CHAPTER XLVII.

THE FUTURE OF THE CANADIAN WEST.

The Greater Canada--Wide wheat fields--Vast pasture lands--Huronian mines--The Kootenay riches--Yukon nuggets--Forests--Iron and coal--Fisheries--Two great cities--Towns and villages--Anglo-Saxon institutions--The great outlook 477

APPENDIX.

A.--AUTHORITIES AND REFERENCES 483

B.--SUMMARY OF LIFE OF PIERRE ESPRIT RADISSON 489

C.--COMPANY POSTS IN 1856, WITH INDIANS 491

D.--CHIEF FACTORS (1821-1896) 493

E.--RUSSIAN AMERICA (ALASKA) 495

F.--THE CREE SYLLABIC CHARACTER 497

G.--NAMES OF H. B. CO. OFFICERS IN PLATE OPPOSITE PAGE 442 498

INDEX 499

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Four great Governors of the Hudson's Bay Company _Frontispiece_

Map of Hudson Bay and Straits 6

Arms of the Hudson's Bay Company 18

Le Moyne D'Iberville 52

Comedey de Maisonneuve 82

Junction of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence 94

Map of Route of Scottish Merchants up the Ottawa to Lake Athabasca 96

Prince of Wales Fort 108

The Lac des Allumettes 116

Sir Alexander Mackenzie 130

Daniel William Harmon, Esq. 130

Johann Jacob Astor 194

Casanov, Trader and Chief 194

Fort Douglas 226

Seven Oaks Monument 232

Lord Selkirk 260

Sir George Simpson 260

Fort William, Lake Superior 272

Red River Note 284

I.--Portage 304

II.--Décharge 304

Block House of old H.B. Company Post 310

Map of the Far North 314

Searchers in the North 320

Fort Edmonton, on the North Saskatchewan 336

Jasper House, Rocky Mountains 336

Map of Labrador, and the King's Domains 378

Map of Mackenzie River and the Yukon 388

Sir James Douglas 398

Fort Victoria, B.C. 406

Indians of the Plains 432

Council of Hudson's Bay Company Commissioned Officers held in Winnipeg, 1887 442

Fort Garry--Winter Scenes 460

Commissioner Chipman (Winnipeg) 470

Hudson's Bay Company's Stores and General Offices, Winnipeg 472

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. 478

THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY