Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Manufactures

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER VIII Manufactures UEBEC has special advantages for manufacturing in its supply 0 of raw materials, abundance of cheap power and plentiful supply of labour. Water power developments at Shawinigan Falls, in the vicinity of Montreal, in the Gatineau and lake St. John regions, and in the Eastern townships have made those portions of the province within transmission distance of these points, centres of thriving manufacturing industries. One of the most important classes of manufactured products is that which includes pulp, paper, lumber and articles made from wood. This is a class which needs abundant supplies of forest products and cheap power, and of both Quebec has a plentiful share. Closely allied with cheap power, also, is the chemical industry, an important centre of which is growing up about Shawinigan Falls. Reliable Labour Supply.—Possibly nowhere in America are labour conditions more stable and satisfactory from the manufacturer's point of view than in the province of Quebec. The supply is ample. Indeed, s0 large is it that for many years there has been a steady drift of population into the manufacturing towns of the New England States, but every effort is now being made to retain such an asset for the province. The French Canadians raise large families and as a race they are hardy, indus- trious and thrifty, whilst their religious teaching influences them against detrimental associations with international labour organizations. Natural Resources the Basis of Industries.—The development of Quebec’s natural resources has led to the growth of its industries. In recent years numerous manufacturing plants have been established as the result of water power development and at the present time several large and important industries are in process of installation in the vicinity of great hydraulic power. The exploitation of the immense pulpwood forests has given opportunity for the expansion of pulp and paper industries. The discovery of vast mineral resources in western Quebec has led to the founding of several allied industries. Important industrial towns have been erected on modern principles of town planning, such as Arvida, Riverbend, Noranda, Rouyn and Grand’Mere, and other industrial towns are now being planned. The valleys of the St. Lawrence and its tribu- tarv rivers are destined to become the site of a great industrial region. Leading Industries.—Industries using forest products as their raw materials stand at the head of the list of forty leading industries of the 110

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