. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . Canadas best knownpleasure and health resorts. These mineral springs rivalthose of Europe in health-giving qualities, so much so, thatthey are known as the Carlsbad of Canada. For centuriesthe Indians have referred to these waters as the Water ofLife, because of its wonderful curative properties. Thehotel accommodation is excellent and the surroundings of theSt. Francois River, Lake St. Peter, etc., delightful. The Canada Atlantic Railway from Montreal to Ottawa,and thence across to Parry Sound, carries the tourist throughthe famous Algonquin National Par
. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . Canadas best knownpleasure and health resorts. These mineral springs rivalthose of Europe in health-giving qualities, so much so, thatthey are known as the Carlsbad of Canada. For centuriesthe Indians have referred to these waters as the Water ofLife, because of its wonderful curative properties. Thehotel accommodation is excellent and the surroundings of theSt. Francois River, Lake St. Peter, etc., delightful. The Canada Atlantic Railway from Montreal to Ottawa,and thence across to Parry Sound, carries the tourist throughthe famous Algonquin National Park of Canada. This Parkis a reserve of over two thousand square miles set apart bythe Ontario Government for all time to come, for the benefitand enjoyment of the people. It lies between the GeorgianBay and the. Ottawa river, south of Lake Nipissing. It isone of the most remarkable regions of lake and stream, prime-val forest and rock, that can be found anywhere. It is a greatgame-preserve, a fishermans paradise, a source of water sup-. The Restigouche River, New Brunswick. CANADA 37 ply, a field for reforestry, and a natural sanitarium. No lessthan one thousand lakes make the reservation a veritable lake-land, if the expression may be used. The largest is GreatOpeongo, and the highest is Cache Lake, which is 1837 feetabove the sea-level. The elevation of this territory con-sequently is much greater than any other district in Canadaeast of the Rocky Mountains. On the shore of Opeongois the burial place of the Algonquin Indians, who formerly in-habited the district. Nature intended a region so wooded and watered to bethe haunt of fish, birds, game and fur-bearing animals, and,under the wise protection of the Ontario Government, hun-dreds of strong colonies of beaver, otter, marten and mink areto be found within the protected limits. The lordly mooseand red deer are found in large numbers. Fish are plentifuland various kinds are cultivated in all the waters. Goodportage roads have
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