THE UNEXPLOITED WEST A COMPILATION of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNEXPLOITED REGIONS of NORTHERN CANADA By Major ERNEST J. CHAMBERS, Corps of Guides Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod Published under the direction of F. C. C. LYNCH Superintendent of the Railway Lands Branch Department of the Interior Hon. W. J. ROCHE, Minister OTTAWA Printed by J. de L. TACHE, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty 1914 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Ottawa, September 19, 1913. HONOURABLE W. J. ROCHE, Minister of the Interior, Ottawa. SIR,—I have the honour to transmit herewith the manuscript of a compilation of all available information on the Unexploited West by Major Ernest J. Chambers, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. This work, which was undertaken by Major Chambers under instructions from this Department, is drawn from all known sources. The information contained herein covers the whole of the unexploited portions of Canada, west of Hudson bay, and it is intended to fill a growing demand for complete information regarding this territory. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, F. C. C. LYNCH, _Superintendent of Railway Lands_. PREFACE. The stream of immigration steadily flowing westward in ever-increasing volume is rapidly exhausting the reserves of vacant land in that part of the Canadian west which used to be known, to the detriment of the territory farther to the north, as “The Fertile Belt.”