PICTURES
of
CANADIAN LIFE

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I.

Introductory.—Canadian Territory and Population

1

II.

Off With The Emigrants—The Voyage Out—The ‘Sarnia’—The Cod-Fishery

16

III.

Arrival at Quebec

33

IV.

At Montreal, and on to Ottawa—Interviewing and Interviewed

45

V.

Toronto—The Town—The People—Canadian Authors—The Leader of the Opposition

74

VI.

Off to the North-West—Niagara—Lake Superior—The Canadian Pacific Railway—At Winnipeg

104

VII.

Life on the Prairie

148

VIII.

Amongst the Cow-Boys

174

IX.

In the Rockies—Holt City—Life in the Camp—A Rough Ride—The Kicking Horse Lake—British Columbia

194

X.

Dangers of the Rockies—Prairie Fires—The Return—Port Arthur—Emigrants

225

XI.

Back to England—Canadian Hospitality—The ‘Assyrian Monarch’—Home

245

XII.

Colonization in Canada

255

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Dr. Barnardo’s Distributing Home for Children, Peterborough, Ontario

Frontispiece

Falls of Montmorenci—Quebec—Junction of the River Ottawa and St. Lawrence, Montreal

48

King Street, Toronto

78

Second Year on a Prairie Farm, Canadian North-West

134

Calico Island, Saskatchewan River, Canadian North-West

135

Hunting Scene on the Souris River

145

Souris Valley, Manitoba

147

Pioneer Store at Brandon in 1882

162

Harvesting on the Bell Farm—Indian Head, N.W.T.