. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . t. Lawrence and theAtlantic. As a natural consequence when the extensive commerce betweenthe two is narrowed down to these confining walls, the waters of the straitare thronged by steam and sail, adding to the natural beauty of the spotthe charm of breezy life, — an animated picture. The passage of Canso SEA COAST RESORTS. yi is soon made, and Port Hawkesbury reached, upon the Cape Bretonside. Here the traveller can take steamer, which makes daily connec-tions with trains, and lands pa
. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . t. Lawrence and theAtlantic. As a natural consequence when the extensive commerce betweenthe two is narrowed down to these confining walls, the waters of the straitare thronged by steam and sail, adding to the natural beauty of the spotthe charm of breezy life, — an animated picture. The passage of Canso SEA COAST RESORTS. yi is soon made, and Port Hawkesbury reached, upon the Cape Bretonside. Here the traveller can take steamer, which makes daily connec-tions with trains, and lands passengers at the head of East Bay, ten milesfrom Sydney at the eastern extremity of the island, through the celebratedBras DOr— The Arm of Gold. This imprisoned sea, one hundred miles long and from ten rods toten miles wide, divides the island of Cape Breton into two parts. Forabout fifty miles its waters are sheltered from the ocean, of which itforms a part, and in this length it expands into bays, inlets and romantichavens, with islands, peninsulas, and broken lines of coast, combiningall to >*Li3. .. *» _-• -•«* _ *t M*wk ? 1 - - - High mountains and cliffs tower above the lake on every hand, atmany points rising sheer from the water, casting their shadows downthrough the clear depths; again rising in the distance, and with inter-vening fertile valleys between it and the lake, showing the white cottagesof the farming and fisher folks who make home of this far easterncountry. Cape Breton is rich in geological wonders. Its coal deposits, whichunderlie much of the island, and are supposed to extend in one con-tinuous vein one hundred and fifty miles long to the mines of Pictou, inNova Scotia, are inexhaustible, and crop out in divers out-of-the-way a few feet below the surface in almost any place upon the island and 7 2 INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. your reward will be a rich seam of coal. Many families have a naturalcoal bin in the cellar, pr
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