Deposits of Native Copper in the Far North.—Several Areas West of Hudson Bay Contain Rocks Similar to Those at Sudbury.—Belts of Huronian Rocks that are Expected by Geologists to be Eventually of Great Economic Importance.—Vast Probable Mineral Bearing Country in the Interior Which Can Now be Reached Via Chesterfield Inlet.—Iron, Gold and Silver in Small Quantities North of Lake Athabaska.—Free Gold in Melville Peninsula.—Lignite and Soft Coal Along the Arctic Coast. 324 CHAPTER XXII. BARREN LANDS OR “ARCTIC PRAIRIE.”—Game, Fur-bearing Animals and Fish. Where Millions of Caribou Roam at Large.—Actual Value of These Immense Herds Very Great.—Can They Become Domesticated or Replaced by the Lapland Reindeer?—The Home of the Musk-Ox and Many Fur-bearing Animals.—The Polar Bear.—Where the Wild Geese Nest.—Lakes, Rivers and Sea Coasts Teeming With Fish.—The Arctic Salmon, Trout, White Fish and Grayling. 342 BIBLIOGRAPHY 362 INDEX 370 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. “Wheat field at Stanley, Churchill river” “Oat field at Ile à la Crosse” “Winter travel—Dinner time” “Portage near Long Spruce rapids, Nelson river” “Farm at Mount Nebo on Green lake trail, 65 miles from Prince Albert” “Prairie Land on lower Nelson river” “Portaging canoe at Long Spruce rapids, Nelson river” “Portage on Moose river” “Typical country on Hudson Bay Railway Survey” “Log jam on Limestone river” “Moose crossing Limestone river” “Haying near Green lake” “Flowers at Ile à la Crosse” “Potatoes at Anglican Mission, Lac la Ronge” “Oat field at Anglican Mission, Lac la Ronge” “Oat field at La Plonge” “Potatoes at Buffalo river” “Green lake settlement” “Oat field at Meadow lake” “Prairie along Clearwater river” “Landscape in Clearwater valley” “S. S. Grahame at McMurray” “Indian camp near Fort Smith” “Indian Family arriving at McMurray for Treaty” “Flour Mill at Fort Vermilion” “View on Halfway river” “Sheridan Lawrence’s Farm at Fort Vermilion” “Vegetable Garden 15 miles west of Fort St. John” “View of Pouce Coupé prairie” “Saw Mill near Fort Smith” “The 23rd Base Line between Townships 88 and 89, Range 14, West of the 6th Meridian” “Oil Well at McKay, Athabaska river” “Royal Northwest Mounted Police Barracks at Smith Landing” “Looking Across Slave river from Fort Smith” “Roman Catholic Mission at Chipewyan” “A Typical ‘Husky’ dog” “An Eskimo Boy at Arctic Red river” “Oat field at Fort Simpson” “Potatoes at Fort Simpson” “Mission Garden at Fort Providence” “View on Peel river” “Eskimos in Kyaks on Arctic Red river” “Staff and Pupils, Church of England Mission, Hay river” “Slave river near Fort Smith” “Spruce Timber on Peel river inside the Arctic Circle” “Anglican Church, School and Rectory at Fort Simpson”