Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Isto vember professor John Macoun f. U. S., Dominion Field naturalist and Boun it and for nine years government explorer of the great Northwest in great Book Manitoba and the great on 75, Chap. Ii last Mountain Waters of the Lake Are Sweet and pleasant to the taste quite Clear and of great depth. Multitudes of fish Ore caught Here. Multitudes of Peli cans geese ducks snipe Plover etc., were everywhere along the Lake. Before Many years steamboats will be plying its Waters and the Lovely land bordering on its shores will be dotted with farm of the richest tracts in the Quappelle Valley North and East from last Mountain. And when known will be speedily taken up by Farmers. While encamped near the head of this Lake we had ample Opportunity to examine this portion of the country. We were particularly charmed with its productiveness and position. To the East of Tho head of the Lake Lay the Rich country which caused Rne to fall this Region the Flower Garden of the Northwest abundance of Good Waurio found on every part of this tract is surveyed through the Northern part of the famous Canadian is graded through the Southern and Western portions of Mountain Valley per acre at present a Section is a Fortune personal inspection. Per acre at present average crop this year 25 bushels per acre no Frost. No rust. Two steam boats on Lake. C. P. R. Grade completed to within 5j Miles of Strassburg. Open Prairie. Park lands. Of the District Winnipeg
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