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Title: Canada : its history, productions and natural resources
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Canada. Dept. of Agriculture Fisher, Sydney Arthur, 1850-1920 Liége. Exposition universelle et internationale, 1905
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Publisher: Ottawa
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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lumber of Northern Europe provided an unfailing andprofitable return freight for the shipping thus engaged.When, however, the troubles of the Napoleonic era be-gan, and especially when the continental blockade wasenforced, the lumber supplies of the Baltic became un-certain and insufficient. It was then that the lumberimporters of Great Britain turned their attention to theNorth American colonies, and found there not only allthe lumber they required, but occupation for the vastfleet of vessels lying unemployed in their harbors. Thusv/e find that, while in the year 1800 only some 2,600 loads,equal to 52 tons, of lumber reached Great Britain, in1810 there were 125,300 loads, and in 1820 about 308,000loads. When the war duties imposed on wood ofThe British European growth were gradually reducedDemand. it was feared that the Canadian product would no longer be able to hold its posi-tion in the English market, handicapped as it was by theshort season of navigation and the heavy charges for
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BIG TREES IN STANLEY PARK, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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