. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . wick and Quebec. The rivers course is most erratic, andwith its arms produces, on paper, the appearance of a many limbed treetrunk, but then, the same is characteristic of all rivers in these lakes, as the Temiscouata and Squatook, may be reachedthrough these forest avenues,—indeed, the by-paths are innumerable, asstreams run in every direction. All of them are safe for canoe naviga-tion, so safe, indeed, that ladies with proper escort have ascended theSt. John, cros
. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . wick and Quebec. The rivers course is most erratic, andwith its arms produces, on paper, the appearance of a many limbed treetrunk, but then, the same is characteristic of all rivers in these lakes, as the Temiscouata and Squatook, may be reachedthrough these forest avenues,—indeed, the by-paths are innumerable, asstreams run in every direction. All of them are safe for canoe naviga-tion, so safe, indeed, that ladies with proper escort have ascended theSt. John, crossed the narrow carry to the Restigouche and reverse. METAPEDIA : LAKE AND RIVER. A beautiful sheet of water is Lake Metapedia, the noblest sheet ofinland water along the route. It lies among the highlands which borderthe River St. Lawrence, is sixteen miles in length and in parts reaches awidth of five miles. Upon its clear waters the canoe of the sportsmanglides through scenes elysian. Embosomed on its surface are islandsrich in verdure, while the shores are luxuriantly decked with summerfoliage. fiH,. flKE. nET*\ SEA COAST RESORTS. 63 The outlet of the lake is the famous Metapedia River, winding its wayin graceful curves through its rich valley to the meeting with the Resti-gouche, and then the sea. If the clear waters of the lake were — and they justly are — noted fortheir salmon, so too the river partakes of the honors. It has 222rapids, great and small, fierce and wild, or gently rippling over beds ofshining gravel. Salmon of the largest size are numerous, and here andthere lurk those abnormally large fish, the killing of which with light fly-rod requires so much of skill and endurance, a pleasure long drawn out. Space forbids our devoting too much of that valued article to thehunting and fishing resorts of New Brunswick, in a description which isto include the whole eastern country from St. John to the , with a few pointers concerning the
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