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 CHAPTER XXVI.

St. Paul to Livingston.

St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, and second city in population, is the head of navigation of the Mississippi river, and an important railroad distributing center. Trains connect from here with Duluth, at the head of Lake Superior, which is a prominent railway terminus at the head of navigation on the Great Lakes.

There is also direct railway connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Winnipeg, the capital, largest city and railroad center of the Province of Manitoba, Dominion of Canada.

At St. Paul is being erected the magnificent new capitol building, which when completed will give the State of Minnesota the most elaborate and