30 PHYSIOGRAPHY. 



higher up the river the Grand Falls are met with, presenting one 

 of the finest and most picturesque scenes in the island. Now 

 that it is made accessible by the railway, it is sure to become a 

 favourite resort of tourists. Seventy-two miles from the sea the 

 river issues from Red Indian Lake which is itself 36 miles in 

 length, its surface being 468 feet above the sea and its total area 

 69 square miles. This large river receives numerous tributaries, 

 some of which from their size i-ank as rivers. It has long been 

 famous tor its salmon. 



THE HUIVIBER. 



The next largest river is the Humber, which falls into the 

 Humber Arm of the Bay of Islands, after draining an area of 

 2000 square miles. Its main branch rises 20 miles inland from 

 Bonne Bay, and after a circuitous course of some 70 miles, it 

 falls into Deer Lake, which is fifteen miles in length, and from 

 thence it flows majestically to the sea through magnificent scenery. 



The Gander, the third of the large rivers, is 100 miles in length, 

 and after flowing through Gander Lake, 36 miles long, it falls 

 into Hamilton Sound. With its tributaries it drains an area of 

 nearly 4,000 square miles. 



GAIklBO AND TKBKA NOVA. 



The Gambo is a small river flowing from Gambo Pond. Terra 

 Nova is a considerable stream noted for its rapids, falling into 

 Bonavista Bay. Rocky Rivar takes its rise in Hodge Water, a 

 large lake in the peninsula of Avalon, and falls into the Colinet 

 Arm of St. Mary's Bay. The scenery at Rocky River bridge and 

 along the river's course from that point to the sea is unsurpassed. 

 Colinet River falls into St. Mary's Bay. 



Numerous rivers discharge their waters on the southern coast, 

 Ijut having short courses they rush in turbulent torrents to the 

 sea. The principal of them are Bay-d'-Est River, Bay-de-North, 

 White Bear and La Poile Rivers. Many of them make a fall of 

 1200 feet in a distance of 20 miles. 



CODROY BIVEKS. 



On the west coast the principal rivers are the Codroy, which 

 rises in the Long Riinge, and after flowing through a feitile valley 



