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Identifier: statementconcern00onta (find matches)
Title: A statement concerning the extent resources, climate and industrial development of the province of Ontario, Canada
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: (Toronto, Cameron, Pr.)
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Queen's University - University of Toronto Libraries

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pictur-esquely situated on the Ottawa River, forming- the boundaryline between the Province of Ontario and Quebec, its population beingabout 50,000. It is about 100 miles distant from Montreal. Its mostconspicuous feature is the handsome and substantial Parliament and Depart-mental Buildings which occupy a central and commanding position, and thereare also some fine educational buildings and churches. Rideau Hall, the resi-dence of the Governor-General, is situated in the suburbs. Ottawa is welllaid out with wide streets and has a model electric railway service. Its mostimportant business interest is the lumbering trade drawn from the extensiveregion of the upper Ottawa and its tributary streams. The navigation ofthe Ottawa River is interrupted by the Chaudiere Falls, which furnish amag-nificent water-power for a large number of lumber mills and wood-working establishments. Its industries also include pulp and paper andwoollen manufactures, machine-shops, foundries and car-shops. (?o)
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O a t-l To g I * 3^ THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO The handsome and prosperous city of Hamilton is very attractively1situated on a beautiful bay at the extreme western end ot Lake Ontario, 40miles by rail southwest of Toronto, and 56 miles northwest ofNiagara and the American border. Population 50,000. Hamiltonoccupies an alluvial plain lying between the bay and the escarpment (ormountain as it is locally called)—a continuation of the height over whichthe Niagara plunges at the Falls. From this summit a magnificent viewmay be had. The city lies immediately below, and beyond it the broad bluewaters of Lake Ontario stretch away to the eastern horizon. The plain iscovered in all directions with fine farms and dotted with thriving villages,for the city is the center of a magnificient farming section devoted largelyto fruit. The total capital invested in the manufacturing industries of the city isabout $8,000,000, and the number of men employed is 14,000. It hasextensive manufacturing industrie

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