. Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" .. . 71 to 74 inclusive. Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $ when Routes 91 or 92 to Montrealare used. Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montrealare used; $ when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. For Side Trips, see page 79. TO MONTREAL AND BEYOND. rpHE St. Lawrence Eiver route to Montreal has already been described (see-J- page 36). The aU-rail route is via the Canadian Pacific from St. Thom
. Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" .. . 71 to 74 inclusive. Add to rates quoted from Chicago, $ when Routes 91 or 92 to Montrealare used. Add to rates quoted from Detroit or Toledo, 50 cents when Routes 82, 83, or88 to Montreal are used; 75 cents when Routes 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, or 90 to Montrealare used; $ when Routes 91, 92, 99, or 100 to Montreal are used. For Side Trips, see page 79. TO MONTREAL AND BEYOND. rpHE St. Lawrence Eiver route to Montreal has already been described (see-J- page 36). The aU-rail route is via the Canadian Pacific from St. Thomas,398 miles from Chicago, on the main line of the Michigan Central (see page 63).The hundred and twenty mUes from St. Thomas to Toronto is through a charm-ing, rolling country, crossing successively the valleys of the Thames, Grand, andCredit rivers, but is generally traversed in the through sleeping car leavingChicago in the afternoon and arriving at Toronto about nine the next morning,connecting there with a through parlor car to Montreal. Toronto is also reached. The Dominion Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. from the west by the main line of the Michigan Central to CUfton, and thence toNiagara-on-the-Lake, where connection is made with steamers crossing LakeOntario to Toronto. Toronto, the capital and metropolis of Ontario, is a handsome commercialcity of more than a hundred thousand people, covering an area of some tensquare miles on a low plain rising somewhat to the north, where it is bounded bythe ancient margin of the lake. The view of it, however, either from the wateror the sun-ounding heights, with its array of dome and turret, arch and spire, andthe varied movement of its water front, is one of great beauty. It is well andsolidly built, and in generally excellent taste, with imusual purity of architect-ure. North of Toronto lies the famous Muskoka and Nipissing Lake districts, (Tl) V^ . Summer TouH. and the entire line of the Canadian Pacific northeastward to Ottawa
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