Western Canada

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Excerpt from Western Canada: Manitoba, Alberta, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, and New Ontario, How to Reach It, How to Obtain Lands, How to Make a HomeDuring the last few years Canada has attracted settlers im Great Britain, Europe and the United States in ever increasing numbers. Every ship that arrives from the Old Land has immi grants aboard, and farmers fiom the Western States are selling their improved farms to take up virgin land in the north-west ot the Dominion. Since the country was opened up hundreds of thousands of immigrants have made their home in Manitoba and the Territories, and the official figures for the year ending June 30, 1904, Show the steady Increase in the number of the newcomers is maintained In that period settlers entered the country from Great Britain, Europe and the United States, and in addition several thousand Canadians from the east went west to sharein the development of the most promising districts of their native land. During the same period acres of free Government land were taken up on the western prairies, and the settlement has increased at so rapid a rate that the actual population of the North West at the present time can only be estimated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.