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T R E A T Y A T L E S S E R S L A V E L A K E 67
w i t h the Indians of the Mackenzie R i v e r and the Esquimaux
of the A r c t i c coast. But Treaty Eight covers the most valuable
portions of the Northern A n t i c l i n a l , though this is a conjecture,
as the resources of the lower Mackenzie Basin, and
even of the Barren Lands, are only now becoming known,
and may yet prove to be of great value. Bishop Grouard
told me that at their Mission at Fort Providence, potatoes,
turnips and barley ripened, and also wheat when tried, though
this, he thought, was uncertain. I have also heard Chief-factor
Camsell speak quite boastfully of his tomatoes at Fort
Simpson. As a matter of fact, l i t t l e is known practically as
to the bearing of the climate and long summer sunshine on
agriculture i n the Mackenzie District. But be that region
what it may, there has been already ceded an empire i n itself,
extending, roughly speaking, from the 54th to the 60th parallel
of north latitude, and from the 106th to the 130th degree
of west longitude. In this domain there is ample room for
millions of people; and, as I must now return to the Half-breed
Commission on Lesser Slave Lake, I shall give, as we
go, as fair a picture as I can of its superficial features and
the inducements it offers to the immigrant.
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| OCR | T R E A T Y A T L E S S E R S L A V E L A K E 67 w i t h the Indians of the Mackenzie R i v e r and the Esquimaux of the A r c t i c coast. But Treaty Eight covers the most valuable portions of the Northern A n t i c l i n a l , though this is a conjecture, as the resources of the lower Mackenzie Basin, and even of the Barren Lands, are only now becoming known, and may yet prove to be of great value. Bishop Grouard told me that at their Mission at Fort Providence, potatoes, turnips and barley ripened, and also wheat when tried, though this, he thought, was uncertain. I have also heard Chief-factor Camsell speak quite boastfully of his tomatoes at Fort Simpson. As a matter of fact, l i t t l e is known practically as to the bearing of the climate and long summer sunshine on agriculture i n the Mackenzie District. But be that region what it may, there has been already ceded an empire i n itself, extending, roughly speaking, from the 54th to the 60th parallel of north latitude, and from the 106th to the 130th degree of west longitude. In this domain there is ample room for millions of people; and, as I must now return to the Half-breed Commission on Lesser Slave Lake, I shall give, as we go, as fair a picture as I can of its superficial features and the inducements it offers to the immigrant. |
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