Give geographical reason : Lumbering is developed on a large scale in Canada.

Answer: Canada has vast coniferous forests and favourable conditions for cutting, transporting and using softwood, so lumbering is developed on a large scale.

• Extensive temperate coniferous (taiga) forests with pure stands of a single species like pine, fir and spruce make cutting easy and economical.
• The softwood is light and useful for pulp, paper, timber and furniture, which have a large demand.
• Little undergrowth; in winter the frozen ground and snow make it easy to drag logs, and in spring rivers carry logs to saw mills.
• Rivers provide cheap transport and hydroelectric power for saw mills and paper mills.
• Use of modern machinery, capital, a good market in the USA and Europe, and scientific forest management (afforestation) help the industry.