NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC 
Reclaiming Waste Land.—One of the first experiments in reclaiming 
waste land in Quebec by means of tree-planting was begun in 1889 at 
Oka, by Father Lefebre, a Sulpician priést, who succeeded in reforesting 
eighteen acres of shifting sands. This thriving plantation provides an 
illustration of the profits and advantages of reforestation. 
As in Ontario, the planting of the Forest Service has been devoted 
mainly to the reclamation of areas of “blow” sand, although a consider- 
able area of cut-over land has also been replanted. At Lachute, a tract 
of 300 acres of shifting sands has been reclaimed, partly by planting and 
partly by the sowing of beach grass. More than 800,000 young spruce 
and pine trees have been planted at Lachute and are all thriving. 
Near Berthier Junction and at other places similar reforestation is 
in progress. In each township reserve and also in the domanial forests, 
reforestation is being actively carried on by the Government. In this 
way many of the lands ruined by fire will be reforested by artificial means 
more quickly than bv nature. 
Private Companies Interested.—Particularly good work in re- 
forestation is being done by private companies engaged in the lumbering 
and pulp industries. The Laurentide Company, Limited, at Grand’ Mere, 
who were the pioneers in reforestation, planted in 1919 a million trees 
and transplanted a million and a quarter. The total number of trees 
Three year seedlings of spruce