Montreal--Ship Channel--Hon. John Young--St. Lawrence Canals-- Indifference of Quebec--Quebec Interests Sacrificed--Need of a Bridge at Quebec--Montreal Trade in Early Times--Beauty of the City--Canadian Pacific Railway--Ottawa--The Social Influence of Government House--Kingston. Page 131 CHAPTER IX. _TORONTO TO LAKE SUPERIOR._ Toronto--Collingwood--Georgian Bay--The Sault St. Mary-- Navigation of the Great Lakes--Manitoulin Islands--Lake Huron-- Arrival at the Sault. Page 147 CHAPTER X. _LAKE SUPERIOR TO WINNIPEG._ Lake Superior--Early Discoverers--Joliet and La Salle-- Hennepin--Du Luth--Port Arthur--The Far West--The North-West Company--Rat Portage--Gold Mining--Winnipeg. Page 161 CHAPTER XI. _WINNIPEG, HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, LORD SELKIRK._ Early Explorers of the North-West--Du Luth--De la Verendrye-- Mackenzie--Hudson’s Bay Company--Treaty of Utrecht--North-West Company--Lord Selkirk--War in the North-West--Union of the Rival Companies--The North-West Annexed to Canada. Page 179 CHAPTER XII. _WINNIPEG TO CALGARY._ Winnipeg--Great Storm--Portage-la-Prairie--Brandon--Moose Jaw-- Old Wives’ Lakes--The Indians--Maple Creek--Medicine Hat-- Rocky Mountains. Page 201 CHAPTER XIII. _CALGARY TO THE SUMMIT._ Start for the Mountains--The Cochrane Ranche--Gradual Ascent-- Mount Cascade--Anthracite Coal--Sunday in the Rockies-- Mountain Scenery--The Divide. Page 221 CHAPTER XIV. _DOWN KICKING-HORSE VALLEY._ The Descent--Summit Lake--The Kicking-Horse River--Singular Mountain Storms--An Engineering Party--A Beaver Meadow--A Dizzy Walk. Page 237 CHAPTER XV. _TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SELKIRKS._ The Eagle Pass--Kicking-horse River--Valley of the Columbia--The Selkirk Range--The Columbia River--Summit of the Selkirks-- Major Rogers’ Discovery. Page 252 CHAPTER XVI. _DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET._ The Descent of the Selkirk Range--Glaciers--The Last of our Horses--Devil’s Clubs--The Ille-celle-waet--A Rough Journey-- A Mountain Storm--Slow Progress--A Roaring Torrent--Skunk Cabbage--Marsh--A Long Ten Miles’ Journey. Page 271 CHAPTER XVII. _DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET.--Continued._ A Difficult March--Cariboo Path--Organization of Advance-- Passing Through the Canyon--Timber Jam--A Gun-shot heard-- The Columbia again--Indians--Disappointment--The Question of Supplies becomes Urgent--No Relief Party Found--Suspense. Page 284 CHAPTER XVIII. _THROUGH THE EAGLE PASS._