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YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

1942

Amidst the
Laurentians

being a guide to
Shawinigan Falls
and points on
The Great Northern Railway
of Canada

By N. M. Hinshelwood

Illustrated from the author's own photographs
{with a few exceptions)

Chapter I.
Chapter II. .
Chapter III.
Chapter IV. .
Chapter V. .
Chapter VI. .
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.

INDEX Montreal — Joliette
Ottawa — Joliette
Joliette — Shawinigan Falls
Shawinigan Falls
Engineering Works at Shawinigan Falls
Rambles Around Shawinigan
Grand Mere — Riviere a Pierre
Riviere a Pierre — Quebec

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1902,
by N. M. Hinshelwood, at the Department of Agriculture.

THE HERALD PRESS, MONTREAL. CAN.

"Amidst the Laurentians"
Chapter I.
Montreal — Joliette
BETWEEN Montreal and Quebec there lies a level, well watered
country, the most fertile in this broad Dominion. Stretching far
away to the south of the St. Lawrence, and northwards as far as
the lower fringe of the Laurentian Hills, it was this land that
was the earliest brought into cultivation, and through which one
of the first iron roads in the Province of Quebec was built. This railway
(the C. P. R.), however, kept in close touch with the St. Lawrence the
greater part of the way between Montreal and Quebec.

The Great Northern Railway of Canada was chartered by Act of
Parliament in 1882 to build a railway from Quebec to some point on the
Ottawa River near Carillon, and to open a rich section of country lying
along the base of the Laurentiau Mountains. Construction was begun
about 18S4 at St. Jerome, and was slowly pushed eastward until it reached
Montcalm, a distance of twenty -eight miles.
In the meantime a railway, thirty-five miles in length, had been built
under the name of "The Lower Laurentian Railway," running from Riviere
a Pierre to a junction with the Piles Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway
near St. Tite. From St. Tite, twenty miles had been built, under the Great
Northern charter, to St. Boniface. In 1889, therefore, the Great Northern-

Montreal Harbor

Montreal from Mount Royal
consisted of two separate portions, the eastern one twenty miles in length,
the western one twenty-eight miles in length, with a gap of fifty-three miles
between. The end of the western section was still thirty-five miles from its
projected western terminal at Hawkesbury, where it was proposed to
connect with the Canada Atlantic Railway, and thus form a through road
from Parry Sound to Quebec, and give a grain route to Europe from the
West, 800 miles shorter than via Buffalo and New York.
The Company being reorganized in 1899, contracts were made for the
building of the eighty-eight miles necessary to connect the two portions
and extend them to Hawkesbury, the through line being completed and
open for traffic in November, 1900.
It now connects three of the largest cities in Canada, Montreal, Ottawa
and Quebec ; and in doing so, taps all the northern part of that fertile
plain afore
mentioned,

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gives access
to the magni
ficent water-
f al Is and
river scenery
where the
streams that
feed the St.
La wr e nee
break thro*
the hills, and
throws open communication with
the thriving towns that have sprung
up within a year or two by the
development of many water-powers
now used for manufactories of all
kinds.

Lachine Rapids

Montreal, as the metropolis of
Canada, is deserving of more than
passing notice. Founded in 1642,
it is now a city of more than three
hundred thousand inhabitants,
whilst its situation at the head of a
navigable water-way, six hundred
miles from the ocean, is unsur
passed by an}- city on this contin-
:nt. The might}- St. Lawrence, two
miles in breadth and canning to
the ocean one-third of the fresh
water of the globe, sweeps past the
city, with^the wooded eminence of
Mount [Royal rising in the rear,
from which ma)' be viewed a scene
excelling even that of the Town and
Bay of Naples, from the heights of Vesuvius. Rich in architecture, squares
and historical spots, it is a city the Canadian may well be proud of.
But a few of Montreal's attractions can be mentioned here. St. Helen's
Island, Trolley Car Rides to Lachine, Back River, Cartierville, etc. Shoot
ing the Rapids at Lachine, the old Chateau de Ramezay, the lovely walks
through the wooded recesses of Mt. Royal Park, and visits to the many
fine churches for which Montreal is famous. Occasion should certainly
be found for a visit to the famous "Way of the Cross," in the Catholic
cemetery. Placed amidst the loveliest part of the mountain, a winding
road, overshadowed with trees, gradually creeps upward until the summit is
reached, on
which is
erected a
represen ta-
tion of the
"Crucifix-
i on." O n
either side
of the road,
at irregular
intervals, are
Shrines rep-
resenting
scenes on the
way to the
" Cru cifix-
ion,"and the
realistic e f -
feet attained

Garden of the Chateau de Ramezay

as one reaches the final scene of the
great Bible story is startling.
On leaving the city the railway
ru ns past
L o n g u e
Pointe Hos
pital, to Bout
de l'Isle
("The End
of the Is
land," on
which'Mont- real is situ
ated). Here
the waters
of the Back
River, after
flowing round the
north ern
shore of the
island, meet
the St. Lawrence, and a bridge three-quarters
of a mile in length (including approaches) is
being built to carry the line across to the main
land. The Park at Bout de l'Isle, with its
swings, refreshment kiosks, and the glimpses of river from its sylvan
walks, is the resort of many thousands ever}- week.
Leaving the Island of Montreal behind, the line runs amidst a splendid
agricultural country, noted for crops of hay and tobacco, through the town
of L'Assomption (a seat of learning with many manufactories) to Joliette,
here joining the original trunk line from Quebec to Ottawa.

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Chapter II.
Ottawa — Joliette
TTAWA, the capital of the Dominion,, not'being actuallv'onthe line
of the Great Northern Railway, need not be discussed, the Canada
Atlantic owning the line east as far as Hawkesbury. This latter
town, situated on the Ottawa River, is a charming place for a
few days stop-over. The river offers excellent facilities for boating,
and steamers run
regularly in the
summer months to
Ottawa and Mont
real, most pictur
esque trips. The
town itself is chief
ly devoted to the
lumber industry,
being in factkuown
as "Hawkesbury
Mills " for close on
one hundred years.
The Hawkesbury
Lumber Company
have ver)' extensive
mills and yards here. A Bit °f Ottawa
Another important industry of the town is the Riordan Paper Mill,
which employs over 400 hands and turns out some 100 tons per day.
Half a mile from the town the line is carried over the river by the
Hawkesbury Bridge. This piece of work was the biggest engineering fea
ture in the whole construction of the road— 3,768 feet long and 83 feet
It was the last link in the connection between Quebec
from the bridge
is very beauti
ful. Ontheother
side is the Vil
lage of G r e n -
vii 1 e, th ence
seven miles
further, St.
Philippe, a
quaint little
place with quite
a reputation for
horse breeding.
Lachute (next
stop) is the
Hawkesbury Lumber Company
and Riordan Paper Mills

above water level
and the West,
being finished
in October, 1900.
The view of the
Ottawa River

ukesbitry Bridge
River remained unfettered until

first town ar
rived at that
owes its pros
perity to the
developmentof
a water-power.
T wo streams,
known respec
tively as West
River and
North River,
flow1 past the
town, joining
the Ottawa
lower down .
The North
1880, when the J. C. Wilson Company
built their paper mill (which now turns out 30 tons per day) and raised
the level of the stream till a 16-foot head was obtained. The river is also
used for generating power to run a large woollen mill, also a pulp mill.
The town is distinctly pretty, with an excellent hotel on the main
street, a minute or so from the station. A four hours' drive will take the
sportsman to the Sixteen Island Lakes, the heart of a splendid shooting and
fishing district. Along the North River more fishing is to be had. The
country around is very picturesque, one particularly nice walk or drive
being along the north side of the North River to St. Canut (the next railway
station). Winding its way through woods, and crossing foaming rivulets
as they rush down from the hills, the road has many charming points
whereat to linger.
St. Canut is a type of a very goodly proportion of the small French
villages in Quebec Province, i. e. , twenty or thirty small cottages and a
church worthy of a town
of ten thousand inhabi
tants. St. Jerome, a town of
4,000 people, also on
the North River,
some eighteen above La-
chute, is
another ex
ample of a

Riverside Cottages al Lachule
water-power and prosperity going
hand iu hand. Here the J. B.
Rolland Company have large paper mills. The Boston Rubber Company
have also a manufactory located here.
The town being on the new road to St. Agathe and Labelle, and
the centre of probably the best farming district in the Province,
is in the most thriving condition. The stream running through its
midst, and its trees and riverside walks, make it a striking example of
the fact that industrial development need not necessarily mar the natural
beauties of a place. The country to the north offers great inducements to
sportsmen, being rich in fish and game, and up to the present but little
explored. Pending the completion of the Montreal-Joliette Branch, Great
Northern trains reach Montreal via C. P. R. from St. Jerome.
Hastening through the next two stations, merely pausing lo note the
thriving appearance of the villages and farms, the next place worth remark
is New Glasgow.
Here a swift
mountain stream,
after a short leap,
cuts through
steep banks, ou
either side of
which lies the
village. There
are two hotels,
and exce llent
f acilitie s for
camping amidst
the most delight
ful surroundings.
Afewmiles north
lies Lake L'Achi-
gan, well stocked with fish, with several small lakes around. After St. Lin,
we come to St. Julienne, eight or nine miles north of which, near Rawdon,

'A Swift Mountain Stream'

are the Darwin Falls, on
the Lac Ouareau River,
to which the Great
Northern Railway are
extending their line this
summer. Here, with
out doubt, there will
soon arise another bust
ling town.
It will be noticed how
the whole country is
covered with farms and
their attendant out
houses. To judge of
the prosperity of the
farmers around, a jour
ney needs to be made
on a Saturday or Sun
day, when visits are
being exchanged with
distant friends. From
the gorgeous silks and
bonnets of the ladies,
their respective hus
bands must have either
a fat pocket-book or a
Darwin Falls {<)5 feet high\ very soft head and
heart, and appearances hardly warrant the latter pre
sumption. Between St. Julienne and Montcalm there is noth
ing to attract attention, but nine miles to the north lies
the village of Rawdon, the centre of the best trout fishing
in the Province of Quebec. At Joliette connection is
made with the line from Montreal.

Hawkesbury to Joliette — Sporting Guide to this Section.
Lachute — Twenty miles north a number of Lakes known as ' ' Sixteen Island
Lakes," well stocked with trout and perch. Along the North River, bass.
ST. Jerome — Ten or twelve miles north of here is the lake district of St.
Angelique, rich in red and grey trout ; and in the woods are red
deer, grouse and rabbits.
NEW Glasgow — Good fly trout fishing above the Falls. In Lake L'Achi-
gan, eleven miles away, there are bass, large grey and some red trout.
A few miles north, in the Lakes, bass are plentiful.
St. Julienne — Nine miles north, the Lac Oureau River has excellent trout
fishing. In the Fall, woodcock shooting in the flat lands.
Montcalm — A little back from here, lies Rawdon Village, around which are
streams and lakes containing bass, grey and red trout in great numbers.

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Chapter III.
Joliette — Shawinigan Falls.
JOLIETTE, a town of nearly five thousand inhabitants, situated on
L'Assomption River, has perhaps made more practical use of its
river than any town in Eastern Canada. Saw mills, paper mills, a
foundry — wherever the different level has allowed of a working
head of water there is a manufactory to use it. Iu addition, the
Corporation uses the river to light the town, and pump its own water for
the town's supply. The saw mills of William Copping, started in 1892,
alone employ over 100 hands, and
handle 140,000 logs per annum.
The town itself contains some
dozen or so other manufactories
and several good hotels. The
Great Northern Hotel, just outside
the station, has been newly built,
and is now open to visitors.
In L'Assomption River the fisherman will be rewarded for his patience
and skill, by the maskinonge, dor_, etc., whilst plenty of small game are to
be found in the woods around. Lying thirty miles to the northward is the
Mastigouche Fish and Game Club House. The market-place reminds the
traveller who has visited Europe, of some quaint old French town, and on
a market-day the chatter and animated gesticulations of the French-Cana
dian add further to the resemblance. A very fine college is situated near
the river, set amidst grounds extending to the water's edge, almost of the
nature of a park. The Catholic Cathedral is also worthy of notice, although
the tower (now being rebuilt) was blown down in a great storm in 1901.
On leaving Joliette nothing in the shape of a town is to be met with
until Shawinigan Falls is reached. The intervening sixty miles, however,
are very well sprinkled with villages and farms : St. Elizabeth, St. Norbert,
St. Cuthbert, and
~"> St. Barthelemi,

Saw Mills\and Pulp Milts
at Toliette

being farming villages of fair size— a great hay-producing country lying
to the south. It will be noticed how the hills on the left are now closing
in nearer, the line running practically on the northern limit of the culti
vated country. When near St. Barthelemi there can be seen, far away in
the distance, the St. Lawrence, like a silver streak, as it makes its way
ocean ward.
A fine trestle bridge, two miles or so before St. Justin, gives warning
that what was the most troublesome piece of road to build is now approach
ing. For the next thirty or forty miles the line traverses a country broken
up by deep
gullies, which
necessitated
the construc
tion of a great
num be r of
bridges.

Riviere du
Loup Bridge

Half way between St. Justin and St. Ursule comes the highest bridge
on the road — the Maskinonge Trestle. The River Maskinonge falls here
about 180 feet, right alongside the track, and a bridge 1,030 feet long and
163 feet high was necessary to span the gap. The line crosses the upper
level of the river, which then bends at a right angle and drops nearly sheer
into the ravine below, turning off again at right angles as it cuts its way
through the table-land to join the St. Lawrence.
After leaving St. Ursule (which lies away on the right) the land be
comes more and more broken up and wooded, and farms no longer appear.
A mile or two beyond St. Paulin a grand view is to be had of the valley

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of the St. Lawrence,
lying far away below
us, whilst to the left
are seen the Lauren
tians silhouetted
against the sky. Some
ten or twelve miles
north of St. Paulin are
the club-houses of the
St. Bernard Fish and
Game Club. Before
reaching the next sta-
t i o n another long
bridge has to be passed
— the Riviere du Loup
One of the Club Houses Bridge.
This bridge, 930 feet long and 128 feet high, passes over the valley of
the Riviere du Loup, the course of which can be traced as far as the eye
can reach either way, by the clean-cut defiles it has made through the land.
Eight miles south are the famous St. Leon Springs. Known years ago
to the Red-men of the forest for
their marvellous medicinal pro
perties, their waters are now
shipped all over America, and a
palatial hotel, with accommoda
tion for some hundreds of guests, Maskinonge
will be opened shortly. A wooded park of some sixty acres surrounds
the hotel, and the lovely country around, with its fishing and shooting,
gives it unrivalled charms as a health resort.
Charette's Mill is the stopping point for three well-known fish aud game
clubs — Shawinigan Club, Winchester Club and Club des Souris. More

Lake Vermont, controlled by St. Bernard Fish and Game Club

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trestles, then St. Boniface, the country getting more and more hilly. At
Bun-ill's Siding there will be noticed immense stacks of lumber and bark,
this being the depot for a large lumbering business carried on by the
first Mayor of Shawinigan Falls. Five more miles, through St. Flore
station, and over still
more trestles and bridges,
and Shawinigan Junction
I is reached. Here the
I line branches off by a
I "Y " to Shawinigan Falls,
I the trains first running
into the station there, and
I then back, on to Grand
Mere.

Lake Pizagonke —
Shawinigan Club\
House in distance

St. Flore Bridge

Joliette to Shawinigan — Sporting Guide to this Section.
Joliette — Following up the river, maskinonge and dore can be secured,
the smaller streams holding trout. Further back among the hills, large
grey trout, bass. etc. Small game plentiful all round.
ST. CuThbhrt or St. Barthelemi— North of here lies the Maskinonge
Lake, on the shores of which is
located St. Gabriel de Brandon. The
village has two hotels. Maskinonge
are large and plentiful in the lake ;
some have been caught weighing
65 lbs., and they generally average
from 15 to 30 lbs. Within a radius
of ten miles are a number of smaller
lakes and trout sti earns which afford
excellent fishing. Beyond lie the
famed Mastigouche Lakes, fifty in
number. The majority' of these are
leasedto the Mas
tigouche Fishing
Club, which has
establisheda club
house on Lake
Simeon, and are
not open to the
general public ;
but vi s i t i n g
sportsmen, pro
perly introduced,
have little diffi
culty in obtain-
Waterfall near I^ake Pizagonke\

ing the privileges of membership either here or at other club houses in the
Province. These lakes are reached from St. Gabriel de Brandon, over a
fifteen-mile road which follows the Mastigouche River. The country is
well timbered and well settled, and throughout the district there are
numerous caribou ; bears are occasionally met, rabbits are plentiful, and
there is capital partridge and fairly good duck shooting.
ST. Paulin — Twelve miles north of here is the St. Bernard Fish and Game
Club, with headquarters and club house on Lake Saccommie. General
W. W. Henry, U. S. Consul, Quebec, is President, and E. N. Sanderson,
of New York, Secretary. The club has a membership of fifty, controls
fishing rights in twenty lakes and has a hunting lease covering one
hundred square miles. Fishing is good also in the River du Loup but
a mile or two away.
Charette's Mill — Around here is a marvellous country for fish and game of
all sorts. The Shawinigan Club, with home on Lake Pizagnnke, is
situated in as lovely a spot as could be wished for. Trout in here run
good weight. Back further flows the Mattawin River, which can be
followed down till it reaches the St Maurice, twenty-six miles above
Grand Piles (a trip to be taken, however, only with experienced guides).
Along its shores, moose, caribou and deer are fairly numerous, and fine
duck shooting is to be had in the autumn. Bears are also numerous.
Nearer the railroad are to be found the club houses of the Winchester
Club and the Club des Souris.
ST. Boniface. — Four miles from here, by good road, are several small lakes
teeming with trout. Permission for fishing must be had of Mr. V.
Burrill, of Shawinigan Falls, who holds permits for disposal.

A Club Party off for a Fishing Trip

Chapter IV.
Shawinigan Falls.
TO fully grasp the significance of this locality it would be as well to
have a general idea of the St. Maurice River and its watershed .
Some four hundred miles in length, and, together with its
tributaries, draining an area of 18,000 square miles, it has its
source away back in the height of land that divides the St.
Lawrence watershed from that of the Hudson Bay. Its waters run for
the most part
rapidly, are
sometimesdeep, and have
navigable sec
tions of con
siderable len
gth. The upper
portion above
La Tuque is
little used, but
from Grand
Piles(tenmilesabove Shawi
nigan ) to La
Tuqueasteam- er runs regu
larly all the
summer ; a
round trip of one hundred and forty miles, for the most part through
forest primeval. At La Tuque there is a fine water-fall. Some eight miles
above Shawinigan, at Grand Mere, the river takes a drop of forty-six feet ;
then, flowing along smoothly for a mile or two, some rapids known as "Les
Hetres " are reach
ed ; after which the
stream goes along
quietly and soberly,
as if preparing it-
sel f for the maddest
leap it has yet to
make. After the
fall at "Achauene-
kame,"* as the In
dians called Shawi
nigan, there is but
one more drop at
" Les Gr_s " (six

La Tuque Falls

* Meaning "Needlework," the Falls, hv a flight of fancv
the glittering bead and quill work of the In "Han women.

Grand Piles
recalling resemblance to

i— Hotel
_>- Cotton Mill
? — Carbide U'o>ks

_} — Second Development
5— Pulp Mill
6 — A hi m in u ni I Corks

io —Poiver House
ii — Log Slide
12 — Electric Railway

The Upper Bay
miles down), after which, twenty miles below Shawinigan, the St. Maurice
River quietly loses itself in the broad bosom of the St. Lawrence at Three
Rivers. This brief description of the St. Maurice being ended, we may now more
minutely study the greatest natural feature in its course.
It will be seen by
a glance at the plan,
that after sweeping
past the town the river
is divided into two
branches by a large is
land, the main channel
broadening out into
what is known as the
" Upper Bay " and
making a considerable
detour before coming
Left Branch {H'intcr, to the Falls. The other
branch is comparatively shallow, and in fact, in a very dry summer the
river bed is nearly dry. Not so, however, the Upper Bay — here the stream
has a depth of twenty to thirty-five feet during the greatest drought, and
always presents a broad expanse of water. Nearing the Falls the waters
flow more and more swiftly, gathering speed as the channel narrows
again. Then the land commences to break away and the river makes a
shoot forward and downward, its volume swelled by the other branch now

uniting. Down, still down, but still forward — then a rush through sheer
space ; its mighty volume and speed carrying the whole river bodily through
the air for some yards before gravitation conquers ; and then, with a mad
roar, with flying foam and spray, as if in writhing anger at having to return
to confinement, the waters
dash themselves against
the granite cliffs confin
ing the chasm at the base
of the Falls. In these
cliffs have been worn
great caves, and consider
ing the infinite time this
awful force has been
exerted, there can be no
doubt that below the
water line the rock must
be hollowed out and un
dermined to a very con
siderable distance. The Above "ie Falls
river now turns very sharply, running for about a thousand feet through
a narrow defile or gorge, and falling another twenty-five feet before broaden
ing out into the Lower Bay. Here the hard black rock is left behind and
a fine sand takes its place. In the flood season the water rises some fifteen
to twenty feet in the basin at the foot of the Falls, owing to the gorge being
too narrow to carry it away quickly enough. It is at such times that the
Falls appear in their full and terrible beaut}- ; — spray rising a hundred feet in
the air, gigantic waves dashing against the opposite cliffs, and the roar filling
the mind with a sense of the Infinite and a conviction of what puny things
we meukind are. And it has been advertised as " The Niagara of the East !"
The wildest, grandest cascade in the world to bask in the reflective glory of
Niagara !
" Truly a
prophet is
not with
out honor
save in his
own coun
try." The Falls
may be
view e d
from sev
eral differ
ent points,
according
to the en
ergy of the
party. The
best gen
eral view
is to be

obtained from
the Almaville
side, by taking
the ferry across
the Upper Bay
to the Village of
Almaville, and
then follow
ing the path
through the
wood to the lit
tle inn, perched
like a Swiss cha
let on the hill.
From the slop
ing ground in
front of this, the Falls can be seen in their entirety and the drop of one
hundred and fifty feet fully realized. By clambering down the rocks a
little to the right, a visit can be made (except at flood time) to a cave, where
the rock has been eaten away for thirty-five feet by the waters. In here
the roar is magnified to a deafening point, and, lying down with one's

In the Gorge

Below the
J-alls

gry mutterings of the water, and the mind fearfully wonders how far under
foot it may have penetrated. On the other side of the river one can approach
near enough to touch the seething waters
(although it is not advisable to try), and a

good path, with seats at intervals, leads from the top of the Falls down to
the gorge below. One moment the waters are seen rush
ing down, down, down ; then, as one descends, the river
can be seen precipitating itself into space ; and when we
reach the bottom of the path, lo ! a wall of raging waters
is towering above our heads. There is, b.it
one sight to excel that of Shawinigan
Falls on a bright sunny day ; and
that is Shawinigan Falls by;
moonlight, and then admira
tion is lost in a feeling almost
akin to reverence.
The traveller, after hear
ing that this neighbour
hood was but a few years
ago known only to the
lumbermen and Indians,
will be surprised on his
arrival to find a town with
over five thousand inhabi
tants; an industrial develop
ment based on engineering

The (jorgt
in Winter

The'

Overflow" Falls, only occurring
at High il'ater

works, the largest in Canada ;
and (what will perhaps appeal
most immediately to the feel
ings), a real comfortable hotel.
As "Home " for the time being,
let it be the first described.
Situated on a hill, two min
utes' walk from the station,
it is elevated one hundred feet
above the town which it over
looks. In outward appearance
of the early English style of
architecture, its interior has
been planned with every regard
to comfort and artistic taste.
A wide verandah runs the length
of the front, from which the
broad expanse of the St. Maurice River
and a splendid panorama of hills and
forest can be viewed for miles. The
interior conveniences of the house leave
nothing to be desired — electric lights,
electric bells, bath rooms, billiard room, barber shop, etc., daintily
furnished rooms singly or en suite, and a first-class table, indeed give cause
for the intense
surprise that
such things can
possibly have
come to pass in
less than two
years. All ar
rangements can
be made at the
office for teams
for driving to
various points
of interest, and
for boats or a
steam-launch
for river trips.
Approaching the Cave (Winter) ^ bathing cove
is situated within a short distance of the hotel, where a sandy bottom and
the absence of any current, makes the early morning dip a pleasure to
be anticipated and relished.

Chapter V.

E N G I N E E RING W 0 R I - S
AT
Shawinigan F

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N the way
the hotel
seendeuce of
gineering
dertaken, and it ma
here to give a brief
what has been don
Province by the Sh
Water and Powe
pany, of Montrea
Company began oper
in 1 899, and, two
later, had practic
c o m p 1 eted the fi
great instalment
their intended devel
opment of 100,000
horse-power. The
natural features
of the land made
this locality an
ideal spot for
the develop-
in e n t of
waterpow-eratcom-p a r a
t i vely
1 o w
cost.

¦ The hilt
which fails
amnio the water
flowing ul iti ha

The
river,
bend -
ing as
it does
below the
Falls ; and
then broad
ening out un
til the lower
part runs par
allel with the
upper, but one
hundred and fifty
feet below ; only re
quired the cutting of
a canal from its high
er level to the edge of
the hill which falls away
to the water flowing at its
base, to give a minimum
head of one hundred and
thirty feet. At the end of
this canal is built a dam or
bulkhead, in the base of which
are set the penstocks, (or large
pipes), which carry the water tc
the power house below. This cana!
is one thousand feet long by one
hundred feet wide and twenty feel
deep, and was excavated out of solid
rock. The left side is of temporary
character only, allowing an easy removal
when the canal is widened for further
power development. The bulkhead tapers
from thirty-two feet at the base, to fifteen feet

fitly, igoo

May, 1001

at the top, on which
is built the gate-house.
The penstocks are 500
feet long, and are made
of iron plates five-six
teenths to seven-six
teenths of an inch in

This canal is 1000 feet long by 100
feet wide and 2ofeetdeep, and
was excavated out of solid
1 ock "
thickness. The diameter of each pipe is nine feet, and each carries down
sufficient water to produce 5,000 horse-power in the power house below.
The Shawinigan Company supplies water through the longest pipe to
the power house of the Royal Aluminum Company.
In the power house of the Shawinigan Company there can be seen some

Inside View of Bulkhead {before completion'^

of the finest machiuery of its kind in the world, the big water wheels, each
of 6,000 horse power capacity, being the largest yet built.
The only motion that the eye can see here is the revolution of the large
and small genera
tors : — it being left
to the imagination
the knowledge
that through the
huge pipes enter
ing the power
house there are
rushing vast
streams of water
from a height of
one hundred and
thirty feet ; that
inside a steel cas
ing the water
wheels are rapid
ly rotating under
the full force of
the stream, their
axles directly con
nected to, and re
volving, the gen
erators, which are
gathering out of
space that mys
terious unknown
energy that scien
tists have named
" Electricity."
Here is the birth
place, so to speak, of the
power that is to run
manufactories in places even so
far distant as Montreal.
One should not leave without a glance at the electric
travelling crane, which, by the touch of a handle,
noiselessly glides to and fro, and is capable of mov
ing a fifty-ton load.
( Lest it should be thought an omission that no technical description of the
machinery is given, the following extract from the engineer s report on the
generator may perhaps be sufficient excuse : " The rotating field spider will
be constructed of the best quality of cast-iron. The pole pieces will be
of laminated steel ; the pole pieces and field winding being so pro
portioned as to reduce the armature re-action and self-induction to a
low limit!")

One ofthe Big Penstocks

Inside the Power-house

The birthplace of the Power thai is to run Manufactories
.... even so far dntant as Monti car

The smaller power house, belonging to the Royal Aluminum Company,
is very similar, but on a smaller scale, and supplies elec
tricity to their works
hill above. Below the

waters borne
d o w n by the
penstocks are d i s -
charged ; their task of
setting into motion a
hive of industry now
Second Development, 1000-igox being finished.
A second power development has also been completed. It will have
been noticed, whilst coming along the high shore of the Upper Bay, that the
land suddenly narrows to a ridge some six or eight feet in width. On one
side is the St. Maurice, on the other, the land drops away one hundred and
fifty feet down to the Lit- tie Shawinigan River.
A concrete bulkhead .-  ~-— -~. built on the river
bed (protected by s^ an outer crib

The Electric Railwa v

dam), guards this ridge, where it is pierced by two penstocks eleven feet
in diameter and of 15,000 horse-power capacity. These are for the use of
the Belgo-Canadian Pulp Company, and run down to their mill, which can
be seen at the foot of the gully.
Another important engineering work is the electric railway, which runs
from the station right round the Upper Bay, past the canal, down the hill
over several trestle bridges, then along the Little Shawinigan River to the
Pulp Mill. Passenger trains at frequent intervals are now running.
When observing all these demon
strations of man's activity, let it
be remembered that so lat
as 1S99 the entire ground
was covered with forest
to the water's edg
and only frequented
by the lumbermen
and Indians when
making a portage
to avoid the
Falls. Omnia
V i ncit labor.
The town is
_ direct conse
quence of the
power develop
ment and has
grown with start
ling rapidity. Th
illustration on next

The "Alpha and
Omega " of /lie
Pulp Mill
page shows the appearance, at short intervals, of one particular part of the
town as it was quickly evolved out of the uncleared forest.
The visitor can have all his wants supplied at practically city prices,
thanks to the easy communication with Montreal and Quebec, as any
attempt at over-charging would assuredly send the order to one of those two
cities. A pretty little Anglican Church, ou Maple Avenue, provides for the
more serious'side of life to those of the Protestant faith, whilst, asbehooves a

The Evolution of the Town

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Catholic Pro
vince, an $80,000
building is near
ly completed for
those who are of
the Church of
Rome . Some
very tasty pri
vate residences
are dotted about
the town. The
municipality has
erected a hand
some brick and
stone City Hall in
which the Mayor
and his Coun-
An electric trolley

cillors deliberate on the weighty questions of the day.
line will soon be running through the city, which is already well lighted
by electricity. Financial circles are represented by the Bank of Ottawa
aiid the Quebec Bank, both of which have established branches here.
Reference has
been made to the
Royal Alumin um
Company and the
Belgo-Can adian
Pulp Company. The
manufacture of
aluminum by the
electro lytic
process neces
sitates a
largesuppl y

Types of Private Residences

of electricity,
and the Pitts
burgh Reduc
tion Comp
any, of world
wide fame,
who were the
first people to

take advantage of the inducements held ' out by this locality, are now
operating on a large scale.
The Pulp Company, as the name implies, is of Belgian origin, which
serves to show that the fame of Shawinigan Falls has already reached
Europe. Here are located what will soon be the largest pulp and paper mills
on the Con
tinent, and
where can
be seen the
metamor-phosis of a
tree- trunk
into paper.
The Com
pany owns
about 1,000
square miles
of choice timber limits in the St. Maurice watershed, and has an army
of men away in the backwoods felling timber, which, by the converted
energy of this waterfall, is to be soon after used in the shape of books
and papers both in America and Europe.
Calcium carbide works are situated a short distance from the town,
alongside the railroad, and a cotton mill will shortly give employment to
the weaker portion of the community. In spite of the
manufactories al
ready in opera-
tion, and the
immediate pros
pects of many
more, thanks to
the natural for-

mation of the place and the
scientific laying out of the
ground, the near vicinity of the
Falls themselves will never be
encroached upon ; and this is
to be the more wondered at
when the magnitude of the
plan of the power development
be comprehended. The present canals and
works are laid out for the use
of 75,000 horse-power, and the
plans call for a further
25,000 horse-power, mak
ing a total of one hundred
thousand horse - power,
which is to be used either
locally or transmitted to
Montreal, etc.
At the present time
the Shawinigan Water
and Power Co. are build
ing their pole line for
the transmission of the
electric current to Mont
real, where they will de
liver the cheapest light
heat and power from the
largest power plant i n
world, — with the single exce
tion (in size only) of Nia
A large amount of business
already been secured, and
ever increasing demand
cheap power makes it assured
that but a little time can
elapse ere a heavy per
centage of the electrical
energy from Shawinigan
Falls will be used in
Canada's metropolis.
Wheu travelling by
the Great Northern Rail
way from Montreal to
Shawinigan, the trans
mission line may be
noticed running parallel
to the railroad. This fact
is of considerable import
ance when the question

"he Belgo-Canadian Pulp Co.'s Mill

of cost of construction and maintenance be considered. In spite of a journey
of eighty-four miles from its birthplace in the power-house, the electrical
current has lost but little of its first full power on arrival in the city of
Montreal ; and when it is driving the street cars, lighting the streets and
houses, and operating manufactories of all kinds, then the enterprise of the

The Lower End
of the Town

Shawinigan Water and Power Co. in transforming a trackless waste into a
prosperous manufacturing town, and making such things possible, will be
appreciated by both the trading community and the individual. Great
praise must be meted out to Wallace C. Johnson, Esq., (of Niagara Falls
Development fame), the Chief Engineer of the Company, whose fertile brain
originated and carried out this huge engineering plan which has transposed
the first conception of what might be, into the assured success that is.
Nor must Messrs. T. Pringle & Son, Hydraulic and Mining Engineers,
of Montreal, be forgotten, for to them is the credit of the survey work'
and construction of the canal, etc.
Who shall dare to limit the commercial possibilities of towns having
such a wealth of electrical power to draw upon : power that is cheap, and
power that is practically unlimited.

" I hear the tread of pioneers
" Of a nation yet to be,
" The first low hum of waves, where soon
" Shall roll the human sea."

One of the Penstocks that feed the
Pulp Mill [during construction)

Chapter VI.
Rambles Around Shawinigan.
THE visitor at Shawinigan need have no anxiety as to what to do
with the twenty-four hours of each day. Recreation can be had
in ways to suit all. For a certainty the first objective point will
be the Falls. There, sitting on one of the many seats or lying on
the ground, minutes will lapse into hours before one can tear
themselves away.
By following the path through the trees on the right, glimpses of the
river tearing down the gorge are seen, the contrast of the white foam of the
waters and the dark green of the trees calling for continual admiration-
The end of this path brings into view the log slide, the top of which was
passed on our way to the Falls. Logs floating down the stream would
assuredly lose their identity in going over the Falls, and so to avoid this loss-
the Government some years ago built a water chute. By means of a broad
timber boom, anchored to the river bed above the Falls, the logs are guided
through a funnel-shape approach to the slide, as it is colloquially called.
Dropping one hundred and forty feet in four hundred and fifty, it may be
imagined what velocity the logs acquire by the time the bottom is reached.
It is possible to sit right on the end of the slide, and (in the log running-
season during the summer) watch one continual procession of huge trunks
whiz by. An hour or two may be very agreeably spent in the charming
sylvan recesses of Melville's Island, taking a boat across or walking by way
of the boom mentioned before. The shores nearest the town are very

Gorge and Lozuer
Bay [Summer
and, Wintei)

beautiful,
and with
three or
foursmallislets ly
ing close in to
the main island,
the most enjoy
able boating can
be had within
half a mile from
the hotel. The
river may also be
followed up to
wards G r a'n d

The Log-slide [looking up and down)

Mere, some
lovely stretches
of water mak
ing sailinga
favorite sport.
Leaving the
St. Maurice
River for the
time and taking
the road down
to the Little
ShawiniganRiver, there is
another cascade
to be seen. The
Little Shawini
gan River,
breaking down
from the hills to join the St. Maurice, drops one hundred and eighty feet in
a series of cascades. The best way of seeing these is to take a punt up the
river as far as is possible, and then follow the right bank. Although the
tourist will find it a rather rough walk he will be well repaid for his
trouble. The upper reach of the river, flowing between wooded cliffs, is
most beautiful, and can be reached by a flight of steps leading down from
the Great Northern Railway track or from the road to Drew's Mill. The
Lower Bay also offers facilities for boating, and on no account must be
missed a visit to " Les Gres " Falls, six miles down. Apart from the Fall

On Melville's Island

Yachting on the St. Maurice

itself, which is very fine, there
is one of the most charming
little villages imaginable.
White-washed cottages, on a
street overgrown with grass,
over which poultry and pigs
apparently hold right of way
— what was once a thriving
little place now appears as
though it might have been
the original of Goldsmith's
" Deserted Village. " A splen
did canoe trip is to start off
in the early morning, make a
portage at Les Gres, and then
float down on the stream to
Three Rivers, catching the
evening train back to the
hotel. There is a good road
along the shore of the Lower
Bay to the Government House,
from which one may branch
off in two or three directions.
Taking the road to St. Boni
face, we are led up and down steep hills and through woods until the
higher level of land is reached. Then behind us, in the distance, can be

Cascades on the Little Shawinigan

Gorge on the Little Shawinigan

seen Shawinigan Falls
glisten the roofs of
St Boniface. Re
turning by way of
the Little Shawini
gan River, an
equally wild road is
traversed, termin
ating in a steep
descent into the
Village of " Mud-
ville," so christen
ed in the early A Portage
period of the development work by the engineers, who were more truthful
than complimentary. Within easy driving distance is the town of Grand
lviere. The drive takes about one and a half hours, and presents at one
point (St. I-lore Hill) the grandest view of open country it
is possible to imagine. Grand Mere is referred to later.

The Lower Ba v

Upper Reaches ofthe I ittle Shaannigan
Within ten miles is situated the club house of the Lauren tian Fish and
Game Club, whose members frequently drive over to the Falls in summer.
Those who appreciate glimpses into phases of life hitherto unknown to
them, cannot fail but be both interested and instructed by a visit to one of
the many lumber camps dotted around this district. Making one's way to
Burrill's Siding, either across country or by taking train to the Junction and
then fol- lowing the
pioneer life S|j|l£, 'Jrf'-^-.'t, "1 as literal
as though l|^p«^»^|f^^^2 - Cy jt were a
couple of -/'*>^H. ' y^li' lla-vs camP-
pedition in- ~" to the virgin
forest with The Old Ferry at Mudville „„ IndiarJ
guide, will prove an enjoyable experience and one long to be remembered.
About ten miles away lies Lac a la Tortue (so called from its fancied
resemblance to the shape of the tortoise) . This can be reached by crossing

In the Woods

over to Almaville and tak
ing the road to the left at
the top of the hill, fhe
lake bottom is
fairly rich in iron
%s' ' "re- an'l a dred
ger is generally at

work on the lake
raising it to the sur
face. Another very
pleasant ramble is
to take the path to
the little inn facing
the Falls, and con
tinue right ou
the old portage path
which leads down
to the Lower Bay
If it were not
for the fact of the
river being low and
the Falls conse
quently far from
their best, the ideal
time to visit this
district is in the late fall. The
foliage of the trees is then in all
those gorgeous hues that only
Nature dare show. The maple,
with leaves ranging in shade from
the palest chrome yellow to deep
crimson, the ash, hemlock, birch,
and the dark green of the graceful
pines, give a mass of color that
must be seen to be appreciated. A walk through the woods at such a
time, the ground carpeted with crimson, is like a revelation of fairyland.
The tourist who carries a camera (and who does not now-a-days?) is
going to have a busy time around here. The writer has himself seen some

fifty views of the Falls, all different
and, what is more, all " Pictures."
It may be remarked here that late
in the afternoon is the best time-
to get a good picture of the Falls,

ffer
num
erous
attrac
tive ca
noe rout
es. This
river may
be followed
lo its head
waters, from
which s Ii o r t
portages lead to
the upper waters
the Gatineau,
and the Ottawa to
the west. The form
er route by canoe can
be terminated at Grace-
/ field, sixty - one miles
tm / north of Ottawa city,
with which it is con
nected by rail ; and the
ther (via Jean de Terre,
Desert River, the Tomasine,
Lac Barriere, Orand Lac Vic
toria and Lake Temiskaming)
Teiniskaming, where a branch
railway leads to Mattawa, on the
main line of the C. P. R., three
hundred and eighteen miles from
Montreal. Either of these trips
hould occupy four or five weeks if
ken leisurely, but could be made in,

Rivet side
Walk above
the Town

Wab-
caching
follow down
on the Lower Ottawa,
Montreal, part of this
er. A variation of this trip
River and Lake Mejomangoos and
This trip need occupy little more than

probably, three
weeks without
an>- undue haste
b ei n g required.
A shorter trip is to
leave the St. Maurice
at the Manouan, and
proceeding by Lac
ashontyunk and Nemi-
to the Forks of the Lievre,
that river to Buckingham,
between Ottawa City and
journey being made by steam-
can also be made by Big Trout
down the Lievre to Buckingham.
a fortnight. Instead of going up the Manouan, the St. Maurice can be followed to
Lac Asiniwan, and Lac des Battures de Sable, and thence to Lac Au Male,
from which both
the Ottawa and
the Gatineau and
Lievre may be
reached, through
one of the finest
game countries on
the continent, in
which there is
also unsurpassed
fishing. If a more ex
tended trip is de
sired — one reach
ing into that far-
l/MVff_-J
Beating near the Hotel

Bathing in Upper Bay

ther north whose solitudes-
are as yet almost un
broken, there are splen
did routes leading by way
of Lakes Obutiagama and
Chibiogouma to the re
mote Mistassini Lake, the
great inland sea of which
so little is known, except
that it abounds in fish,
and that caribou and wild
fowl may be shot in its
neighborhood in great
numbers. By other

routes, Lake St. John to the east may be reached either by the Askitiche
and Nicabeau and the Chamouchouan River ; by the Little Bostonnais
River ; by the Big Bostonnais River, and by La Croche River, and
then from lake to lake. Along the St. Maurice and its tributaries are
scattered a number of settlers, and the Hudson's Bay Company has estab
lished posts at La Tuque ; at Coocoocache, forty-two miles distant from
La Tuque ; Weymontaching, forty miles from Coocoocache ; Kickendatch,
sixty miles further ; and Manowan, sixty-five miles from Weymontachaing.
The routes mentioned above do not include all that can be profitably
followed, for diversions can be made by countless streams, each with its
own characteristic scenery and sport.

Lauren Honof th

Shawinigan Falls — Sporting Guide 1
Twelve miles back, at Lac la Peche, lies the I

" Bon Homme " Afugwando,
a famous old Indian Guide
Quonongamac and Wessonneau, each six or
The Little Shawinigan River usual
ly furnishes heavy strings of trout,
as handsome and as game as
can be taken anywhere, and
big ones are fairly plenti
ful. Up further north,
towards Lake Cari
bou, the big game
of that name can be
found ; also bears.
At one time the
moose was a fre
quenter of this
n e i g h b o rhood ,
but now one has
to go back some
way to find them.
A few miles a-
way there are several
lakes from a half mile
to four miles in length,
owned by Mr. V. Burrill
of Shawinigan Falls. These
lakes, together with sc—e thous
ands of acres of game country

1 1 this Section.
aurentian Club, of which
W. H. Parker
is the resident
Managing D i -
rector. The club
has a member
ship of two hun
dred and fifty,
and, apart from
the club house
proper, has ele
ven camps, all
well furnished,
and five of them
have resident
guardians and
cooks through
out the season.
Included among
the lakes con
trolled by the
club, are Lakes
seven miles in' length.

After Deer —
A Temporary Obstacle

around, offer a great chance for the formation of a Fish and Game Club.
The whole land to the north is practically covered with forest, with

everywhere, the
the haunts of the
with smaller ani-
dance. It it in-
one or two places
Guides are to be
difficulty, and, if a
ed, all the shoot-

streams and lakes
shores of which are
caribou and deer,
mal life in abun-
vidious to mention
where all are good. , -" ' *^S§
obtained without C. 7 "<~/
good man be secur- XJ
ing and fishing that can be desired will be found in great variety.
Shawinigan Falls can be made the centre for hunting and fishing
excursions to the wild regions of the upper St. Maurice. Proceeding by
train to Grand Piles, the steamer can be taken from there up to La Tuque,
or accommodation can -».,»_.-_».—_. '3e secure(i at tne Mat-
tawin Farm at the ._^*?i_l_£j^!w^'2_Ha____. mouth of the Mat-
__4r3_8^^__-li ___"^ y * l_^W_<_R_9W
tawin River, or .v^^SfflSfifr 5sSt ' 'yXSJ&k -_$*j__J__ at Riviere aux
Rats Farm >^^B(?^^^(^^^B^W '..' .Pfibh_ on the Rat
River. ___!*?, W. '¦*?>&;.. !&1? ' &_H_E_____-?_i_%i_-_. F r o m

either of
two place
tions can be
miles into
thick with
bou, deer,
andpartrid- up to the
have hardly
bed. In
lakes no
been cast ;
those with-
tance ofthe
but little
addition to
one can fail
pressed
magnificent scenery; the waterfalls dyeing especially wild and picturesque.

Three

a'boat, and what thev caught for dinr,

these
e x p 1 or a -
m a d e for
a coun try
moose, cari-
duck. geese,
ge , which
presentbeen distur-
many ofthe
line has yet
and even
in easy dis-
villages are
known. In
the sport no
but be im-
w i t h t he

I u almost
every lake and
stream through
out this district
the fish fairly
swarm ; and but
a fair day's
catch here
would be re
garded as phe
nomenal in oth
er localities.
The trout are
especiallygreedy, rising
for practically
anything, and a
pathetic little
ballad on this
failing of theirs
may well close
the chapter : —

Trout Lake near Shawinigan

' ' Big trout see'd a beautiful fly coming down ,
" That he thought 'nd go better inside,
" And he up and he swallowed it ; ah, poor soul !
" Why 'adn't he let 'un bide."

Chapter VII.

Grand M_;re — Riviijre a Pierre.
RAND MERE, situated about eight miles above Shawinigan, is a
town entirely dependent on one Company. The St. Maurice
River here, falling some forty-six feet, was some years ago taken
in hand by the Laurentide Pulp Company, who started operations
in a small way in 1887. From time to time their works have been
increased, and are now a striking example of what a pulp and paper

G'

mill ought to be.
When it bemen-
t i o 11 e d that the
annual output of
paper, cardboard and
pulp, amounts to
85,000 tons, not to
speak of fifteen mil
lion feet of timber,
some idea may be

The " Groud-mollier " Rock

gathered of the extent of their operations. To supply the enormous demand
for logs thus created, the Company has about 2,500 men out in the woods,
(some, hundreds of miles av\ _ y). nd ever 1, ceo hi rji^ie m \ 1< }id in tk< mills.
The water

pipes fed
from a short
•canal, cut at
an angle to
the river just
above the
F'alls, and a
forty-six foot
head is thea-
verage used.
A first-rate
hotel, own
ed by the
C o m pa ny,
known as the
"Laurentide
Inn,'' is
within a few
. f , Small Watei fall near Laurentide fun
111 1 11 u t e,s
walk of the works, and overlooks a splendid reach of the river.
A stream joining the St. Maurice makes a pretty little Fall just beyond.
The St. Maurice drops at Grand Mere in three falls, an island dividing
the river into two streams, the one nearest the works being sub-divided by a

huge tree-girt rock. It
was from this rock that
the Falls obtained their
name, one part of it being
most curiously fashioned
by nature into an old
woman's face. Under
certain conditions of
light the profile is weird
ly life-like, and was re
garded by the Indians in
by-gone days with much
reverence and awe.
Below the Falls the
river broadens into quite
St. Flore Village _ ,.,.__ and th_n narrows
down again between high cliffs, where it is spanned by the Great Northern
Railway Bridge. The town has not much to offer in the way of attractions.
but a day or two can be agreeably spent in wandering along the river banks,
watching the log driving, and paying a visit to the picturesque village of St.
Flore. On leaving Grand Mere the line takes a big sweep, crossing the river
by a fine iron bridge eight hundred and thirty feet long, at an altitude of
eighty feet above the water. The scenery around is superb in its wild
beauty, and a sigh of regret must escape when " good-bye " is at last said
to the St. Maurice as the train nears Garneau Junction. Here the Canadian
Pacific Rail
way crosses
the tracks of
the Great
Northern on
its way to
Grand Piles.
After pass
ing Garneau
(from which
place a new
line is being
construe ted
to St. Cathe
rine's, shortening the journey to Quebec by about
twenty miles) the hills recede further northwards ;
and, consequently, the land again show signs of
cultivation ; St. Tite, the next station, being the
centre of a fine agricultural district, with a population Grand Mere Brid
of 3,400. A quaint little town is this, and one which the sportsman may
kindly regard, for within easy distance there are many lakes and streams
abounding in trout ; and game of all sorts (including an occasional moose)

St. Tile
is plentiful. Several fish and game clubs lie some six miles north ;
amongst others being Club Archange, St. Maurice Club and Frontenac Club.
The admirer of those charming natural history stories
of William Davenport Hulbert, in McClure's Magazine
("The Beaver" in particular), may, around here, have a
practical demonstration of that animal's ingenuity
and patience, as there are quite a number of places
showing evidence of their engineering
skill, to bes discovered by careful search.
Running through
another small village,
eight miles more
brings into view a
large sheet of water
known as ' ' Lac aux
Sables," which, as the
name implies, is the
favorite haunt of these
highly prized little animals. There is a great chance here for some enter
prising capitalist. Given : a lake on which boating can be indulged to
one's heart's content, smaller lakes all around teeming with fish (in many
of which a line has
yet to be cast), the
lovely Batiscan
Valley within a few
miles, a railroad
journey of but
seventy-five miles
to Quebec, air
sweetened with the
scent of the pine-
clad hills around
— then premise the
erection of a first-
class hotel. Ver-
Nineiy Minutes Work, near Lac aux Sables bum sap.

The line follows the
south shore of the
lake for a consider
able distance, then
branches off, and
the first glimpse
is caught of the Batiscaii River. This
river, having its source away north
towards Lake St. John, is second ill
beauty only to the St. Maurice. In
size and volume it cannot, of course,
compare with the river that has
made Shawinigan famous ; but-
here, rushing with fierce glee
through wooded valleys ; there,
splashing and tumbli)
round the huge bou
that strew its path ; t
tearing past rugged cli
as though anxious to e:
cape from such majestic
company: ithas charms

that many 1
streams entirely
At Notre Dam
A n g e s , afte
small Fall, t
river winds pas
the village on
its best be
havior, but,
as the en
gine be-
g i n s to
c 1 i in b
the as
centt o

Riv
iere
_ Pier
re, keep-
ng it in
company,
its true
cha r ac t e r
soon begins
to assert itself.
R o u s s e a u ' s
Mill, a mile or
two further on, is
a little hamlet
sprung up around a
saw-mill, and makes
an uniquely pretty
sight, nestling as it does
under the dark hills in
the back-ground. All this
locality is extremely rich in
streams and lakes, in which
are fish simply waiting to be
caught. With the exception
ol" a few little saw-mills (in
which it will be noticed the
whole country abounds) no signs
of habitation is now to be seen
before joining the
Quebec and Lake ;
o h n Railway at
Riviere a Pierre ;
this last section of
the road being, with-
o ti t exception, the
most wild and pictur
esque yet met with on
the journey. Riviere a

Lac
aux Sa bh\\

Pierre, (from which
place the Quebec and
Lake St. John road
proceeds northwards
along the Upper
Batiscaii Valley and
up over the hills to the far-famed Lake St. John and the Saguenay ); is
but a collection of cot-
^^^^^^^^^^^ tages, with one hotel (or
rather boarding house)
for the accommodation
of fishermen, etc. It can
serve as splendid head
quarters for fishing excur
sions along the Batiscan
River andjts many small
tributary streams. From
here the line pursues its
way south to Quebec.
Grand Me;re to Riviere a Pierre— Sporting Guide to this Section
St. Tite— Several
fish and game
clubs six miles
north of here— St.
Maurice Club (with
a membership of

A Laurentian Lake
120), Fronteuac Club and Club Archange. Lac Pierre Paul, a mile or two
east, has good perch, fishing. Moose in the back country. Plenty of small
game everywhere. Good accommodation can be obtained in the village.
Reed's Camp — Fine speckled trout in the
Tawachiche River, two miles east.
Lac aux Sables — Perch in the lake ;
speckled trout in the Riviere Propre, north
of the railway bridge, two miles down the
line. Lake trout iu Lac Brule, twenty-three
miles north of the station. Several smaller
lakes, full of red trout, perch, etc.
Notre Dame des Anges — Fifteen min
utes' walk north of railway bridge finds a!
splendid point on the Batiscaii River fori
speckled trout ; a morning's catch a little
time back aggregating sixty-seven lbs. for
¦ seventeen fish
Rousseau's
Mill — A mile and
Va-half from here
there is another
fine spot on the
Bastican for
speckled trout.
Riviere a
Pierre — One and
a-half miles from
here in the River
Blanche more
speckled trout.
Moose, caribou,
deer, (and an oc
casional bear) are
to be met with all
along this section.

Trout Lake near Riviere a Pierre

T

Chapter VIII.
Riviere a Pierre— Quebec.
kHIS last section of the journey is extremely picturesque, the line
passing through a very rugged country before leaving the hills-
and descending into the fertile plains that bound Quebec on the
north. Prior to the advent of the railroad, these forest solitudes
were unbroken, save by occasional hunters and Indians. Now,
however, Perthius and Allen's Mill (the two next stations) show distinct
 signs of set
tlement, and
St. Raymond
is a town of
2,000 inhabi
tants, with
several mills.
This town is
charm in g 1 y
situ a t e d on
the River St.
Anne, with
lofty tree-clad
hills s 11 r -
rounding it on
all sides, and
is the centre
of a splendid
A trout spot on the Bastican country for
hunting. Good guides can be obtained iu the town. A few miles away
lies the club house of the Tourilli Fish and Game Club, which has a
membership of sixty, composed of prominent Canadians and Americans.

A morning's catch of speckled trout

His Excellency the Governor-General, and the Earl of Aberdeen are
included among the honorary members. Commodore J. U. Gregory is
President, and George Van Felson is Secretary — both of Quebec. The club
owns twenty-six camps, and operates, in all, one hundred and fifteen lakes
and three hundred miles of rivers and streams. In September 1901, twenty-
eight caribou and one moose were killed.
Passing Bourg Louis, the line follows the shore of Lake Sargent for over
two miles before reaching Lake St. Joseph. This lovely sheet of water,
which is about twenty miles in circumference, has become one of the most
fashionable of Quebec's summer resorts, and no wonder ; for surrounded as
it is by hills, its waters full of fish, a comfortable hotel and several small

Camps ofthe Tourilli Fish and Game Club
cottages on its shores, and, above all, only one hour from Quebec, it cannot
indeed fail to attract many to its locality. Fishing is both good and varied,
including speckled trout, lake trout, black bass, fresh water shad, etc.
Continuing south, 'St. Catherine's brings us to the point to which the
Great Northern Railway are building their short line from Garneau. Past
St. Gabriel, Jacques Cartier River is crossed, the fall of which is utilized for
generating the power to light the City of Quebec. In spite of the distance
from the sea, this river is famed for its salmon fishing.
Valcartier is an agricultural settlement extending for some miles back
from the railway ; after which, eight more miles brings into view Indian

Summer Cottages, Lake St. Joseph

Lorette, the home of all that now remains of the once powerful Huron
tribe. There is an extremely wild and beautiful water-fall to be seen here .
Charles-
bourg, three
or four miles
from our
journey's end, is the
summer resi-
d e n c e of
many Que
bec citizens,
and a typical
French-Can
adian vil
lage. Before
reaching
Quebec, 'the line is carried across the St. Charles River by a fine
steel swing bridge (iioo feet long), and the train finally comes to a
standstill in the terminus on St. Andrew Street. Here the journey ends,
a journey that gives a new scenic route
between Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa.
The geographical position of Quebec, as
gateway of America's chief water route,
opens up tremendous possibilities of devel-
ment, and, situated at the head of open water
all the year round, the "Ancient Capital " has a future that at last she has
begun to realize. Imagine a bit of mediaeval France placed on and about
a frowning cliff two hundred to three hundred feet above the water ; then
invest the
whole place
with the ro
mance of mar
tial history, be
ginning with
the death
struggles ofthe
Indian nations,
and closing
with the stir
ring dramas
that saw the
end of French
rule in Canada.
There you
have Quebec,
the Queen of
American cit- Trout Stream, near Indian Lorette

ies, and what will
be ere long the
chief port of Can
ada. There are,
probably, more
guide books pub
lished about this
city than any other
in the world, and
as it has lately
Deen treated huni-
orouslyby "A
Yankee in Que
bec," it must now
indeed feel im
mortalized. A few
words, however,
may go in here
before closing.
The first thing
that should be seen,
when visiting the
town for the first
time, is the magni-
f i c e n t panorama
from the Dufferin
Terrace or the Cita
del. Up the St.
Lawrence, down
the Gulf, the wood
ed Isle of Orleans, the fertile plains to the north flanked by the grim
purple range of the Laurentians, the Montmorency Falls, and the Old
Town nestling under the precipitous cliffs, combine together to make a
sight unsurpassed for variety and beauty the wide world over. Twice a

One of Quebec's old streets J

'The old wharves

The Great Northern Railway
Co.'s Eievator No. 1

Capacity one million bushels.
Handles fifteen thousand bushels per hour.
Built by A. F. Chapman & Co., of Buffalo.
Fireproof, and equipped with hose, fire-pumps

etc., etc.

Average steamer takes three days to load full
cargo of grain, flour, pulp, paper, dressed beef,
deals, etc., etc.
Accommodation for steamers of twelve thousand
tons and over ; dock having depth of water frcm
thirty to forty-five feet at all times.
Terminals the best on this side of the Atlantic.
Three freight sheds in connection, two five hun
dred, and one eight hundred feet long.
(Elevator No. 2 is somewhat smaller, and is on
the other side of the dock.)

w eel; the
Garrison Band ren
ders a splen
did program
me of music
on the Ter
race, and the
thousands of
people (and they have some very
prettv girls in Quebec) make a
scene, brilliant in the extreme. To
watch the sun rise from this point
is a sight never to be forgotten.
The Great Northern tracks run
along St. Andrew Street in the Old St. John's Gate
Lower Town, across the old dock, into the huge elevator finished in 1900.
The grain coming from the far West is elevated and discharged into the
largest of ocean liners. It was here, on May 31st, 1901, that the SS.
"Indian" (11,50.) tons,, of the Leyland Line, loaded the largest cargo of
grain and general merchandise ever shipped via the St. Lawrence route.
The dock accommodation allows the largest boats to load, and this year
(1902) three different steamship lines are under contract with the Great
 Northern Ry. to carry cargoes to Europe.
The city was at one time entirely sur
rounded by high walls, pierced at intervals
ay gateways, some of which have been
demolished and others replaced
by more modern, and, conse
quently, less interesting
structures. Perhaps the
j>^^ most unique features of
pp the town now are the
Si\ (piaint old narrow streets

The City Walls

lying below the Citadel, when
might well imagine they were
A scene of life that the
able to view is the winter
Town. Groups of fur-
sleighs full of produce,
trappers, all doing
make a remarkably
and the tinkling
and the melodi-
a n additional
people declare
is the best
it Quebec.
of its be-
i a u o
ba ck.

wandering through which, one
in Old Dieppe or Amiens.
summer visitor will be un-
m arket iu the Lower
clad farmers with their
the It ab it a nt s and
a bustling trade,
picturesque sight;
of the sleigh bells
ous patois give
charm. Many
that winter
time to vis-
The fact
ing cold
d r a w-
Dry

crisp and the
sunshinefeeling of
tion that
counter acts
of the temper-
tobogg a ning,
shoeing, ski-in,
lend a novelty to
that makes a very vikifcjr *?ȣ.
cling to a winter visit. ~~V\ '
teau Frontenac, erected
world, is now so univers-
mentioned here would flavor
truisms. The illustration \;~
gards the exterior, and the \

Lord Mi it to [Governor-General] and
Lady Minio, Tobogganing at Quebec

air,
bright i v e a
ex h i lara-
more than
the lowness
ature ; and the
skating, snow-
ice-yachting, etc.,
the day's outing,
pleasant memory
The magnificent Cha-
011 the finest site in the
allyj known that any facts
too much of the nature of
later speaks for itself _ as re-
interior is in perfect harmony
( Courtesy \pf C P. R.)

" To Europe*

A Leyland Liner leaving Quebec^ loaded with grain brought from
the Westvia the Great Northern Railway of Canada

-with the out
ward appear
ance. "Good
n> ine needs
no bush." Montmo
rency Falls
(one hun
dred feet
higher than
Niagara ),
reached b y
electric cars
in about
twenty min
utes , give
occasion for
an enjoyable
day's trip.
Follow ing
the bank of the river above the Falls for about a mile, a remarkable
formation of rock is to be seen, the river having chiselled out a series of
steps in the rock cliff, before dashing down through a deep canon to
the Falls. After lunching at the charming hotel facing the top of the
Falls, the afternoon can be spent in taking train on to the Shrine of St .
Anne de Beaupre, the rendezvous for over two hundred and fifty years of

The Winter Market

Mid-winter ti oiling races

A winter view of the Cfiafeau Frontenac

{Courtesy of C.P.R.)

Montmorency Falls
and ascending to the highest point
Plains of Abraham, we come to the
France her colony, and gave Can
ada the lasting benefits of Anglo-
Saxon rule.
As regards the rest of Quebec,
the churches, citadel, drives, his
torical spots, water trips, etc., are
they not chronicled in the seven
hundred and fifty-one guide books
(or thereabouts) already written ?
This short history of a newly-
opened up stretch of country must
here conclude, and its object will be
fulfilled if it succeeds in attracting
people to the many lovely spots
now made accessible to all. The
inducements to sportsmen are great
indeed, the St. Maurice district
being, without exception, the rich
est in fish and game in the whole
of Canada.

thousands of pilgrims
from all over the world.
Founded early in the
1600'sby Breton mariners,
in fulfillment of vows
made during a great
storm, the first little
wooden chapel has been
from time to time re
placed by finer and finer
edifices, until now a mag
nificent stone building
marks the spot. A colos
sal statue of St. Anne, of
great beauty, is set upon
the facade between the
two towers, and nearby
is the sacred spring, said
to have marvellous heal
ing powers. Piles of
crutches, splints, etc.,
discarded by their former
owners here, give silent
evidence of the efficacy of
a pilgrimage to this place.
Six miles away are the
beautiful St. Anne Falls.
Returning to Quebec,
of land above the town, known as the
field ofthe memorable battle, that cost

Synopsis of Game Laws of the Province of Quebec.
Note. — Owing to the fact that game laws are frequently changed,
absolute accuracy is not guaranteed.

BIG GAME— HUNTING.
OPEN SEASON.
Moose and deer, September ist to December 31st, excepting Ottawa
and Pontiac Counties.
Moose and deer in Ottawa and Pontiac Counties, October ist to
November 30th, inclusive.
Caribou, September ist to January 31st.
Bear, August 20th to June 30th.

Natural Steps, Montmorency
No more than two moose, three deer, and two caribou may be killed in
one season by any one person.
Dogs may be used to hunt red deer only between October 20th and
November ist.
The young of deer, moose or caribou, if only one year old or less, must
not be killed.
Cow moose must not be killed at any time.
OTHER GAME.
OPEN SEASON.
Mink, otter, marten, pekan, fox (except yellow or red), raccoon,
November ist to March 31st, inclusive.
Fox (yellow or red) , at all times.

Hare, November ist to January 31st, inclusive.
Muskrat, April ist to April 30th, inclusive.
Beaver are protected until November ist, 1905.
GAME BIRDS.
OPEN SEASON.
Woodcock, snipe, plover, curlew, tatler, sandpiper, September ist to
January 31st, inclusive.
Birch partridge, swamp partridge, September ist to December 14th,
inclusive. White partridge (ptarmigan), November ist to January 31st, inclusive.
Widgeon, teal or wild duck of any kind, except sheldrake, loons and
gulls, September ist to March 31st, inclusive.
Buffle-head ducks, commonly known as pied-ducks or divers, September
ist to April 14th, inclusive.
Shooting is prohibited between one hour after sunset and one hour after
sunrise of woodcock, snipe, partridge, widgeon, teal or wild duck of any kind,
and during such hours it is forbidden to keep exposed any lures or decoys.
Eggs and nests of all above wild fowl, as well as wild swan, wild goose
or Canada goose, must not be disturbed, injured or taken.

Rousseau's Mill

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M.M. HINSHELWOOD
would be glad to interview, or
correspond with, any persons wishing to have photographic records made
of places, buildings, machinery, etc., etc., in any part of the world.
Special attention given to work of a technical nature, where intelligent
and artistic treatment of the subject is required. The preparation of
Booklets and Catalogues supervised or taken complete charge of.
The original photographs of any scenes reproduced in this book (with a
few exceptions) can be obtained from the author in all sizes and at all prices.
Over two hundred and fifty views of Shawinigan Falls alone to choose
from (catalogue on application) making a complete photographic history
of Canada's largest water-power
development.

Visitors to Montreal are in
vited to inspect a collection of
some foui hundred choice bits
of English scenery, including
ancient castles, old churches,
quaint little villages, and many
others ; mostly arranged in art
panels ready for framing.
69 St. Famille Street,
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Acknowledgments

T

HE Author is indebted to the fol-

photographs :
Vivian Burrill, Esq.,
Shawiuingan Falls.
C. S. Saunders, Esq.,
Shawinigan Falls.
Albert Holden, Esq . ,
Montreal,
and for much valuable information from
Guy Tombs, Esq.,
of the G. N. Ry. of Canada,
and that courteous and genial American
Richard W. Douglas,
Secretary,
Shawirdgan Water & Power Co.,
Montreal.

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much to place Canadian goods on foreign
markets. . ...
Membership The membership of the Association is open
to all bona-fide Canadian manufacturers.
The fee is $10 a year.

T. A. MORRISON & CO.
IMPORTERS AND
SALES AGENTS...
Building Materials
New or Second Hand
Contractors' Plant

Milton Pressed Bricks
(Red and Buff)
Building Bricks
Enamelled Bricks
SandstonesLimestone Lumber
Stone Crushers
CementsConcrete Mixers
Hoisting Engines
Derricks

RAILWAY AND
MINING
SUPPLIES

204 St. James St.
MONTREAL

Wire Rope and Fittings
Steam Shovels
Steam Dredges
Light Rails
Locomotives
Scrapers
Wheelbarrows Pumps
Dump Cars
Ratchet Jacks
Steam Road Rollers
Boilers, Engines, Etc.

ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
OF EVERY KIND
Canadian £^eral tt_ECTmc fo^

Head Office

TORONTO, ONT.

Generators Motors
TransformersSwitchboards Lamps
Wire
Suppliesof all kinds

Factories :
Toronto Peterboro
Montreal

BranchOffices :
Montreal Halifax
OttawaWinnipeg
Vancouver VictoriaKossland

The Royal
BUFFALO
Hot Water Heater

MADE IN 12 SIZES
HIGH OK tOW BASE

Patented in iSgo by

H. R. IVES
& CO.

Established 1852

And
Manufacturedat their
IVoiks

Queen St.
Montreal

mmMm Catalogues on
Application

The only Canadian
exhibit of H<-t Water
Boilers awarded
Medal and Diploma
of the highest merit
at World's Colum
bian Exposition ,
Chicago, 1893. It
consumes the least
coal, gives the great
est amount of heat
and is the easiest
managed, as well as
best finished, of any
Heater on the market

SADLER &
HAWORTH

Tanners and
Manufacturers
of .- .- ; .¦ .- .-

OAKLEATHERBELTING

Dealers in all Kinds of
MILL ****
SUPPLIES

BELTING FOR THE
FOLLOWING SUPPLIED
BY SADLER & HAWORTH
Shawinigan. Water Sr Power
Company
Belgo=Canadian Pulp and
Paper Company
Royal JHuminum Works,
Shawinigan Falls, P.Q.

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Lace
Leather Hydraulic
and
MechanicalLeather

MONTREAL and TORONTO
511 William Street 9 Jordan Street

Uhe

John McDoug'all
Caledonian Iron Works
Co. Limited Montreal

ENGINESBOILERS
MACHINERY HEAVYFORGINGS
AND CASTINGS OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION

Manufacturing and
General Agents for
'WORTHINGTON" PUMPS

NEW YORK FILTER CO.'S
FILTERS
(for Water Works and commer
cial purposes)
"CALDWELL" WATER TUBE
BOILERS, "RIFE"
HYDRAULIC ENGINES,
WATER WHEELS,
Etc., Etc.

SCALES, VALVES

SOLE CANADIAN
AGENTS FOR
American Spiral Pipe Co.
Foster Pressure Regulators
Oster Stocks and Dies
Merrill Pipe Machines
Semi Bronze Packing
Dart Patent Unions

STEAM
SPECIALTIES

Full Line Mill Supplies

THE

R. E. T. PRINGLE CO.

172 DALHOUSIE ST.
MONTREAL

Limited

ELECTRIC MOTORS
and GENERATORS

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Supplies LAMPS
TRANSFORMERS
andMETERS

Dominion Bridge
CoyLimited
Montreal

Builders of Maskinonge
Bridge, Riviere du
Loup Bridge, Grand
Mere Bridge, St. Flore
Bridge, and Pulp Mill
Penstock, illustrated in
this book 

Steel Bridges

FOR RAILWAYS
AND HIGHWAYS

STRUCTURAL METAL WORK OF ALL KINDS

British American Bank
Note CO., Limited

Steel Plate
Engravers
AND .
Printers _2_S

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STOCK CERTIFICATES BONDS,

Cable Address :
"Mint "
OT T A W A

STERLING EXCHANGES,BANKDRAFTS,CHEQUES,
INSURANCEPOLICIES
AND BANK NOTES

The Canada Engraving _^
LJthO. CO., Limited

Successors to The Burland I,itho. Co.,
Canada Bank Note Co., and the L,itho.
and Printing Branch of the British
American Bank Note Co.

General Engravers,
Lithographers and
Typog'raphic Printers

OFFICE and WORKS :

9 BLEURY STREET
MONTREAL

MAPENGRAVING
A speciality
ARTISTIC
COLORPRINTING
HIGH-
CLASS COMMER
CIAL
STATIONERY, BONDS,
STOCK CERTI
FICATES. Etc.

ILLUSTRATIONSFOR BOOKS
A SPECIALTY

The Standard

Designers . .
Engravers and
Electrotypers

30 St. Helen
Street****'!'!''®
MONTREAL

fO<L £fO%, iSO'

PHOTOENGRAVING
CO., LIMITED

PRINTERS DESIGNERSBINDERS

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EVERY DESCRIPTION OF HIGH-
CLASS ILLUSTRATED BOOKLETS
AND TOURIST LITERATURE ««««««

603 Craig Street
MONTREAL

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ONEOF OUR
BOOKS

When Ordering Office Supplies
You would do well to give us an opportunity of serving you.
Office equipping is essentially one of our specialties.
Anything in the way of Blank Books either from stock or made
to order. Everything in the way of Office Supplies, from Pens and
Ink to Letter Books and Copying Presses— and a little more.
Office Stationery
Counting House Conveniences, Labor
Saving Novelties, and all the staple
articles.
Printing ** Lithographing
Commercial Work, Cheques, Drafts, Letterheads
Letterheadings, Business Blanks, Bank
Circulars, Forms of Forms.

all kinds.

Blank Book Making
Ledgers, Journals, Cash Books, Time
Books, Records, anv stvle.

WE ALSO CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF. ...
Drawing Office Supplies
Imperial Tracing Linen, Blue Print Paper, Higgin's Inks,
Kohinoor Pencils, etc.
WE ARE ALWAYS ANXIOUS TO MAKE NEW CUSTOMERS BY
DESERVING METHODS. OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST CONSISTENT
WITH BEST QUALITY.
CHARLES F. DAWSON
-  STATIONER 
golden owl- 226 ST. JAMES ST., MONTREAL

'SIGN OF THE

Railway, Mining,
Contractors' 

SUPPLIES
Steel Rails, Locomotives,
Steam Shovels, Cars,
Wheelbarrows, Scrapers,
Picks, Shovels, Bars,
Hammers, Handles, etc.
Barrett Jacks, Screw Jacks
-SECOND-HAND PLANT
JAMES COOPER, Montreal
Wire -Rope

Also
Our Special

DOMINIONDURABLE

Combination
Hemp and Wire
Most Flexible
Rope Made

Elevator Ropes
Derrick Ropes
Guy Ropes «ts
Haulage and
Transmission Ropes

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KEPT IN STOCK AND CUT TO ANY LENGTHS
BLOCKS, CLIPS, THIMBLES
Cbe Dominion iUire Rope Co., m\m
MONTREAL

PortlandCements

HIGHEST GRA D E
AMERICAN, GERMAN,
ENGLISH and BELGIAN
DRAIN PIPES
AND CONNECTIONS OF
ALL KINDS . ...

F.HYDE6cC0.
31 WELLINGTON ST., MONTREAL

PAVING BRICKS
ENAMELLED BRICKS FIRE BRICKS
FIRE CLAY
GANISTER WHEELBARROWS
PLASTERWHITINGMORTAR COLOR
CONTRACTORS' AND FOUNDERS'
SUPPLIES

THE "DAISY" HOT WATER HEATER

Made in 12 sizes.
Each section is an in
dependent heater.
Every joint is mach
ine milled.
Sales greatly exceed
the combined output
of all other Hot
Water Heaters
in Canada.

Thousands in use in
the Dominion of
Canada,
The United States,
Great Britain,
Germany, France,
South Africa,
Australia,
and everywhere
appreciated.

CAST AND
WROUGHT IRON

Stable Fittings

We carry the largest assortment in Canada

The above design shows two Open .Stalls and one Box Stall, with various fittings.
WARDEN KING (SL SON, Limited

Manufacturers and Founders,
Write for Catalogues covering our lines.

MONTREAL, P.Q.

Standard**********

Construction Co.

1/ riace UArmes run

DESIGNERS
AND BUILDERS OF

MONTREAL, QUE.

Steam or Hydraulic
Electrical
Electric Light and
Power Plants.
Contractors
Isolated Plants, and
and
complete Electric
Equipments for Stores
Engineers
and Public Buildings
generally.
^MP
Indoor and Outdoor
j^-__t
Wiring and Distribu
tion Systems.
Overhead and Under
Plans and Specifications
prepared for Architects
ground Transmission
or interested parties, as to
Lines, with Alu
Eectric Distribution
minum or Copper
Systems, Switchboards,
Feeders
etc.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
INSTALLATION OF Est|mates Cheerfu||y Furnlshed
POWER MOTORS FOR on All Kinds of Electrical Work,
ALL PURPOSES. upon application.
Mica Covering

HIGHEST NON-CONDUCTOR IN THE WORLD
For Steam, Hot and Cold Water Pipes ; Kitchen Boilers ; Stationary,
Locomotive and Marine Boilers ; Cold Storage Insulations,

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Mica Covering is shipped to all parts of
the world and is in use by the principal
railways in Canada, Great Britain and
India: also by the British Admiralty . .

ipWimm

All particulars forwarded on application to the
Mica Boiler Covering Co., Limited
86-92 Ann St., or, 35 Quken Victoria St.,
MONTREAL LONDON, Eng.

Wire Rope and Fittings
Crushing Plants Concrete Mixers
Hoisting Engines and Boilers
Contractors' Supplies

OF ... .
ALL KINDS
Wheelbarrows, Picks, Shovels, Crowbars, Iron and Steel, etc
W. hi. C. MUSSEN & CO.
763 Craig St. Phone Mam 4344 MONTREAL

R. F. Smith

MONTREAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
_J U P P I_ Y >? <P <P <£

1756
Notre Dame St.
Montreal

Next to
Hell
TelephoneBuilding

KODAKS

Developing and Printing
Lantern Slides
Special prices on English and German high
grade lenses, etc.

UP. TOWN
BRANCH
I4SPeel St.

Near
WindsorHotel

Lead Covered Cables

Electric Light and
Power Purposes

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THE WIRE AND CABLE CO.

MONTREAL

Sporting Goods

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Jf ¦_¦ carry every requisite for sportsmen , and
know what is required to ensure a pleasant
and profitable fishing excursion anywhere
around the Provin ce

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OURASSORTMENTOF FISHING
TACKLE IS THE
FINEST,COMPRISING

Rods, Reels, Lines,
HooKs, Spoons, Flies,
Minnows, Nets, Etc.

THE WIGHTMAN
SPORTING GOODS CO.

459 St. Paul Street, MONTREAL

A. JOYCE

PHILLIPS SO., MONTREAL

CONFECTIONER
LUNCHEON SUPPLIES

Wedding and
ReceptionCakes

Coed Meats
and Entremets

Candies,Chocolates
andMapee-SugarCream

Per Post or
Express

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A varied collec
tion of Oil Paint
ings and Water
Colours always
on view in their
GalleriesA large assort
ment of Engrav
ings, Etchings,
Proofs and
Prints in hand

ESTABLISHED 1859
DEALERS IN
FINE ART

1739 Notre Dame Street
MONTREAL

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Oriental Rugs
and Carpets .
Importers of
Woollen and Silk
Tape s t r i e s for
Wall Coverings
and Curtains .
Framing of the
highest quality in
numerous designs

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MORTON, PHILLIPS & CO.
Stationers

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MAKERSandPRINTERS

1755 AND 1757 NOTRE DAME ST.
MONTREAL

The largest and best equipped hotel in Canada.
400 Sleeping Rooms, 200 Bath Rooms.
I,ong distance telephone in every room.
Electric lighting throughout.

THE

Windsor Hotel

MONTREAL

Rates $3.50 to ^5.00 per day.
American plan only,

IV- S. WELDON,
Manager

THE VENDOME
Substantial brick hotel (new). A com
fortable house, well equipped and well
managed. Thirty-three rooms. Rates
$1.50 to 2. 00 per day. {25.00 to $35.00
per month.  ...

fOSEPH ENO,

THE CASCADE INN
Finest Hotel between Montreal and Quebec
in Eastern Canada. All modern con-
venietices — electric bells and lights in each
room, porcelain bath-tubs, all metallic bed
steads, Bell telephones, billiard room, bar
ber shop, reading room, accommodation
for dancing, handsomely furnished
throughout. — Superior cuisine. High-class
wines and cigars. . 
The Inn is situated on the upper level of
highest hill in town — only a short distance
from the Depot.
The piazzas com
mand an extensive
view of the sur
rounding country,
with its miles of
beautifully wooded
hills, between which
wind the clear
waters of the St.
Maurice River. The
Great Bays of the
River — within a few
minutes walk of the
Inn — afford excel
lent facilities for
yachting, canoeing
and bathing. De
lightful walks and
drives, recreation
grounds, lawn ten
nis, best of fishing.
The magnificent
Falls, — second in
size only to Niagara
Falls, — and first in
their wildly beauti
ful rush and fall of
water, are the most
attractive Cascades
or Falls in the world. Shawinigan Falls
is the new commercial Frontier of Eastern
Canada, to the north, the country extends
an unbroken wilderness to the shores of
Hudson Bay. ?Iealthy climate. Dry, pure
air. No hay fever. Fifty rooms. Terms,
#2.00. 2.50 and 3.00 per day. Special rates
by the week or month, and to parties.
QUI MB Y & ROGAN, lessees and
Managers, Shawinigan Falls, P.Q.

Hotels AT
ShawiniganFalls, P.Q.

Proprietor

THE R O Y A __,*****
A fine new brick hotel, all improve
ments, nicely furnished, conveniently
situated. Twenty-one rooms. Rates,
$1.50 per day, $7.00 per week. . .
PHILIP LORD, Proprietor

Murray Bay

is one of the coolest and most
health-giving resorts in North
America, a fact which is at
tested by the increased number
of visitors who annually return to enjoy the restorative influence
of a climate hardly to be equalled in the world for its salubrious
qualities. The dryness of
the atmosphere makes it
exempt from malaria and
hay fWer. The " Manoir
Richelieu" has been built
by the Richelieu & Ontario
Navigation Company, and
is the largest and most up-
to-date hotel on the lower
St. Lawrence. Golf links,
tennis, as well as all kinds
of in-door sports can be
enjoyed at Murray Bay

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO
H. M. PATERSON
Mgr., Manoir Richelieu

Tadousac

THOS. HENRY
Traffic Manager
MONTREAL

Tadousac is situated at the
mouth of the Saguenay over
looking the St. Lawrence,
twenty-five miles wide at
this point, and as salt as
the ocean itself. The clima
tic conditions at Tadousac
are similar to those at Mur
ray Bay. The hotel "Tad
ousac" is a very comfortable
resort , operated by the
Richelieu & Ontario Navi
gation Company ; replete
with all modern facilities.

FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO
R.C. WURTRLF.
Manager, Hotel Tadousac

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Quebec and
Lake St. John
Railway

Trains connect at
Chicoutimi with Saguenay
Steamers for

TADOUSAC CACOUNA
MURRAY BAY
ana QUEBEC

The New Route to
the Far-Famed
SAGUENAY

And the only Rail
Line to the delight
ful Summer Resorts
and fishing grounds,
north of Quebec,
and to Lake St. John
and Chicoutimi
through the . . .
C a r_ a d i a n
AdirondacKs

A round trip unequalled in America,
through matchless Forest, Mountain,
Rivtr and Lake Scenery, down the

*. QUEBEC _ LAKE ST JOHN RAILWAY
Tlio Now RoiHi- 10 the
FAR-FAMED SAGUENAY.

majestic Saguenay by day
light and back to the Fortress City, TOUCH.
ING AT ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SEA-SHORE
RESORTS on the Lower St. Lawrence, with
their chain of commodious hotels.
Hotel Roberval, Lake St. John, has first-
class accommodation for three hundred (300)
guests, and is run in connection with the
Island House, at Grand Discharge, of Lake
St. John, the centre of the Ouananiche Fishing
Grounds. Golf Links near Hotel Roberval.
Magnificent Scenery Beautiful Climate
Parlor and Sleeping Cars ....
Connection with trains of the GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY, of Canada, for Grand
M_re, the celebrated SHAWINIGAN FALLS,
' ' the Niagara of the East. ' '
Apply to the Ticket Agents of all principal cities
A beautiful illustrated Guide Book free 011 application

ALEX. HARDY,
Gen. Pass. Agent,
QUEBEC, I'.Q.

J. G. SCOTT,
General Manager

THE

Ottawa River Navigation
Company

Leave Montreal 8.00 a.m. train
to Lachine
Leave Ottawa 7.30 a.m.

ROYAL MAIL LINE STEAMERS

Daily, Sunday excepted,
Between

Montreal
AND Ottawa

$&&

MOST BEAUTIFUL AND
PICTURESQUE RIVER
SCENERY IN CANADA

R. W. SHEPHERD,

Managing Director,
Ottawa River Navigation Co.,
MONTREAL

The Ottawa River is the
old highway to the Great
West of early Explorers,
Fur Traders, etc. Indian
Villages, old Churches,
Monasteries, and ruins of
old Windmills and Forts
of the old French regime.

STEAMERSSHOOT THE
LACHINE
RAPIDS

Send for SNAP-SHOTS
GUIDE
Address, - Head Office
165 COMMON STREET

GRAND SCENERY

The new scenic route be
tween Montreal and
Quebec and Ottawa

GOOD HUNTING
AND FISHING
AMONG THE
LAURENTIANHILLS

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For Rates and
Other Information,
Apply to

SHAWINIGAN
p A I I Q "More picturesque

than Niagara '

ONLY FOUR HOURS
RUN FROM QUEBEC
OR MONTREAL .
Magnificent Water
Powers, Mill Sites,
Timber Limits, and
Fishing\Lakes for safe

G. SCOTT,
General Manager QUEBEC

GUY TOMBS,
Gen. Fgt. & Pass. Agent QUEBEC

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