. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. ts situated on either side of the Owen Sound Bay, and within a fewmiles of the town, where cottages may be rented by tourists at reason-able rates, and excursion boats ply between the town and these resorts. It is no wonder that Owen Sound, in its residential portions, con- tains so many features of attract
. Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast. ts situated on either side of the Owen Sound Bay, and within a fewmiles of the town, where cottages may be rented by tourists at reason-able rates, and excursion boats ply between the town and these resorts. It is no wonder that Owen Sound, in its residential portions, con- tains so many features of attractiveness fur tourists and excursionists. In the first place, it may be stated, without fear of contradiction,that its natural situation is one of the most charming imaginable. Onthree sides, south, east and west, arise mighty limestone cliffs abovegreen terraces of hills, banked by thick growths of beech and the north side is the picturesque Bay, stretching to the outer watersof the blue Georgian. Through the valley run two small but beautifulrivers, the Sydenham and Pottawatamie. By its favorable situation, Owen Sound is sheltered from storms,and in summer is cooled by the invigorating breezes from the GeorgianBay. The prevailing winds are from the west, and, having crossed. Lakes Superior and llumn, a stretch of 400 miles of water, are ladenwith life-giving ozone from the pure and bracing atmosphere of theregions they have traversed. For this reason, Owen Sound and vicinity are noted for their health-fulness. The water is as good as any in Canada. It gushes in crystal-line springs, practically inexhaustible in their capacity, from the rocksto the south of the town, a drink of which is a treat which thoseaccus-tomed to inferior drinking water can hardly imagine. The scenery about the entire Sydenham Valley is most abound, within easy distances of the town. The few pic-tures here shown give but a feeble idea of the charm and beauty of thetown and it
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