| CHAPTER I. | |
| INTRODUCTORY. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL. | |
| Halifax—Cunard Line—Intercolonial Railway—Truro—Travelling by Pullman—New Brunswick—Miramichi—Great Fires in New Brunswick—Salmon Fishing—Micmac Indians—Rimouski—S.S. Parisian—The first Ocean Steamer the Royal William—Incidents of Ocean Voyage—Arrival. | Page 11 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| ENGLAND. | |
| Willie Gordon—Custom House Annoyances—Cable Telegram—Post Office Annoyances—London—Spurgeon’s Tabernacle—An Ancestral Home—English and United States Hotels—English Reserve—A Railway Accident—The Land’s End—A Deaf Guest. | Page 33 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| ENGLAND (Continued). | |
| Marquis of Salisbury—Classical Studies—Henley Regatta—Red Lion—London Dinner to Lord Dufferin—His Speech—Greenwich—Fisheries Exhibition—Bray—The Vicar—The Thames—Minehead—The Polynesian. | Page 58 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| ENGLAND TO CANADA. | |
| The Ocean Voyage—Its Comfort—Moville—Mail Coach Road of Old Days—Impressive Service on Deck—Comfort on the Vessel—Rimouski—Halifax. | Page 84 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| NOVA SCOTIA. | |
| Early Colonization—De Monts—Champlain—Sir William Alexander—Capture of Quebec—The Treaties—The Acadian Evangeline—Louisbourg—First Capture—Peace of Aix la Chapelle—Boundary Disputes—The Final Struggle—Deportation of the Acadians—Nova Scotia constituted a Province. | Page 102 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| HALIFAX TO QUEBEC. | |
| Home in Halifax—Start for the Pacific—The Intercolonial Railway—Major Robinson—Old Companions—The Ashburton Blunder—Quebec—The Provincial Legislature—Champlain—The Iroquois. | Page 119 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| QUEBEC, MONTREAL, OTTAWA. | |
| Montreal—Ship Channel—Hon. John Young—St. Lawrence Canals—Indifference of Quebec—Quebec Interests Sacrificed—Need of a Bridge at Quebec—Montreal Trade in Early Times—Beauty of the City—Canadian Pacific Railway—Ottawa—The Social Influence of Government House—Kingston. | Page 131 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| TORONTO TO LAKE SUPERIOR. | |
| Toronto—Collingwood—Georgian Bay—The Sault St. Mary—Navigation of the Great Lakes—Manitoulin Islands—Lake Huron—Arrival at the Sault. | Page 147 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| LAKE SUPERIOR TO WINNIPEG. | |
| Lake Superior—Early Discoverers—Joliet and La Salle—Hennepin—Du Luth—Port Arthur—The Far West—The North-West Company—Rat Portage—Gold Mining—Winnipeg. | Page 161 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| WINNIPEG, HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, LORD SELKIRK. | |
| Early Explorers of the North-West—Du Luth—De la Verendrye—Mackenzie—Hudson’s Bay Company—Treaty of Utrecht—North-West Company—Lord Selkirk—War in the North-West—Union of the Rival Companies—The North-West Annexed to Canada. | Page 179 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| WINNIPEG TO CALGARY. | |
| Winnipeg—Great Storm—Portage-la-Prairie—Brandon—Moose Jaw—Old Wives’ Lakes—The Indians—Maple Creek—Medicine Hat—Rocky Mountains. | Page 201 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| CALGARY TO THE SUMMIT. | |
| Start for the Mountains—The Cochrane Ranche—Gradual Ascent—Mount Cascade—Anthracite Coal—Sunday in the Rockies—Mountain Scenery—The Divide. | Page 221 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| DOWN KICKING-HORSE VALLEY. | |
| The Descent—Summit Lake—The Kicking-Horse River—Singular Mountain Storms—An Engineering Party—A Beaver Meadow—A Dizzy Walk. | Page 237 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| TO THE SUMMIT OF THE SELKIRKS. | |
| The Eagle Pass—Kicking-horse River—Valley of the Columbia—The Selkirk Range—The Columbia River—Summit of the Selkirks—Major Rogers’ Discovery. | Page 252 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET. | |
| The Descent of the Selkirk Range—Glaciers—The Last of our Horses—Devil’s Clubs—The Ille-celle-waet—A Rough Journey—A Mountain Storm—Slow Progress—A Roaring Torrent—Skunk Cabbage—Marsh—A Long Ten Miles’ Journey. | Page 271 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| DOWN THE ILLE-CELLE-WAET.—Continued. | |
| A Difficult March—Cariboo Path—Organization of Advance—Passing Through the Canyon—Timber Jam—A Gun-shot heard—The Columbia again—Indians—Disappointment—The Question of Supplies becomes Urgent—No Relief Party Found—Suspense. | Page 284 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| THROUGH THE EAGLE PASS. | |
| The Kamloops Men at Last—No Supplies—On Short Allowance—An Indian Guide—Bog-wading—The Summit of the Pass—Bluff Lake—Victoria Bluff—Three Valley Lake—Eagle River—Shooting Salmon—The Cached Provisions—Pack-horses again—Road Making—The South Thompson—Indian Ranches. | Page 295 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| KAMLOOPS TO THE COAST. | |
| Lake Kamloops—Savona’s Ferry—Irrigation—Chinese Navvies—Chinese Servants—Lytton—The Fraser River Canyon—Old Engineering Friends—Sunday at Yale—Paddling Down the Fraser—An English Fog at New Westminster. | Page 311 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| ON PACIFIC WATERS. | |
| New Westminster—Enormous Forest Trees—English Broom—Port Moody—Down Burrard Inlet—Sea Fog—Navigation by Echo—Straits of Georgia—The St. Juan Archipelago—Seamanship—Victoria. | Page 329 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA. | |
| Sir Francis Drake—Mears—Vancouver—Astor—Hudson’s Bay Company—Gold Discoveries—Climate—Timber—Fisheries—Minerals—Mountain Scenery. | Page 340 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| HOME BY THE NORTHERN PACIFIC. | |
| Puget Sound—The Columbia—Portland—Oregon and San Juan Disputes—Arid Country—Mountain Summits—The Yellowstone—The Missouri—The Red River—Chicago—Standard Time Meeting—The British Association—Home. | Page 355 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| THE INDIANS. | |
| Indian Population—The Government Policy—Indian Instincts—The Hudson’s Bay Company—Fidelity and Truthfulness of Indians—Aptitude for Certain Pursuits—The Future of the Red Man. | Page 380 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. | |
| Rapid Construction—Travelling Old and New—Beginning of Pacific Railway—Difficulties—Party Warfare—The Line North of Lake Superior—The United States Government—Mountain Passes—Soil and Climate—National Parks—Pacific Terminus. | Page 394 |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| England and Canada—Old and New Colonial Systems—Political Exigencies—The High Commissioners—Lord Lorne’s Views—The Future—The French Element in Canada—Colonial Federation—The Larger Union. | Page 420 |