. A complete geography. unt of the severe winters this is not so great anadvantage as might at first appear. Why ? There are numerous rapids in the St. Lawrence, over which vesselscannot pass; but large ship canals have been bailt around , therefore, all but the large ocean steamers are able to go fromthe open ocean to the western part of Lake Superior, a distance oftwenty-four hundred miles. In this respect the Canadian route hasa great advantage over the Erie Canal route upon which only smallcanal boats can go. However, there is a movement on foot to deepenthe Erie Canal so that lak
. A complete geography. unt of the severe winters this is not so great anadvantage as might at first appear. Why ? There are numerous rapids in the St. Lawrence, over which vesselscannot pass; but large ship canals have been bailt around , therefore, all but the large ocean steamers are able to go fromthe open ocean to the western part of Lake Superior, a distance oftwenty-four hundred miles. In this respect the Canadian route hasa great advantage over the Erie Canal route upon which only smallcanal boats can go. However, there is a movement on foot to deepenthe Erie Canal so that lake vessels can pass through it also. Although southern Canada closely resembles the United States inclimate and physiography, toward the north the country rapidly growscolder, until, in the extreme northern portion, the climate is the sea is frozen over in winter, and in summer it is covered withfloating ice (Figs. 316 and 317). Even in midsummer large patches ofsnow are seen upon the land. 198 NORTH AMERICA. Fig. 209. A winter scene in the woods of NewBrunswick. Lumbering. — The forests whichcover northern Maine, New Hamp-shire, and Vermont extend intothe hilly and mountainous sectionof New Brunswick and southernQuebec. In fact, from there west-ward to the Pacific, sweeping north-ward around the vast plains ofManitoba, this forest tract is fromtwo to three hundred miles wide,and is estimated to include fully amillion square miles. In the eastthe principal trees are spruce, bal-sam fir, pines, and maples, while inthe west are spruces, mammothcedars, sometimes sixty feet in cir- cumference, and the Douglas fir, which in some instances attains a height of three hundred feet (Fig. 210). This forest is so nearly in its primitive state that there are few parts of the con-tinent where the hunting for large game is so good. Lumbering is carried on in much the same manner as m the United States (pp. 147 and 158). In the east the principal river down which the logs are flo
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