Amidst the Laurentians; being a guide to Shawinigan Falls and points on the Great Northern Railway of CanadaBy from the author's own pholographs, with a few exceptions . hui^e tree-jj^irt rock. Itwas from this rock thatthe Falls obtained theirname, one part of it beingmost curiously fashionedby nature into an oldwomans face. Undercertain conditions oflight the profile is weird-ly life-like, and was re-garded by the Indians inby-gone days with muchreverence and awe. Below the Falls theriver broadens into quite5A Flore Illiage ^ j^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^j^ narrows down again betw
Amidst the Laurentians; being a guide to Shawinigan Falls and points on the Great Northern Railway of CanadaBy from the author's own pholographs, with a few exceptions . hui^e tree-jj^irt rock. Itwas from this rock thatthe Falls obtained theirname, one part of it beingmost curiously fashionedby nature into an oldwomans face. Undercertain conditions oflight the profile is weird-ly life-like, and was re-garded by the Indians inby-gone days with muchreverence and awe. Below the Falls theriver broadens into quite5A Flore Illiage ^ j^^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^j^ narrows down again between high cliffs, where it is spanned b}- the Great NorthernRailway Bridge. The town has not nuich to offer in the way of attractions,but a day or two can be agreeably spent in wandering along the river banks,watching the log driving, and paying a visit to the picturesque village of On leaving Grand Mere the line takes a big sweep, crossing the riverby a fine iron bridge eight hundred and thirty feet long, at an altitude ofeighty feet above the water. The scenery around is superb in its wildbeauty, and a sigh of regret must escape when good-bye is at last saidto the St. Maurice a
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