The .year 1907 will be momentous in the history of the Canadian "West. It will witness the founding of more than 100 new towns along the line of the Grand Trunk and Pacific system, to sav. nothing of many other settlements which have been called into existence by the extensions of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern systems. The 100 new towns referred to will be situated in the prairie country between "Winnipeg and Edmonton. They will cover a distance of 790 miles, over one of the most fertile stretches in the whole of Canada. The railway plans show that the stations which will be the forerunners of flip new towns will be built at an average distance of seven miles over the whole of the line,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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127Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 19 April 1907, Page 3
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