8 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
tected by islands, or 
else in deep harbors, 
would more than 
compensate for any 
chart deficiencies. 
With this equipment 
one could explore the 
long, deep fjords and 
anchor at will, while 
fishing the trout and 
salmon streams. ‘lo 
many it would be an 
added pleasure to 
know that in all prob- 
ability no other per- 
son had wet a line in 
the streams in which 
they were fishing for 
that season at least. 
Another factor 
which adds to the 
safety in cruising is 
TROUT FISHING IN ONE OF THE 
NUMEROUS STREAMS 
that the bottom deepens so 
quickly from the shore that 
a large vessel would strike 
its bow-sprit before .its keel 
struck bottom. ‘Then, too, 
the long northern days per- 
mit one to get easily from 
port to port. 
To quote Dr. Grenfell 
regarding the climate of 
Labrador, it is not excelled 
anywhere for its bracing 
and invigorating effect 
Testimony gathered from 
hundreds of workmen, 
prospectors, visitors, sail- 
ors, officials, lumbermen 
and scientific men have 
shown that without exception their general health has im- 
proved and they have been able to ‘sleep quite a material 
proportion of the tw enty-four hours longer " lan in their 
own homes. The restorative influence of < holiday in 
Labrador on a jaded and over-wrought sy By is often 
truly wonderful and under proper conditions a constitution 
will be toned up much faster than at a summer resort. 
Co:rvander Peary has recently added his testimony to 
the great value of the Arctic air to consumptiv es. 
The popular idea that Labrador is continually 
wrapped in fog is sae wrong. In a cruise starting 
May 7th and ending x Nov. 13th, Dr. Grenfell was delayed 
but one day by fog. The rarneail is light, in fact a whole 
day’s rain is exceptional. 
The summer temperature varies greatly as one leaves 
the coast owing to the southerly latitude in which Lab- 
rador lies and the Arctic current which sweeps the Atlan- 
tic shore. Few people recall that Labrador lies in the 
same latitude as the British Isles and were it not for 
the chilling influence of the polar current would be one 
of the productive and populous parts of the world. 
One of the interesting sights on a northern cruise is 
the icebergs and the cry from the lookout that one is 
sighted always brings the passengers rushing to the side. 
The varying shapes are endless; now a oreat rectangular 
block two or three hundred feet high ‘and many times 
as long, now a curving amphitheatre worn smooth by 
the washing of the waves; again a giant mushroom shape 
drifts ably by or lofty cathedral-like spires glittering 
DEER CROSSING SNOW-FIELD IN MID-AUGUST 
brightly in the sun. The colours of the bergs compel 
admiration,—the upper portions of an alabaster white- 
ness while the parts washed by the water show green and 
deep caverns hollowed out by the washing of the waves 
are a clear translucent blue. 
They are most dangerous when, a portion breaking 
off, their center of gravity changes and they roll over 
bringing destruction to anything in their neighborhood. 
‘If the northern tourist desires scenery of a wild and 
rocky nature he should aim for the part of the coast 
above Nain. At Port Mauvers the cliffs rise directly two 
thousand feet from the sea, at Cape Mugford three thous- 
and feet, at the Moravian Missions station, Ramah, thirty- 
five hundred feet, while the mountains arising direct from’ 
sea level in the Nachvak region are over four thousand 
feet in height. At the head of Seven Islands Bay are 
the highest mountains in Labrador, known as the Four 
Peaks. So far as is known no white man has ever climbed 
them. Their heights have been variously estimated at 
from six to ten thousand feet. 
In Newfoundland probably no region possesses the 4, 
fascination and varied beauties of the Bay of Islands and ° 
the Humber River. Un- 
fortunately it is best 
known to us as a place to 
which United States gov- 
ernment vesesls are sent 
every winter to rescue the 
Yankee fishermen whose 
boats are frozen in the ice. 
In the summer it is visited 
by many salmon fishermen 
who enjoy their exciting 
sport amid surroundings of 
wonderful beauty. 
It- is not» artact -or 
general knowledge that 
Labrador has within its 
borders one of the great 
waterfalls of the 
Its lack of recognition is 
partly due to | ener. 
Labrador as a | ae oo 
whole being out 
of the beaten 
line of travel 
and still more to 
its inaccessibili- 
ty. Not more 
than twenty 
white men and 
one white wo- 
man have visit- 
ed the falls since 
Indian tradition 
and the Hudson 
Bay explorers 
first made them 
known. The 
first expedition 
of which we 
have definite in- 
tq tia t ponds 
that of Bryant 
and Kenaston in 
Lis ce Ten ey 
made the trip 
up Hamilton In- 
let and the two 
hundred and fif- 
HEADLAND NEAR ST, ANTHONY 
world. - 
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