. Lake Superior to the Sea. For Practical Purposes the Little Chapel Has Been Replaced by a Magnificent Basilica 66 Canada Steamship Lines, Limited. Leaving Quebec on the St. Irenee OUR NEXT stage in this wonderful voyage from the heart ofthe continent to the sea is a journey to the Saguenay andreturn, a trip that no one visiting Quebec can afford to forego. Leaving Quebec, we sail past the Island of Orleans, named byCartier, on account of the infinite number of grapes that grewon its shores, the Isle of Bacchus. Looking over the island to thenorthern shore of the river we have a fine view of
. Lake Superior to the Sea. For Practical Purposes the Little Chapel Has Been Replaced by a Magnificent Basilica 66 Canada Steamship Lines, Limited. Leaving Quebec on the St. Irenee OUR NEXT stage in this wonderful voyage from the heart ofthe continent to the sea is a journey to the Saguenay andreturn, a trip that no one visiting Quebec can afford to forego. Leaving Quebec, we sail past the Island of Orleans, named byCartier, on account of the infinite number of grapes that grewon its shores, the Isle of Bacchus. Looking over the island to thenorthern shore of the river we have a fine view of the lofty summitof Mount Ste. Anne, which rises 2,687 feet above the St. Lawrenceand ac whose base nestles the village of Ste. Anne de Beaupre, whichmost of us will have already visited. Passing the extreme end of the Island of Orleans, we point towardthe North Shore. Reaux Island is on our right, and just beyond canbe seen Grosse Island, the quarantine station, where, in the summer of1847, more than 7,000 immigrants died of cholera and fever. In thefarther distance Cranes Island can be dimly seen, its rugged shoresseeming to form an integral
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