The line of possible settlement has been moving steadily northward in Canada since the days when the French King showed his contempt for it by calling it "a few arpents of snow." The St.Lawrence route was regarded as a doubtful line for steamships, Rupert's Land was called a Siberia, but all this is changing with our Transcontinental and Hudson's Bay railways in prospect.

In territory, resources, and influence the opening up of the West is making Canada complete.

And, if so, we owe it to Lord Selkirk and to Selkirk Settlers, who stood true to their flag and nationality.

Very willingly will we observe the Selkirk Centennial in 1912.

"Many a time and oft" it looked in their case to be one long, continued and alarming drama, but on the 30th day of August, the day of their landing on the banks of the Red River, shall we recite the epic of Lord Selkirk's Colonists, and it will be of the temper of Browning's couplet: God's in His Heaven, All's right with the world.
* * * * * APPENDIX The author notes the fact that the agents sent out by Lord Selkirk engaged (1) Labourers for the Company, (2) Settlers for the Red River Settlement.