The excursionists were transferred
line fi£, t£§ Canadian Northern
railway." Arthur liawkes, of Toronto,
superintendent of publicity of this
railroad system, accompanied the
party during its travels over, hisi line,
attaching a private observation car
to thq' train,-and tendering it&« liae" to
the niembers of the party, doing ev
erything in his power to mak$ the trip
pleasant. The Canadian Northern is
comparatively a new railway system,
the first mile of track being built
about 1892, while at this date the sys
tem includes thousands of miles of
line covering the Canadian Northwest
from Winnipeg to the Rockies, with
lines extending eastward into Ontario
and Quebec. This line is controlled
absolutely by two men. Wm. MacKen
zie and D. D. Mann, who have had a
meteoric career in railroad circles
The run from International Falls
to Winnipeg takes the party through
the northern part of Minnesota for a
distance of about fifty miles, where
the line passes south of the* Lake of
the Woods. The remainder of the
rttn is over Canadian territory, the
entire distance being some 250 miles.
The country traversed on both /sides
of the line is a rather low and fiat
region, covered mostly with spruce
and tamarack. It is largely taken up
by homesteaders, who have taken the
land for its timber value. In the vicin
ity of Warroad, on the Minnesota side,
there is considerable actual farming
done.
