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Canal Route Debate and British Columbia Politics
Discussion of a potential canal linking the Lakes with the Winnipeg and Saskatchewan rivers, weighing routes via Lake Superior or Winnipeg River, with locks, byways, and cost considerations. British Columbia elections result and the Canadian prohibition bill debate follow, noting party lines, opposition, and the federal vs provincial powers. The Chinese situation and Boxers’ relief efforts are briefly referenced, including casualties and a missionary murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake of the Woods
Superior
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Winnipes
Lake of the
Lake Winnipeg
Winnipe River
Winnipeg River
Otter Falls
City of Winn Red River
Saskatchewan
Mississippi
Assiniboine
Lake Manitoba
Winniover
Coca
Ross
Southers
North West
Dominion