. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . TriMTi CO\F—RI\FR in solemn majesty rise abruptly from the waters edge to a height of nearly 2,000 feet. Thequiet flow of the river in its deep and rock-bound channel is in perfect accord with the wondrouscharm of the situation. The depth of this river is something remarkable ; at its mouth a line of330 fathoms could not sound bottom; at St. Johns Bay, twenty-eight miles above Tadousac, thewater is one mile and a half deep. Six miles beyond St. Johns Bay is Eternity Bay. Two majestic. 96 ROME, IVATERTOWN AND OGDEiVSBURG RAILROAD. promontories, lik
. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . TriMTi CO\F—RI\FR in solemn majesty rise abruptly from the waters edge to a height of nearly 2,000 feet. Thequiet flow of the river in its deep and rock-bound channel is in perfect accord with the wondrouscharm of the situation. The depth of this river is something remarkable ; at its mouth a line of330 fathoms could not sound bottom; at St. Johns Bay, twenty-eight miles above Tadousac, thewater is one mile and a half deep. Six miles beyond St. Johns Bay is Eternity Bay. Two majestic. 96 ROME, IVATERTOWN AND OGDEiVSBURG RAILROAD. promontories, like gigantic sentinels, guard its entrance ; Cape Trinity, 1,500 feet high, on theleft; Cape Eternity, 1,900 feet high, on the right. At this point the river is a mile and a quarterdeep. Sixty miles above Tadousac is Grand orHa-Ha Bay, nine miles long and six miles affords good anchorage for the largest vessels, the average depth being from fifteen to thirty-five fathoms. The attractions of this place are many and very inviting. Its name is said to
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