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years to come. The trapper still earns a suf-
ficient livelihood from the pelts of even I lie
ordinary fur-bearing animals.

The forest area is vast and Oucbce easily
lakes first place among the provinces of the.
Dominion in the number of pulp and paper
mills and the value of their output. No Ameri-
can region is more1 famous for its inland fishing.
It is the sportsman's paradise. Trout, salmon,
bass, pickerel, sturgeon, and whilcfish are
abundant. Along the coast are valuable lier-

Quebec

Qitchcc, Whiter Sports,

ring, cod, mackerel, and lobster fisheries, Next
to its forests, mimis, and water powers, the in-
land and sea fisheries of the province consti-
tute one of its most important natural re-
sources. Products of the mine are not so
numerous or valuable in Quebec as in the
neighboring province of Oulario. The most
important of the minerals is asbestos, and the,
production of cement is an important industry.
The land in the St* Lawrence Valley and the
Kastern Townships is excellently adapted to
the cultivation of wheat, oats, and the usual
fodder and root crops. The Kaslorn Town-
ships, in particular, are noted for their agri-
cultural products, and for the quality and
quantity of their butter and chew**. Apples

and other fruits an- grown near Montreal and
in the Eastern Townships. Potato growing is
an important brain h of agriculture, and to-
bacco also is grown in the provime. French-
Canadian cattle, the original stoik of which
was imported from Kraiuc in r(uo, closely re-
semble certain breeds still found in Normandy.
Horses and sheep are also raised.

The St, La wren*, e River forms a navigable
highway as far up the river as Montreal. Other
important waterways are the Ottawa and
Richelieu Rivers, which provide access to the
city of Ottawa and to Lake Chnmplain and
the canals of Mew York State. The chief
manut'ju lured products of Ihe province are
pulp and paper, electric li; h< and power, rail-
way rol'in^ stock, cut ton, t igun- and cigarettes,
butter and i hccse, ready made i lot lung, Hour,
and boots and shoes. Montreal i.s the most im-
portant nianufai luring centre. The i hief
arti< Irs exported are wheat and other j;iains,
lumber, paper, pulp, living animals Mid nuats,
cheese, butter, and milk. The population of
the province is ,<,i jo.oon Ouebe< , the capital,
has a population of i ^0,^4, and Mont teal, the
largest city, has •SiS.^y; inhabitants. The
s< hool syst< in of (Quebec U <ontroll<d by a
Superintendent of Kducation, asnstul by a
council \\hich is divided into two committees
each under a deputy head for the management
of Protestant and Roman Catholic s< hools,
respectively. Higher edwatiou is represented
by Laval University at Quebec, Montreal and
AhCiill Universities at Montreal, and the
University of I)(shop's College at Lennox-
ville. In religion the large in;»jt»rily of the
population is Roman Catholic. The affairs of
jthe province are administered by a lieutenant
'governor appointed by the Hominioii govern-
{incut, who i,s advised by an Kxirufive Council
• of ii members responsible to the Legislative
j Assembly, The )aU« r iw t ornposed of <>o mem-
lx*rs, clwtcd by what is virtually manhood suf'
frage. Then4 is also an upper hoiix*, called tin;
Legislative Omnt ii, romposftd of .»,} tnemlters,
who an; appointed for life by the lieutenant
governor in Gmmil.

The history of (Quebec from i5^;>, when
Jacques Cartier sailc<l up tfie St. Lawrence, to
tin* Knglish i'(Mi<jtiest in 1750, relates (lie at-
tempt of France tojound a Cut hoik* empire, in
America. In 1008 Chatnplain founded the
city of Quebec, established trading posts, and
explored the St, Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers
and the (ireut Lake region as far as Georgian
jfay. The missionaries sent out by tiu; kccolkt
and Jesuit orders, respectively, in 1015 and
aided heroically in tint upbuilding of the-