A Glorious River — TJic St. Lawrence. 



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plains of Abraham, by which France 

 lost the noblest of all her colonial pos- 

 sessions. Below Quebec the St. Law- 

 rence becomes a sea, and is so wide that 

 it entirly loses its river character. But 

 the lower river possesses one point of 

 wonderful beauty and sublimity, that is 

 the embouchure of the inighty Sague- 

 nay. This river joins the St. Lawrence 

 a hundred and fifteen miles below Que- 

 bec, and between two giant headlands 

 called Cape Eternity and Cape Trinity. 

 The scenery of the Saguenay is of the 

 grandest and sublimest kind, but could 

 hardly be described in connection with 

 that of the St. Lawrence. The Sague- 

 nay, like the mighty stream into which 

 it flows, may be counted among the re- 

 markable rivers of this continent. 



and is well worthy of a separate article. 

 I have said nothing about the fishing 

 in this grand water, because go where 

 you will along its course, from its head 

 to its mouth, you cannot fail to find a 

 glorious and fruitful outing. Masca- 

 longe, black bass, pickerel, wall-eyed 

 pike and perch are found everywhere, 

 the first in comparative abundance in 

 the tributaries of the big river and often 

 in the main stream. Thousands of 

 anglers visit yearly this water from 

 every section of the country, and every 

 summer these ardent fellows, in pur- 

 suit of their favorite pastime, can be 

 found in great numbers at Cape Vin- 

 cent, Clayton, among the Thousand 

 Islands, in Ha Ha Bay, and everywhere 

 they meet their reward. 



