Homes and Careers in Canada

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

After the sheets of this book were printed off, it was found that the title chosen, Making Good in Canada, had been used for another book that just secured priority of publication. It was necessary to change the title, but the original title had to remain at the heads of the pages.



 

 

HOMES AND CAREERS

IN CANADA

 

 

 

 

BY

H. JEFFS

 

 

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

 

 

LONDON

JAMES CLARKE & CO., 13 & 14 FLEET STREET

 

1914


THE AUTHOR’S THANKS

 

TO

 

THE HON. DR. W. J. ROCHE

 

DOMINION MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

 

FOR KINDNESS SHOWN


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
     
FOREWORD vii
     
I. WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA 9
     
II. THE HOME OF A NATION 25
     
III. THE MAKING OF MODERN CANADA 31
     
IV. THE ROMANCE OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION 50
     
V. SETTLING ON THE LAND 70
     
VI. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 104
     
VII. “REAL ESTATE” 146
     
VIII. THE HOMES OF CANADA 164
     
IX. LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY 183

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE  
   
PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA Frontispiece
   
THE “EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” WITH EMIGRANTS AT RIMOUSKI 18
   
SIX MONTHS OUT FROM HOME 24
   
QUEBEC FROM THE RIVER 34
   
COUNTRY SCENE IN OTTAWA 44
   
THE POWER PLOUGH IN SASKATCHEWAN 62
   
EVANGELINE’S WELL, ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, NOVA SCOTIA 70  
   
STEAM PLOUGH IN ALBERTA 84  
   
TORONTO, YONGE STREET 104  
   
GALA DAY AT WINNIPEG 116  
   
REGINA 126  
   
CALGARY 137  
   
PLOUGHING AND HARVESTING 164  
   
STRATHCONA MONUMENT AT MONTREAL 171  
   
A SASKATOON SCHOOL 182  
   
EMIGRANTS LANDED AT QUEBEC 188  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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