RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH: SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1917.
RICHMOND TRANSFER
In the midst of the Dominion, the Great Britain's JOY
Fairest and Richest Daughter of the "Mistress of the Seas."
TRIP ACROSS THE DOMINION
Sight-Seer Kinds Many Views to Interest Him as He Speeds on His Way from Land of Evangeline to the Pacific Coast.
Canon is the fairest and richest daughter in the family of the British empire. From north to south she is 1,400 miles, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean she is 3,500 miles. She comprises one-third of the area of the empire, and her surface is studded with fertile plains, towering craggy mountains whose roots are frequently clothed with forests, and from whose brows even the strongest darts of the sun cannot drive away the snow which finds a safe intrenchment in the furrows that are there. Mighty rivers run along the valleys and bear the weight of commerce on their backs. Forests cover huge areas and are a protection for birds of myriad colored plumage and big and little game that make the country a haunt for the sportsman. Gigantic lakes and miniature lakes jewel with silver the emerald, gold or copper dye of the landscape. Amid these scenes the finest fruits and crops in the world are.  Produced.
Those traveling from the United States to and through Canada are afforded a comfortable means of transportation by the Canadian Pacific Railway. With 50,000 miles of railway running across the country and branching to north and south, far into the United States, this line is able to offer exceptional facilities to the tourist. 