Alberta; an account of its wealth and progress

Leo Thwaite, Robert P. (Robert Percival) Porter

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OFPROVINCETHE .*; ' • TORONTO GGMPaiSYLTDMUSSON^BCOKTHE THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIAOF ANGELESLOS Digitized by tlie Internet Archive in 2007 witli funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/albertaaccountofOOtliwaiala NATIONSPROGRESS OFPORTER'S ALBERTA *- »' i Frontispiece PORTER'S PROGRESSOFNATIONS: ALBERTA OF ITS WEALTHAN ACCOUNT AND PROGRESS BY / LEO THWAITE AN INTRODUCTION BYWITH ROBERT P. PORTER AUTHOR OF 'the TEN REPUBLICS', 'THE FULL RECOGNITION OF JAPAN/ ETC, WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPSTWO TORONTO THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, Ltd. 1912 OXFORD PRINTED BY HORACK HART AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS r / CONTENTS PAGE PorterINTRODUCTION. By Robert P. 7 : ITS WEALTHTHE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA AND PROGRESS. By Leo Thwaite CHAP. I. The Winning of the North-West 17 II. Constitution, Law, and Order 33 III. Physical Characteristics 44 IV. Population, Immigration, Labour 63 V. TheLand .... 76 VI. Agriculture (i) . 93 VII. 106 .(2) VIII. Mining 126and some Mining Towns IX. Means of Communication 135 —X. The Capital City Edmonton 153 —XI. The Commercial Metropolis Cal GARY .... 163 —XII. The other Cities Wetaskiwin Lethbridge, Medicine Hat 170 XIII. Some Towns and Villages 177 XIV. Finance and Trade 185 XV. Education .... 198 XVI. Sport and Recreation . 207 XVII. Women and their Work 216 XVIII. Impressions and Memories 227 Appendix: SummaryofAcreage and Yields OF Grain .....

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• Alberta

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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OFPROVINCETHE
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GGMPaiSYLTDMUSSON^BCOKTHETHE LIBRARY
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THE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIAOF
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in 2007 witli funding from
IVIicrosoft Corporation
http://www.archive.org/details/albertaaccountofOOtliwaialaNATIONSPROGRESS OFPORTER'S
ALBERTA*- »'
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FrontispiecePORTER'S PROGRESSOFNATIONS:
ALBERTA
OF ITS WEALTHAN ACCOUNT
AND PROGRESS
BY
/
LEO THWAITE
AN INTRODUCTION BYWITH
ROBERT P. PORTER
AUTHOR OF 'the TEN REPUBLICS', 'THE FULL RECOGNITION OF JAPAN/ ETC,
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
AND MAPSTWO
TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, Ltd.
1912OXFORD
PRINTED BY HORACK HART
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS