 | Henry Youle Hind - 1860 - 522 pages
...it again passes to south-west, meeting the Eocky Mountains in latitude 51° N., longitude 115° W. Between this line of the ' strong woods' and the northern...in lakes and rich natural pasturage, in some parts rivaling the finest park scenery of our own country. Throughout this region of country the climate... | |
 | Henry Youle Hind - 1860 - 540 pages
...it again passes to south-west, meeting the Rocky Mountains in latitude 51° N., longitude 115° W. Between this line of the ' strong woods' and the northern...It is now a partially wooded country, abounding in kkes and rich natural pasturage, in some parts rivaling the finest park scenery of our own country.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1861 - 602 pages
...where it again passes to south-west, meeting the Rocky Mountains in lat. 51° N., long. 1 1 5° W. Between this line of the " strong woods " and the...been gradually cleared by successive fires. It is no wa partially wooded country, abounding in lakes and rich natural pasturage, in some parts rivalling... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson Russell - 1869 - 236 pages
...Mountains in lat. 51° N., long. 115° W. Between this line of the ' strong woods' and the northerly limit of the true prairie country, there is a belt...partially wooded country, abounding in lakes, and rich in natural pasturage, in some parts rivalling the finest park scenery of our own country. Throughout... | |
 | Thomas Spence - 1879 - 78 pages
...where it again passes to the South- West, meeting the Rocky Mountains in latitude 51° N. and 115°W. Between this line of the strong woods and the Northern...been covered by an extension of the Northern forests, hut which has been gradually cleared by successive fires. "It is now a partially wooded country, abounding... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam - 1885 - 448 pages
...British Expedition, wrote of the. Fertile Belt in terms that at the time seemed extravagant. He speaks of a partially wooded country, abounding in lakes and...in some parts rivalling the finest park scenery of England." Comment is also made on the fact that, in the region, spring commences about a month earlier... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam - 1885 - 422 pages
...British Expedition, wrote of the Fertile Belt in terms that at the time seemed extravagant. He speaks of a partially wooded country, abounding in lakes and...in some parts rivalling the finest park scenery of England." Comment is also made on the fact that, in the region, spring commences about a month earlier... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam - 1885 - 450 pages
...British Expedition, wrote of the Fertile Belt in terms that at the time seemed extravagant. He speaks of a partially wooded country, abounding in lakes and..." in some parts rivalling the finest park scenery cf England." Comment is also made on the fact that, in the region, spring commences about a month earlier... | |
 | Anonymous - 1861 - 640 pages
...Winnipeg amounts in round numbers to 150,000 square miles ; that 65,000 miles of this territory consist of a partially wooded country abounding in lakes and...natural pasturage, in some parts rivalling the finest park-scenery of England ; and that -one-third of the latter area may be considered as at once available... | |
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strong woods' and the northern limit of the true prairie country there is a belt of land varying in width, which at one period must have been covered by an extension of the northern forests, but which has been gradually cleared by successive fires. "... 