OLD MURRAY BAY 



In 1878 M. John Chamard built his sec- 

 ond 'Lome House' above the wharf, not 

 far from the old 'artificial lake'. Unbeau- 

 tiful it was, how charitable soever the be- 

 holder's eye, but few inns of such modest 

 pretension have had the fortune to gather 

 about them a happier lot of memories. 

 John Chamard's first summer there was his 

 last, for the schooner he chartered and load- 

 ed at Quebec with a season's supplies was 

 cast away on Crane Island. He perished 

 with all hands and nothing was salvaged 

 from the wreck. The mainstay of the fam- 

 ily gone, with all its resources, the hotel 

 went bravely forward under the well-re- 

 membered guidance of M. William Cha- 

 mard till 1900, when the land passed with 

 cruel unexpectedness to other hands and 

 the Manoir Richelieu was built. Thanks 

 to one who will always be held in affection- 

 ate regard, Chamard's did not vanish from 

 the earth, but this institution, rooted deep- 

 ly into the past of Murray Bay, survives 

 with all the honourable and kindly tradi- 

 tions of other days. 



Steamers and a wharf simplifying the 



journey for families, a slender but ever- 



S^rowing stream of summer travel began. 



The first-comers lodged at Diiherge/s or 



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