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gloomy grandeur of the Deep River, whose mountains of 

 600 feet in height rise from the water's edge, the depths of 

 which are little less in profundity. 



Des Joachim, the last of steamboat navigation, is fifty 

 miles from the mouth of the River Matawan, the connecting 

 stream between the Ottawa and Lake Nipissing, through 

 which the proposed Ottawa and Lake Huron navigation is 

 destined to run. Above the Falls and Portage "des Alu- 

 mettes" one hundred miles up the river from Ottawa, there 

 are few or no settlements ; and the shanty of the lumberman 

 or the hunter are the only marks of civilization that break 

 the monotony of the forest. The lakes which abound 

 throughout this back country are not only too numerous to 

 mention, but their names in the Indian language are almost 

 unpronounceable. 



Returning down the river, where splendid pike fishing is 

 to be had, and an occasional salmon-trout, the tourist will 

 meet the train either at Sandpoint, the terminus of the 

 Brockville Railroad (a pretty little village), or proceed five 

 miles further to Arnprior, whence the cars start daily for 

 Brockville. Brockville is one of the pleasantest villages 

 in the Province, situated on an elevation of land which rises 

 from the river in a succession of ridges ; the houses are built 

 with considerable taste, and joined with the terrace-like 

 formation of land, it has an appearance of elegance and ease 

 not often met with in Canada. It contains about 5000 

 inhabitants, and, being the junction of the Ottawa Railway 

 and Grand Trunk, has a good deal of local traffic ; it was 

 named after General Brock; it is a good stopping-place for 

 sportsmen, being at the foot of the Lake of the Thousand 

 Islands, and so affording accommodation to those who are 

 attracted to this spot either for shooting or for scenery. A 

 small sheet of water, Charleston Lake, lies 17 miles back, 

 whose scenery is lovely. Fish abound in it, and it is not 

 unusual for the sportsman to take one hundred bass with a 



