420 TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CANADA I 
Stoneham township, the one under immediate 
notice. 
On arriving at the lake, we found two ca¬ 
noes in waiting for us, and we embarked on 
board them. 
Lake St. Charles is about four miles and a 
“half in length, and its breadth on an average 
about three quarters of a mile. It consists of 
two bodies of water nearly of the same size; 
they communicate together by a narrow pass, 
through which a smart current sets towards 
Quebec. The scenery along the lower part of 
the lake is uninteresting, but along the upper 
part of it, the views are highly picturesque, 
particularly upon a first entrance through the 
pass. The lake is here interspersed with large 
rocks; and close to the water on one side, as 
far as the eye can reach, rocks and trees appear 
blended together in the most beautiful man¬ 
ner. The shores are bold, and richly orna¬ 
mented with hanging woods ; and the bead of 
the lake being concealed from the view by se¬ 
veral little promontories, you are led to imagine 
that the body of water is far more extensive 
than in reality. Towards the upper end, the 
view is terminated by a range of blue hills., 
which appear at a distance, peeping over the 
tops of the tall trees. When a few settlements 
come to be made here, open to the lake, 
for the land bordering upon it is quite in its 
