Coal areas, extent of, in Canada, 133, 181 —— —— in the West, 188 —— in Alberta, 177, 187 —— in British Columbia, 177 —— in New Brunswick, 177 —— in Nova Scotia, 177 —— in Peace River district, 228 —— in Saskatchewan, 187 ——, where abundant 177 Cobalt, nickel deposits in, 178 ——, silver mines of, 178 ——, —— of, how discovered, 184 Cody, Colonel, 30 Colonists, early, sufferings of, 169 —— experiences and life, _see_ Immigrants Constitution, the, of 1840, 14 Copper deposits, location of, 174 —— in Ontario, 178 —— in Quebec Province, 24, 178 Copper-mining, great possibilities of, in Keewatin, 144 Cordilleran Belt, stupendous mineral wealth of the, 187 Corundum, location of deposits 179 Cows, best daily breeds for Canada, 96 C.P.R., annual profits of the, 112 ——, capital of the, 115 ——, completion of the, 31 ——, cost of constructing the, 111 ——, establishment of the trans-Atlantic service, 123 ——, history of the, 109 ——, how the, was built, 116 ——, laying the first track of the, 111 ——, paternal character of the, 112 C.P.R., present strength of the, trans-Atlantic service, 123 ——, purchase of the, from the Federal Government, 111 ——, rate and value of annual dividend, 114 ——, some engineering triumphs of the, 117 ——, stories of the, 113 ——, total mileage and rolling stock of the, 124 ——, the, and irrigation, 125 ——, the, and its “ready-made farms” scheme, 127 ——, the, and water traffic, 123 Cree Lake, 201 —— River, 200 Cunard, Samuel, 2 D Dairy-farming, prospects in the prairie provinces, 97 Daylight, duration of, 140, 145, 223 Diamonds in Canada, 183 Dowling, Mr. D. B., opinion on the coal areas, 188 ——, ——, travels in the north, 137 Dukhobors, beliefs of the, 101 ——, communal life of the, 103 ——, the, 99 —— and Tolstoy, 101 Dunvegan, 223 E Easter-tide among the Blackfeet, 208 Edmonton, 133, 222 Emigrants, after thirty years, 100 Emigrants’ experiences, 147 Emigrants, Government’s care for, 149 Emigrants in 1811, 167 ——, the raw material, 99 Emigration, Lord Selkirk’s scheme, 166 —— from U.S.A. to Canada, 4 _Empress of India_, the, 123 Engineering triumphs of the C.P.R., 117 Europe and Western Canada, opening of new route, 171 Experimental Farms, value of, to settlers, 128