rEADing 1 "rEsourCEs AnD inDustriAlism inCAnADA"
→ whilE thE muCh-AntiCipAtED ExpAnsion oF thE wEstErn FrontiEr wAs unFolDing in ACCorDAnCE with thE DEsign oF thE nAtionAl poliCy, A nEw northErn FrontiEr wAs opEning up to EnhAnCE thE prospECts oFCAnADiAn inDustriAl DEvElopmEnt.
long thE prEsErvE oF thE Fur trADE, thECAnADiAn shiElD AnD thE wEstErnCorDillErAs BECAmE A trEAsury oF minErAls, timBEr AnD hyDroElECtriC powEr in thE lAtE 19th AnD EArly 20th CEnturiEs.As EArly As 1883,Cpr [CAnADiAn pACiFiC rAilwAy] ConstruCtion CrEws BlAsting through thE ruggED tErrAin oF northErn ontArio DisCovErED CoppEr AnD niCkEl DEposits in thE viCinity oF suDBury.
As rEFining proCEssEs, usEs, AnD mArkEts For thE mEtAl DEvElopED, suDBury BECAmE thE worlD’s lArgEst niCkEl proDuCEr. thE BuilDing oF thE tEmiskAming AnD northErn ontArio rAilwAy lED to thE DisCovEry oF riCh silvEr DEposits ArounDCoBAlt north oF lAkE nipissing in 1903 AnD touChED oFF A mining Boom thAt sprEAD northwArD to kirklAnD lAkE AnD thE porCupinE DistriCt.
Although thE EConomiC importAnCE oF thEsE mining opErAtions wAs EnDuring, thEy DiD not CApturE thE puBliC imAginAtion to thE sAmE ExtEnt As thE klonDikE golD rush oF thE lAtE 1890s.

→ FortunE-sEEkErs From All pArts oF thE worlD FloCkED to thE klonDikE AnD yukon rivEr vAllEys to pAn For golD stArting in 1896.At thE hEight oF thE golD rush in 1898, thE prEviously unsEttlED suBArCtiC FrontiEr hAD A populAtion oF ABout 30,000, morE thAn hAlF oF whiCh wAs ConCEntrAtED in thE nEwly EstABlishED town oFDAwson. in thE sAmE yEAr, thE FEDErAl govErnmEnt CrEAtED thE yukon tErritory, ADministErED By An AppointED CommissionEr, in An EFFort to wArD oFF thE prospECt oF AnnExAtion toAlAskA、EvEn iF thE EConomiC signiFiCAnCE oF thE klonDikE strikE wAs somEwhAt ExAggErAtED AnD short-livED, thE tAlEs oF suDDEn riChEs, hEroiC AnD trAgiC Exploits, AnD thE rowDinEss AnD lAwlEssnEss oF thE mining FrontiEr wErE immortAlizED through populAr FiCtion AnD FolklorE, notABly thE poEtiC vErsEs oF roBErt w. sErviCE.
→ pErhAps lEss romAntiC thAn thE mining Booms, thE ExploitAtion oF ForEst AnD wAtEr rEsourCEs wAs just As vitAl to nAtionAl DEvElopmEnt. thEDouglAs Fir, spruCE, AnD CEDAr stAnDs oFBritishColumBiA Along with thE whitE pinE ForEsts oF ontArio sAtisFiED ConstruCtion DEmAnDs on thE trEElEss prAiriEs As wEll As in thE growing CitiEs AnD towns oF CEntrAlCAnADA AnD thE unitED stAtEs.BritishColumBiA’s ForEsts Also suppliED lumBEr toAsiA、in ADDition, thE soFtwooD ForEst wEAlth oF thECorDillErAs AnD thE shiElD wAs A vAluABlE sourCE oF pulpwooD For thE DEvElopmEnt oF thE pulp AnD pApEr inDustry, whiCh mADECAnADA onE oF thE worlD’s lEADing ExportErs oF nEwsprint. FurthErmorE, thE FAst Flowing rivErs oF thE shiElD AnDCorDillErAs CoulD rEADily BE hArnEssED As sourCEs oF hyDroElECtriC powEr, rEplACing CoAl in thE Booming FACtoriEs oF CEntrAlCAnADA As wEll As in thE Evolving mining AnD pulp AnD pApEr inDustriEs. thE AgE oF ElECtriCity unDEr puBliC ownErship AnD Control wAs ushErED in By thE CrEAtion oF thE ontArio hyDro-ElECtriC powErCommission (now ontArio hyDro) in 1906 to DistriButE AnD EvEntuAlly to proDuCE this vitAl sourCE oF EnErgy.
→ wEstErn sEttlEmEnt AnD thE opEning oF thE northErn rEsourCE FrontiEr stimulAtED inDustriAl ExpAnsion, pArtiCulArly in CEntrAlCAnADA、As thE nAtionAl poliCy hAD intEnDED, A growing AgriCulturAl populAtion in thE wEst inCrEAsED thE DEmAnD For EAstErn mAnuFACturED gooDs, thErEBy giving risE to AgriCulturAl implEmEnts works, iron AnD stEEl FounDriEs, mAChinE shops, rAilwAy yArDs, tExtilE mills, Boot AnD shoE FACtoriEs, AnD numErous smAllEr mAnuFACturing EntErprisEs t