The Fair Dominion: A Record of Canadian Impressions

A travel writer recounts journeys across eastern and western Canada, blending descriptive sketches of cities and small towns with vivid accounts of forests, prairies, lakes, and mountain ranges. Episodes range from steamer and rail passages to fishing and long rides into valleys, encounters with settlers and local officials, and visits to hot baths, ranches, and farms. Interwoven are reflections on immigration, political life, regional contrasts, and changing landscapes, together with illustrated impressions of Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, the prairie West, the Canadian Rockies, and Pacific ports, presented in a lively, anecdotal, and observational tone.