Identifier: canadianschoolge00corn (find matches)
Title: Canadian school geography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London Toronto : Dent
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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o the dryness of the climate. But onthe western slopes of the mountains, where there is sufficient rain-fall, and especially on that of the coast range, are some of thedensest forests of giant trees to be found anywhere In the world.The Douglas fir, which grows to a height of three hundred feet, is byfar the most important. Formerly it was used principally for makingspars for vessels. Now, on account of its fine grain, hardness,toughness, beautiful finish, and cheapness, it is a favourite woodfor many structural purposes. The red cedar, a still larger tree,makes excellent shingles. Since the most valuable forests aresituated on the western slope of the Coast Mountains quite nearthe much indented coast, and on Vancouver Island, the timberscan be readily floated down to the harbours, where they are cutinto lumber at the saw-mills. In the past the chief difficulty hasbeen to obtain a suitable market, but at present with bettershipping facilities to Japan, South Africa, and Australia, and
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(Courtesy of Canada Lumberman.FIG. 149. A BRITISH COLUMBIA HEMLOCK FOREST, VANCOUVER ISLAND Notice how straight and close together the trunks are. 256 CANADIAN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY especially to the Prairie Provinces, where there is little or notimber, the market has greatly improved, and the lumberingindustry in British Columbia is rapidly developing. Agriculture Sec, 326. Agriculture.—It might be expected that, owing to thenumerous mountains and plateaus, there would be little land fitfor cultivation in British Columbia. It is quite true that withthe exception of the Peace River Valley there are no great stretchesof farm land such as are found in the Prairie Provinces. Butthere are many beautiful valleys in the south, and a number ofdeltas and flood-plains along rivers, which are composed of themost fertile soils. Add to this the fact that the rainfall and tem-perature of many parts of the province are more suitable forvegetable growth than the temperature and rainfall of any otherpar

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