Canada; its Defences, Condition, and Resources Being a third and concluding volume of "My Diary, North and South"

CHAPTER XVII.

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The Acadian Confederation--Union is Strength--The Provinces--New Brunswick--The Temperature--Trade of St. John--Climate and agriculture of Nova Scotia--Newfoundland--Prince Edward Island--The Red River District--Assiniboia--The Red River Valley--Minnesota and the West--The Hudson’s Bay Company--Their Territory--The North-West Regions--Climate of Winnipeg Basin--The area of Winnipeg Basin--Finances of the Confederation--Imports, exports, and tonnage--Proposed Federal Constitution--Lessons from the American struggle 310

CANADA:

ITS DEFENCES, CONDITION, AND RESOURCES.