. 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 . emade the Saguenay unique amongst rivers, and it is yearly visitedby thousands of tourists as one of the chief curiosities of the West- THE SAGUENAY. 29 era World. The Saguenay is 142 miles down the St. Lawrencefrom Quebec,
. 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 . emade the Saguenay unique amongst rivers, and it is yearly visitedby thousands of tourists as one of the chief curiosities of the West- THE SAGUENAY. 29 era World. The Saguenay is 142 miles down the St. Lawrencefrom Quebec, and in the ran down the Island of Orleans is passed,and seventy miles below Quebec are the celebrated Falls of Five miles below this again is Grosse Isle, beautiful, butwith sad memories as the resting place of some 6,000 Irish emi-grants. Ninety miles down stream is Murray Bay, a favorite wa-tering-place of the St. Lawrence River, picturesquely situatedamid frowning hills and wild scenery. Riviere du Loup passed, a couple of hours conveys the ex-pectant traveler to Tadousac, at the mouth of the Saguenay ; thescenery of the landward environs is described in the name, whichmeans, in the English language, knobs, or mamelons. The orig-inal name of the Saguenay was Chicoutimi, which signifies deepwater, and was so called by the Northern Indians, who here first. CAPES ETERNITY AND TRINITY. encountered the profound depths of the river; the present name isa corruption of St. Jean Nez. The water of the river, thoughcrystal in its clearness, appears in many places black as midnight,from the height of the awful cliffs which rise sheer to 1,000 andeven 2,000 feet above the water. Cape Eternity, at the entranceto Trinity Bay, springs 2,000 feet upwards, and the river at itsfeet is more than 600 fathoms deep. The echo in the bay is won-derful, and is usually tested by discharging a gun or blowing awhistle. When the iiFlyi?ig Fish ascended the river with thePrince of Wales and his s
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