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Political map of Canada, c. 1901

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Identifier: europeotherconti00tarr (find matches)
Title: Europe and other continents
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912 McMurray, Frank Morton, 1862- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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itude do these islandslie? (Figs. 241 and 338). They form a portion of thegreat girdle of mountain chains and volcanoes shown inFigure 5. The winter season is dry, but the summer mon-soon (p. 36) brings heavy rains. What must the tempera-ture be ? The extensive forests and mineral deposits arelittle utilized, but hemp, tobacco, sugar, coffee, and cocoaare raised for export. Countries North of the United States Canada and Newfoundland. — The Dominion of Canadawas formed in 1867. It now consists of seven provinces.Name the seven provinces and the sparsely settled terri-tories (Fig. 398). Canada is a dependency of GreatBritain, and has a popular government of its own, withOttawa as the capital. Newfoundland never joined thisunion, and hence forms a separate British colony. Southern Canada is very similar to northern UnitedStates in physiography, climate, and products. Farthernorth there is a forest belt inhabited mainly by Indiansand trappers ; and beyond that are extensive tundras, or
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COUNTRIES NORTH OF THE UNITED STATES 517 barrens, having almost no inhabitants with the exceptionof a few Eskimos along the coast. Locate the four largestrivers and the three largest lakes. The forests are one of the greatest sources of wealth,and many of the cities have sawmills, furniture factories,pulp mills, etc. ; for example, Fredericton and St.John in New Brunswick, and Montreal, Ottawa, andToronto farther west. Fishing is an important industry, especially along theeastern coast (Fig. 369). Some of the best-known portsare Yarmouth and Halifax in Nova Scotia, and St.Johns in Newfoundland. Vessels from the latter port areengaged in sealing and whaling. The seals on the easternside of Canada are of value for their fat, or blubber, andnot for their fur. Wheat and hardy fruits are raised in British Columbia,as in the state of Washington, which has a similar climate.Farther east cattle and sheep raising are the main indus-tries, as in Montana. Manitoba is noted for wheat, andWinnipeg

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