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 IX. Settlement areas

Collection:: Economics Books

SETTLEMENT AREAS 117 North of the lake St. John the land becomes a fertile plain excellent for settlers who will have a ready outlet in the Périnboka river. The vast partly explored territory extending north west of lake St. John to lake Mistassini is deeply forested and contains evidences of mineral wealth. TEMISCOUATA The Témiscouata district lies on the south bank of the St. Lawrence river between the counties of Rimouski and Kamouraska and borders the province of New Brunswick and the state of Maine. It is served by three railways: one skirting the St. Lawrence, another running across the middle of the county, while the third traverses the southwest. The townships that are much favoured for colonization purposes are Estcourt, Botsford, Packington, Raudot, Robitaille, Cabano, Robinson, and the parish of St. Dominique in the adjacent seigniory. The soil in these localities is eminently suited for all kinds of crops. It is usually a yellow to grayish black loam, sandy and gravelly areas being few. The climate in the growing months. being tempered by the lakes. is warm and aver. In the central and southern portions of the county dense forests con- tain magnificent specimens of cedar and hardwoods. Saw-mill and pulp- wood industries have been established in this section. The population in the colonization parishes of Témiscouata in 1925 numbered 5.834. CHALEUR BAY The Chaleur Bay, or Gaspesian, district includes the two counties of Bonaventure and Gaspé and comprises an area of over five and a half million acres. The Quebec Oriental and the Atlantic, Quebec and Western railways extend from Gaspé along the shore of Chaleur bay to Matapédia where connection is made with the Canadian National railway. The great area in the centre and north of the county of Gaspé has no railway service, the Canada Gulf Terminal railwav operating at present only from Métis to Matane, For many years the belief prevailed that this was purely a fisherman's country as the majority of the inhabitants were engaged solely in the cod and salmon fisheries, and only recently have the agricultural possibilities been recognized. The land is fairly easily cleared; the soil is good with a natural drainage, and the Gaspé fisheries afford an opportunity for the preparation of artificial fertilizers from fish waste and seaweed. The climate is equable and seeding can be commenced early in May. Small fruits are grown successfully and excellent apple orchards are seen. The area under cultivation is only a strip along the coast of Chaleur pay and comprises but a small part of the land suitable for agriculture. SRIN5—0

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