F Families, inducements to large, 44 Farming elements of success, 146 —— methods in Manitoba, 88 —— possibilities, valuable data, 38 —— prospects in Manitoba, 84 ——, suitability of Northern Alberta for, 202 ——, —— of Northern Saskatchewan for, 202 Farms, free, 237 —— on the hire-purchase system, 127 Federal Government, establishment of, 28 Federation, benefit to Canada of, 111 Feldspar, location of deposits, 179 Fertility, disadvantages of super-abundant, 91 Finance, mining and, 189 Fire, a prairie, 152, 157 First European colony in Canada, 12 —— operations in prairie farming, 85 Fish, abundance of, in Sakatchewan lakes and rivers, 198 ——, ——, in northern lakes, 40 ——, prolific yields in northern lakes and rivers, 142 Fish, quantity of, in British Columbia, 244 Fodder crops, richness of, 88 Forest lands in Northern Saskatchewan, 198, 200 Fort Chipewyan, 224 —— Garry, 29 —— McMurray, 224 —— Nelson, capitulation of, 21 —— Providence, 224 —— Simpson, 225 Free homesteads, 237 French rule, end of, 13 —— weed, prevalence of, 261 Fruit prospects in Manitoba, 98 —— ranches in British Columbia, 259 Fruit-growing, success in Quebec Province, 42 Fruits, wild, of Northern Saskatchewan, 200 Fullerton, 143 Fundy, Bay of, coal fields at the, 182 Fur traders’ rivalries, 23 G Gas, natural, tapped in Alberta, 186 Geological comparisons with U.S.A., 180 —— research in unexplored Quebec, 34 —— surveying, constant Government activity in, 177 Gladstone, William Ewart, an anecdote about, 73 Gleichen, 205 Gold in Alberta, 178 —— in British Columbia, 178 —— in Keewatin, 143 —— in Nova Scotia, 178 —— in Ontario, 178 —— in Quebec, 178 Gold in Yukon territory, 178 —— in Peace River district, 228 ——, value of, produced from Yukon, 187 Gold-bearing quartz, discovery of, 41 Government activity in scientific research, 173 —— aid, value of, 153 Grain-growing, success of, in Manitoba, 88 Grain, total, carried by the C.P.R., 116 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 232 —— —— —— ——, character of land opened up, 235 —— —— —— ——, incorporation of, 235 Graphite, location of deposits, 179 Grass River district, minerals located in, 143 Grasses and clovers, cultivation of, 88, 91 Great North Lands, alluring agricultural prospects of, 225 Growth, rapidity of town-, 161 Gypsum, where found, 179