. Lake Superior to the Sea. r from theAmerican Western States, who have come by the Canadian trans-continental route. On our way from the harbor to Thunder Bay we are afforded asplendid panoramic view of the modern terminal facilities of the 20 Canada Steamship Lines, Limited twin cities, and we have little difficulty in appreciating the fact thatthe Dominion Government has expended over $50,000,000 in makingthe Canadian head of the Great Lakes fully able to play its destinedpart in the upbuilding of the country. Our course now lies through the narrow channel that gives accessto the lake beyon
. Lake Superior to the Sea. r from theAmerican Western States, who have come by the Canadian trans-continental route. On our way from the harbor to Thunder Bay we are afforded asplendid panoramic view of the modern terminal facilities of the 20 Canada Steamship Lines, Limited twin cities, and we have little difficulty in appreciating the fact thatthe Dominion Government has expended over $50,000,000 in makingthe Canadian head of the Great Lakes fully able to play its destinedpart in the upbuilding of the country. Our course now lies through the narrow channel that gives accessto the lake beyond, and before very long, the last vestige of civili-zation left behind, we find ourselves hemmed in by the mammothbasaltic rocks of Thunder Bay. To our left lies Thunder Cape, withits prostrate image of Hiawatha; to our right, the rugged shores ofPie Island and Isle Royal, behind us the no less rugged shores of themainland, with Mount McKay in striking silhouette. A feeling of awe creeps over us as we look upon these mighty. The Rapids of the St. Marys River monuments to the handiwork of Nature, making us feel how small,indeed, are man and his works in contradistinction. For how manyuntold centuries, we ask ourselves intuitively, have these toweringcrags withstood the ravages of time? How many other civilizationsmay they not have outlived? How many more eras may come and gobefore they themselves have crumbled away? Another evening of entertainment, another refreshing sleep, andnext morning, having passed through Whitefish Bay, we are sailingdown the beautiful St. Marys River, and soon afterward are in thefamous Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal. Nine hundred feet in length, this canal when opened was thelongest single lock waterway in the world, but since then the AmericanGovernment has placed the Poe Passage in commission, which has Lake Superior to the Sea 21
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