. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . disci-ples of Izaak Walton excellent sport. Only on a very fine day canthe other side of the lake be seen ; at all other times it conveys theimpression of an inland sea. On a calm day its bosom is like amirror; but let a sti
. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . disci-ples of Izaak Walton excellent sport. Only on a very fine day canthe other side of the lake be seen ; at all other times it conveys theimpression of an inland sea. On a calm day its bosom is like amirror; but let a stiff north breeze blow for a couple of days, andwhite caps will be seen everywhere, while breakers roll on itsshores which would do credit to the Atlantic. Following up thewest shore of the lake, the scenery is very fine. A distant bluepoint, hardly visible at first, gradually resolves itself into a longcoast-line, dotted with farms, villages and churches, reminding oneof the St. Lawrence below Montreal. The eye never tires of thebeautiful landscape, so varied and full of interest. Lake St. Johnis distant from Quebec 190 miles, and trains run daily. This lineopens up a most interesting and unique section of country to thesummer tourist and sportsman, being characterized by great nat-ural beauty, covered with magnificent forests, and penetrated in all LAKE EDWARD. 31. 32 SUMMER RESORTS. directions by many and great rivers. The Paribouc, which emp-ties itself into Lake , is navigable to ca-noes nearly three hundredmiles, while the Mistassimiis traversed for a distanceof twenty miles, by a steam-boat recently built, capableof carrying three hundredpersons. The whole of thisnorthern region aboundswith lakes, all of them lit-erally stocked with fish, es-pecially the spotted trout,some of which have beencaught weighing from tento fourteen pounds. The re-gion is remarkably healthy,the air cool, the soil dryand hard, and on many alake a camp fire has neverbeen lit. In short, theto
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