely produced in southwestern Saskatchewan, 176. American “branch plants” in Canada, 104. American capital and investments in Canada, 105. American owned pulp-mills and timber tracts in Canada, 96. Americans, number of, in Canada, 2, 193. Anderson, Charlie, his lucky strike in the Klondike, 275. Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia’s apple-growing district, 34. Anyox, British Columbia, copper mines at, 223. Apples, largely grown in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, 34; in the Okanagan Valley, 223. Asbestos, most of world’s supply produced in Thetford district, Quebec, 47. Astrophysical Observatory at Victoria, British Columbia, 225. “Athabaska Trail,” poem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 205. Automobiles, American, in Canada, 104. Banff, finest mountain resort of Canada, 215. Bank of Montreal, one of the world’s great banks, 73. Banks and the banking system of Canada, 69, _et seq._ Banting, Dr. F. G., discoverer of Insulin, 99. Barley, production in the Winnipeg district, 149; large crops at Edmonton, 200; in Peace River Valley, 202. Baseball, popular in Nova Scotia, 35; in Toronto, 101. Bassano, great irrigation dam at, 206. Battleford, Saskatchewan, noted for its fur trade and lumber mills, 179. Beach, Rex, in the Klondike, 278. Bears, abundant in the Yukon, 234. Beatty, E. W., first Canadian-born president of the Canadian Pacific, 165. Beaver, the first fur exported by the Hudson’s Bay Company, 169; abundant in the Yukon, 234. Beck, Sir Adam, at the head of Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, 110. Bell Island, visit to the Wabana iron mines on, 26. Belle Isle, Strait of, 4. Big game of the Yukon region, 253. Black, George, demonstrates to Ottawa Parliament possibility of winter automobile travel in the Yukon, 239. Bonsecours Market, at Montreal, 66. Boyle, Joseph W., successful gold-dredging operations in the Yukon, 271; the story of his career, 281. Branch plants, American, in Canada, 104. Bras d’Or Lake, an inland sea, 39. Bright “Dickie,” a character of old-time Calgary, 211. British American Nickel Company, operators of mines at Sudbury, 130. British Columbia, timber resources of, 90; production of silver in, 124; agricultural and mineral resources, 220 _et seq._ Buffalo, last wild herd reported to be near Fort Vermilion, 202; largest herd in America at Wainwright Park, Alberta, 217. Cabbage, as raised at Dawson, Yukon, 265. Cabot, Sebastian, reported that fish obstructed navigation on Newfoundland coast, 13.