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Title: Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Haydon, Arthur Lincoln, 1872-
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Publisher: London, Cassell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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heir beauti-ful scenery, and are much frequented by tourists. It is in Cape Breton that most of the descendantsof the original Scottish settlers are to be found. InAntigonish, Baddeck, and other towns and villages,Highland family names—such as MacDonald andGrant—are much in evidence, and a number ofthe inhabitants can still speak nothing butGaelic. At Sydney is published the Mac Talla (TheEcho), the only newspaper in the world which iswholly printed in Gaelic. Many Harbours. Above all things. Nova Scotia is remarkable forits numerous fine natural harbours. Most of thesearc on the southern coast. It is stated that thenumber of ports capable of accommodating shipsof the largest size is more than double those onthe whole of the United States seaboard. To the east of Halifax, which is by Tar the finest,there are twenty-six harbours, of which half canaccommodate British warships. On the westernside there are no fewer than fifteen beautiful portsand liarbours of magnificent proportions.
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78 CANADA. Halifax. It was its obvious value as a naval station thatled to Halifax, the capital city and seat of govern-ment, being colonised by English settlers in theyear 1749. During the wars that followed it assumed moreand more importance, being the rendezvous ofWolfes fleet and of the ships that were employedagainst the American revolutionists. It was notlong, therefore, before it came to rank as the chiefnaval and military headquarters of British NorthAmerica. Some idea of the extent of its harbour may begained from the statement that it could containat the same time all the vessels in the navies ofGreat Britain, France, Germany, and the UnitedStates. If desired, the whole of our navy mightmanoeuvre upon its broad waters with the utmostease. One can readily understand why the Indiansin olden time gave it the name of Chebucto, thegreatest of havens. Halifax, of course, has its Naval Yard, withlarge storehouses, machine shops, and powdermagazines. It covers fourteen acres in all,

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