Summer Provinces by the Sea

Summer Provinces by the Sea - A description of the Vacation Resources of Eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, in the territory served by the Canadian Government Railways

One glance at a map of the Western Hemisphere is all that is needed to show the splendid situation of Eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada as the natural summer recreation centres for the people of a continent. Communicating with the worlds greatest system of inland waterways; washed by the salt spray of the rolling Atlantic; blessed with innumerable lakes, majestic rivers, dashing waterfalls and sparkling brooks; clothed with noble forests; featured by towering mountain chains, and swept by cool health-bringing breezesthese delightful domains are surely the summer provinces of all America. Who has not read with fascination and delight the thrilling pages of Canadas romantic history; or has not been stirred with deep emotion over the adventures of that trio of great explorers: Cabot, Cartier and Champlain! The desperate struggles of the early colonists with the savage Iroquois Indians; the long and fluctuating conflict for supremacy between France and Great Britain; the incursions of the New England Colonists; the mixed settlement of Colonial Loyalists, French, English, Scotch and Irish; the Acadian Expulsionall have combined to make Quebec and the Maritime Provinces a field that is rich in interest and quite unlike any other part of the continent. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 48774
Author: Intercolonial Railway (Canada)
Release Date: Apr 24, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Prince Edward Island Railway