Excerpt from Calgary: Hodder and Stoughton Calgary is but one city of Alberta, which in its turn is but one of the three Prairie Provinces of Western Canada, a sister of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. But, for all that, Alberta is twice the size of the British Islands, and larger than Germany or France. More than one hundred and sixty millions of acres stretch their length in Alberta alone, and there were less than half a million people in the Province in the beginning of this year of grace, 1912. In a flash, one sees how Calgary is destined to overflow its boundaries, how countless miles of the fertile outlying territory are to pay her direct or indirect tribute, how she will become the metropolis Whereunto the agriculturists of the reclaimed prairie assemble, the mart and distributing centre, and, be it noted, the industrial centre and source of supply. One sees how the achievements of the past that have given her a high place in the history of Western Canada must needs be well-nigh for gotten, or at least overwhelmed, in the accomplishment of the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.