. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . episodes in the annals of America, and the latter exhibiting a marvellousblending of mountainous capes and picturesque islands with the blue 95 northern sea. And these two traits are intertwined throughout, forthere is scarce a promontory that has not ruins or legends of Frenchfortresses, scarce a bay that has not heard the roaring broadsides ofBritish frigates. Let the first trip be up the St. John river to Fredericton — thecapital of the province. The
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . episodes in the annals of America, and the latter exhibiting a marvellousblending of mountainous capes and picturesque islands with the blue 95 northern sea. And these two traits are intertwined throughout, forthere is scarce a promontory that has not ruins or legends of Frenchfortresses, scarce a bay that has not heard the roaring broadsides ofBritish frigates. Let the first trip be up the St. John river to Fredericton — thecapital of the province. The distance is ninety miles by the dailytrains or steamboat. This little city is embowered in trees, has hand-some government buildings, a cathedral which, though small, is one. OKAND , of the most perfect pieces of pure English Gothic in America, andit forms a pleasant centre for hunting and fishing trips up variousrivers. From Fredericton, the New Brunswick Railway runs northwardto Grand Falls and Edmunston, and southward to the main line atFredericton Junction. All of the remarkable scenery and sportingopportunities mentioned on p. 88, et. seq., are therefore easily ac-cessible from Fredericton. Returning to St. John lot the tourist next turn his face towardHalifax, taking the Intercolonial Kaihva} direct or going bj- water toAnnapolis. We will go by the Annapolis route and return by rail. The Bay of Fundy opens beyond Cape Spencer, and the course islaid straight across to tlie Annapolis basin, which is entered throughthe remarkable cleft in North mountain called Digby gut. At the headof this basin stands Annapolis Koyal. a town of some 6,000 people,on the site of the first French settlement in old Acadia. Discoveredby DeMonts in 1004, it was n
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