. The American angler. Fishing. A Glorious River—TJic St. Lawrence. / ?8S plains of Abraham, by which France lost the noblest of all her colonial pos- sessions. Below Quebec the St. Law- rence becomes a sea, and is so wide that it entirly loses its river character. But the lower river possesses one point of wonderful beauty and sublimity, that is the embouchure of the inighty Sague- nay. This river joins the St. Lawrence a hundred and fifteen miles below Que- bec, and between two giant headlands called Cape Eternity and Cape Trinity. The scenery of the Saguenay is of the grandest and sublimest
. The American angler. Fishing. A Glorious River—TJic St. Lawrence. / ?8S plains of Abraham, by which France lost the noblest of all her colonial pos- sessions. Below Quebec the St. Law- rence becomes a sea, and is so wide that it entirly loses its river character. But the lower river possesses one point of wonderful beauty and sublimity, that is the embouchure of the inighty Sague- nay. This river joins the St. Lawrence a hundred and fifteen miles below Que- bec, and between two giant headlands called Cape Eternity and Cape Trinity. The scenery of the Saguenay is of the grandest and sublimest kind, but could hardly be described in connection with that of the St. Lawrence. The Sague- nay, like the mighty stream into which it flows, may be counted among the re- markable rivers of this continent. and is well worthy of a separate article. I have said nothing about the fishing in this grand water, because go where you will along its course, from its head to its mouth, you cannot fail to find a glorious and fruitful outing. Masca- longe, black bass, pickerel, wall-eyed pike and perch are found everywhere, the first in comparative abundance in the tributaries of the big river and often in the main stream. Thousands of anglers visit yearly this water from every section of the country, and every summer these ardent fellows, in pur- suit of their favorite pastime, can be found in great numbers at Cape Vin- cent, Clayton, among the Thousand Islands, in Ha Ha Bay, and everywhere they meet their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harris, William Charles, 1830-1905, ed. New York : [The Angler's Publishing Company]
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