The picturesque StLawrence . in histerritory so far that he came in contact withoutlying bands of Esquimaux. The previous summer mass was said for thefirst time at Tadousac by another priest of theorder. The ceremony took place in a chapelbuilt of branches, and two sailors stood besidethe priest waving green boughs to drive off themosquitoes. Tadousac was the center of the Canadian furtrade for many years; but as the fur-bearinganimals disappeared, so did the commercial andpolitical glory of the village at the mouth of theSaguenay. The appeal of the region up theriver was not very strong to se
The picturesque StLawrence . in histerritory so far that he came in contact withoutlying bands of Esquimaux. The previous summer mass was said for thefirst time at Tadousac by another priest of theorder. The ceremony took place in a chapelbuilt of branches, and two sailors stood besidethe priest waving green boughs to drive off themosquitoes. Tadousac was the center of the Canadian furtrade for many years; but as the fur-bearinganimals disappeared, so did the commercial andpolitical glory of the village at the mouth of theSaguenay. The appeal of the region up theriver was not very strong to settlers, and untilabout 1840 it continued to be a wilderness,practically unknown except to the few hunterswho penetrated its fastnesses. Since then itsforest resources have attracted capital, the sec-tions adapted to farming have been developed,and various thriving towns have sprung intobeing. It is no longer a region of isolated trad-ing-posts. As for Tadousac, that is now a quiethamlet, its prosperity less dependent on com-. Chicoutinit The Beautiful Saguenay 233 merce than on its noble scenic has the distinction of being the first Frenchstation on the St. Lawrence from which evolveda permanent town; and there is still standingin the village a little church which was the earliestbuilt in Canada. However, the most dominantfeature of the place at present is a great wide-spreading wooden hotel for summer vicinity is famous for its fishing whichoffers a variety extending from the Tommy codfor the children to the river, lake, and brook troutand salmon that delight the most exacting doubt the Saguenay trip is one ofthe greatest attractions that the St. LawrenceValley has to offer. It begins at Quebec andoccupies two days. The start is made downthe St. Lawrence in the early morning, and,touching along at the north shore villages, youreach Tadousac in the evening and go up theSaguenay at night. On my trip up the latterstream the deep sta
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