. 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. hat no systt:n of transportationon the American continent affordsso wide a range of scenery or sogreat a variety of attractions asdoes the Grand Trunk RailwaySystem, and its immediate con-nections. With 4,186 miles oftrack, operated under one man-agement, it is one of the most ex-tensive railway properties
. 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. hat no systt:n of transportationon the American continent affordsso wide a range of scenery or sogreat a variety of attractions asdoes the Grand Trunk RailwaySystem, and its immediate con-nections. With 4,186 miles oftrack, operated under one man-agement, it is one of the most ex-tensive railway properties in theworld. But the question of mileage alone, important as it is, by nomeans determines the magnitude of its tourist business. The fact thatits lines extend from the Atlantic seaboard to the great lakes, throughsome of the grandest scenery on the American continent; that it hasbranches and connections extending to almost untrodden wildernesseswhich offer fresh fields to the explorer, and that well-nigh endless varietyand novelty of scenery are characteristic of the country it traverses,—allthese contribute their influence to .swell the volume of tourist travel, andgive significance to the title which the Grand Trunk so worthily wears,that of the Popular Tourist Route of The eastern terminus of the , at the .Atlantic seaboard, givesaccess to the delightful coast resorts of Casco l^ay and its hundreds ofislands, while the City of Portland, with its magnificent harbor and beau-tiful surroundings, is in itself a summer resort of more than ordinaryattractiveness. Westward from Portland, a few hours brings the touristto the gateway of the Rangeiey Lakes district, and to the incomparableviews of the White Mountains to be had from their eastern onward to Montreal, the great Canadian metropolis, thejourney thence westward is through fine scenery, along the valley of themajestic St. Lawrence, to the great cataract of Niagara, and termina-ting at Chi
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