H Hamilton, visit to, 53 Herring, extraordinary prolificness in British Columbia, of, 244 Homes provided by C.P.R., 127 Homesteads, free, 237 Horse-breeding, Canadian prospects of, 92 Horse-raising in Manitoba, its history, 91 Horses, demand for, 92 ——, what breeds are wanted, 93 House, building the first, 155 Hudson Bay District, mineral richness of, 134 —— ——, nature of trading, 16 —— —— railway, the proposed, 134 —— —— route to Europe, opening of, 171 —— Strait, mica deposits at, 174 Hudson’s Bay Company, early history of, 15 —— ——, purchase of, 28 —— —— and Nor’ West Company, amalgamation of, 26 —— —— war with France, 18 _Hudson’s Bay_, Fight of the, and the _Pelican_, 19 Hume, William, biography of, 246 Hunting, possibilities of, in Quebec, 43 I Iceberg, description of an, 8 Ile à la Crosse, 197 Immigrants, arrival on prairie allotment, 152 ——, building the home, 155 —— experiences, 147 ——, first operations on own land, 152 —— journey across country, 150 —— outfit, 148 ——, plentitude of food, 153 ——, reasons for independence, 154 ——, recreations of, 159 ——, the first rush to the prairie provinces, 122 Immigrating, Quebec’s unique plan, 44 Immigration, beginnings of, 1 Intensive methods of farming, results from, 96 International Financial Association, operations of, 28 Investments, Canadian, advice on, 189 Iron deposits, richest in world, 184 —— in Nova Scotia, 177 —— in Ontario, 177 ——, prospects of mining, 41 —— in Quebec, 177 Irrigation, extent of, by C.P.R., 125 J Jacques Cartier, the discoveries of, 11 Jasper National Park, 237 K Kaksakin’s conversion, 206 Kansas Pacific Railway, construction of the, 30 Keewatin, abundance of fish in, 142 ——, agricultural and mineral prospects in, 136 ——, climate of, 144 ——, opening up its resources, 132 Kicking Horse Pass, building the railway at, 118 L Lac la Rouge, 197 Lake Winnipeg, 138 —— ——, fertile lands to the north of, 136 Land, irrigation of, by C.P.R., 125 ——, price of under the C.P.R., 125 ——, value of, 43 ——, farming, where available, 84 Laurentian plateau, mineral yield, 183 Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 195 Laziness, fatal to farming, 161 Lead, the, mines of British Columbia, 178 Lesser Slave Lake, 223 Lignites, location of, 177 Limestone deposits, extensive, 143 Live-stock, history and prospects, 91 Lloydminster, 161 Logging, process of, 259 Low, Mr. A. P., scientific expeditions of, 33 ——, ——, geological explorations of, 136 Lumber mill, machinery of a, 64 ——, the centre of the industry, 57 Lumbering, how logs are reduced, 63 ——, how trees are felled, 258 ——, removal of logs, 259 ——, value of annual production, 43 ——, value of the waterways in, 61