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sufficiently plain. It is the original valley of an ancient river 
flowing out of the central watershed, one of that radiating series 
established on the first elevation of the central watershed. It is 
possible that its present course past Cartier may not be the original 
one, but that it may have run across more directly to the present 
head of the river. 
Section 3. From above Glory Hole Brook to below Stony 
Brook . — We now approach the most remarkable part of this most 
interesting river. At the bend above Glory Hole Brook, ledges 
extending across the stream are first met with, and below they 
become more frequent. The river has more fall, and becomes 
gradually rougher, making canoe navigation difficult, until finally, 
two miles below Glory Hole Brook, is a vertical ledge fall of some 
eight feet. Below this the river becomes still rougher, with inces- 
sant rocky rapids and low falls down to Mountain Brook, and a 
mile or more beyond, when it plunges over falls through a fine 
irregular post-glacial gorge (with a portage of a quarter-mile on 
the right bank). This is one of the wildest and roughest river 
gorges in New Brunswick, and its impressiveness is increased by 
the fact that one can view its entire length, with all its falls and 
irregular cliffs, from a single view-point, at a bend midway of its 
length. Below this the river continues rough for half a mile, 
when it plunges into another irregular gorge with fine falls and 
pools, in some ways wilder, though smaller, than the one above. 
There is here a portage of 160 yards on the right bank past a 
salmon club-house. This house, like the others above and below 
it, is reached by portage roads, cutting directly across country 
from the settlements to the southeast. A short distance below 
this gorge comes another, with typical vertical walls, but straighter 
and with smaller falls, so that a canoe can be worked through it 
with one short portage, though it would be easier to portage 
around it. Below this the river continues rough for a mile or 
more, when suddenly there loom up the great cliffs at the head 
of the finest gorge on the river, and in many ways the finest in 
the Province. The river here cuts across an elevated ridge or 
hill range, and above the vertical cliffs can be seen the lofty wood- 
ed hills extending off on both sides of the river. The walls of 
this gorge are almost perfectly vertical, and rise higher than any 
