. 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. nehundred and sixty-four feet in height, inI h e i r mad rushtoward the ocean, byway of Lake Ontarioand the St. LawrenceKiver. While thereare waterfalls of greatei hciglit, the immense volume of water, and thesheer descent of the unbroken plunge, give to Niagara a sublimitywhich height alone cannot impart.
. 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. nehundred and sixty-four feet in height, inI h e i r mad rushtoward the ocean, byway of Lake Ontarioand the St. LawrenceKiver. While thereare waterfalls of greatei hciglit, the immense volume of water, and thesheer descent of the unbroken plunge, give to Niagara a sublimitywhich height alone cannot impart. The tumultuous rapids above thefalls, and the deep gorge below, add not a little to the grandeur of thescene, whUe the historical traditions associated with the entire neigh-borhood render a visit to Niagara an event long to be remembered. To describe Niagara is impossible. The finest writers in theEnglish language are compelled to acknowledge the feebleness ofwords in attempting to convey to their readers an impression of thegland spectacle. One of the most graceful of modern English writers,Charles Dickens, describes his feelings on first beholding Niagara, inhis American Notes, and probably no description has been mrtrewidely read or more frequently quoted. He says: At length, we. alighted ; and then for the first time, f heard the mighty rush of water,and felt the ground tremble underneath my feet. The bank is verysteep, and was slippery with rain and haif-melted ice. I hardly knowliuw 1 gut dciwn, but I was soon at the bottom, and climbing, with twol-^ officers who were crossing and had juined me, lAer some
Size: 2104px × 1188px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidtouristtravelvia00granuof
