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AN I; DIE CMICAGO^TORONTO LINE 9713 G225ti leeTe MONTRFAT, AlJCxUST 1!S^'/ CAN rpr 1 iASTi; T CH CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY r TIME TABLE WITH NOTES OF THE Eastbound Transcontinental Train THE GREAT LAKES ROUTE AND THE t?, CHICAGO'^' TORONTO LINE -•►-♦-4»- al. » ). al. MONTREAL AUQUST 1B87 GENERAL OFFICERS HEAD offices: MONTREAL, CANADA Sin Geo. Stephen, Bart. .President Montreal W. C. Van Horne Vice-President " Chakles Drinkvvateu. . . . Secretary " T. G. Shauohnessy Assistant General Manaf,'er " Geouoe Olds General Trai^c Manaj^er " Lucius Tuttle Passenger Traffic Manager " Henry Beatty Man. Steamship Lines A Lake Traffic. . Toronto I. G. Ogden ('omptroller Montreal W. SuTHERLANn Taylor . . Treasurer " J. H. McTavish Land Commissioner Winnipeg C. W. Spencer Acting Gen. Supt., Eastern Division. . .Montreal Wm. Whyte Gen. Superintendent, Western Div Winnipeg Harry Abbott Gen. Superintendent, Pacific Div Vancouver Robert Kerr Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt., W. & P. Divs. .Winnipeg D. McNicoLL Gen. Passenger Agent, Eastern Div. . . .Montreal G. M. BoswoRTH Asst. Frt. Traffic Man., Eastern Div. . . " E. Tiffin Gen. Freight Agent, Ontario Div Toronto G. W. SwETT Supt. Dining, Sleeping & Parlor Cars . . .Montreal E. S. Anderson Gen. Baggage Agent , Montreal AGENCIES breal nto treal lipeg treal lipeg jouver nipeg treal nto itreal treal Adelaide,. . .So. Aus. .Agents Oceanic Steamship ('(jnipanv. ^. J H. ,J. Colvin, City Pass. Agt. . .'211 'Wusliinuton St. '^QS*®"' Mass. j J J. j)^^^^.^ Agent B. Buchanan St. Halifax, N.S. C. K. Barry, Ticket Agent I'JO llollis St. u^„«. i^«,,«- r>k:r.o ^ Adamson, Bell it Co., Agents / Hong Kong, China. ^ f^,^. ^.j^^^^^ ^ Liverpool, Eng .A. Baker, European T. Agt. ... 17 James St. London, Eng.. " " " ... .sh Cannon St. I ^xniT.T>i miit .. \ Masonic Temple, London, Ont . . T. R. Parker, Ticket Agent . . . . j Richmond St. Montreal, Que. .C. E. McPherson, City Pass. A .*J(i«) St. James St. New York N.Y. .?]. V. Skinner, Gen. Eastern A...S:i7 Broadway. Ottawa, Ont. .J. E. Parker, City Pass. Agt. . .4*2 Sparks St. Portland, Ore . . C. G. McCord, Frt. it Pass. Agt.G Washington St. Quebec, Que. .J. McKenna, City Pass. Agt. . . .St. Louis Hotel. St. John N.B . .Chuhh * Co., Ticket Agents. St. John's, Nfld . Geo. Shea, Ticket Agent, San Francisco, Cal. \ Pacihc Coast S.S. Co. . . . \ [D. B. Jackson, Pass. Agent .214 MontgomtTy St. Seattle, Wash. Ter.. .E. W. McGinnes. Shanghai,. .. .China. .Adamson, Bell & Co. Sydney, N S.W. Alex. Woods. Tacoma, Wash. Ter.. E.E.Ellis, Frt. A Pass. Agt... Toronto OntP^' R- Callaway, District Pas- j j^j^^^ ^^ I ui uniu, v^iii -^ senger Agent \ Vancouver, B.C. .D.E. Brown, Dist.Frt.ctPass. A, Victoria, B.C. Geo. V. Heathcote, CityT'k'tA. Winnipeg, Man . .G. H. C impbell, City T'k't Agt..471 Main St. Yokohama, . .Japan. .Frazarife Co., Agts. for Japan. TRAVELLING AGENTS F. H. SiULL Gen. Travelling Agent, Pass. Department. ..Montreal. W. P. R.\ND Passenger Travelling Agent Chicago. J. G. Thompson " W. D. HlTOHES W. G. McLe.vn W. T. DOCKRILL J. W. Rypkr. ■■ ■ . . . J. J. (VrKL.\.\ll'll ^ — Archives of British Columbia O'REILLY COLLECTfON ti " Toronto. " Montreal. eANADIAN fACIFIC f^AllsWAY TilwdlE T-A.BLE3 CW-IT-IH 3SrOT3a3S) TRAJMSeOJ^TIjgEJMTAL F^OUTE Pacific Division — Vancouver to Donald : 460 miles M C( fnim Van- couver 84 Boat leaves at 2 a.m. FIRST DAY STATIONS— Descuiptivk Notes Victoria — Pop. 12,000. Capital of British Columbia, situ- ated at the southern extremity of Vancouver island. It has a lovely site, and its mild climate is healthful. Eng- lish people and manners predominate. Esquimault harbor, an Imperial naval station, is only two miles distant. This station. Beacon Hill park overlookin<^ he straits of Fuca and the Olympic mountains, and inany line drives, make the place one of the most inter- estint,' in Canada. Victoria does a large business in naval supplies, general merchandise, fish, coal and timber. A railway extends hence to the coal and farm- ing districts near Nanaimo on the western coast of the island, which are also reached by steamers. To Victoria come daily, or at less frequent, but regular, intervals, steamers from San Francisco and all the Puget Sound ports; also from the coast-landings upon both sides of Vancouver island, and along the mainland of British Columbia and Alaska. Once a fortnight in summer steamers arrive from, and depart for, Alaska, by a route especially designed for the entertainment of tourists and sportsmen, and traversing a region of mag- nificent scenery. The course is wholly within narrow, but deep and safe, channels, affording a constant succes- sion of superb scenery, excellent fishing and hunting, aquaintance with the native population and other entertaining experiences.* The steamer Yosemite departs every night, at midnight, to Vancouver on the mainland, arriving there in time to connect with the Transcontinental train. This ferriage is a delightful journey of eight hours through the archipelagos of the Georgian gulf and the straits of Fuca. " A pamphlet fully descriptive of this Alaskan tour, and plentifully illustrated, will be sent to any address on application to the Passenger Traffic Manager, Montreal, or to any general agent of the company. \V£ ar is ro( At CI U SI P(] Pa Ita Al A. frd w S lit' frrsli lilt' lit Stdlinii I'.u'iric Divisios MN. fr. TniiiH- Viiri- Contln'l C()uv(>r Train I,KAVi; ' \H .(K) N«)ON U ^ M H •:; rt •<; 5 ^ ^^ X *f" H X "E O U4 ^ h^ ■— \^ ^-^ STATIONS— Dehcrii'TIvk Notkh 'Vancouver Poj). 'kOOO. Vancouvfr, tlie wrsteni tcnniiiiiH of tlio ('aiiadiaii Pacific Railway, Htands upon tl>o l)eaiiliful hIoju' bordering Ilii^liKJi luirbor, near tlic entrance of Jiurrard iidet. The town Imvh lu-en built with (^reat ra|)idity, but luiH substantial buildin<,'s of stone and brick. Extensive wharves line the shores, where only two or three years a<,'o the priniitivt; forest swept to the water's edurrard iidet elsewhere have several settlements and timber-mills; one pretty town with white-painted houses and a neat church beinj,' an Indian mission-station, of some HOO peojile. -V'anctouver is a callint^-port for most of the coast-wise steamers, and the ))ort of arrival and departure for steamers to -Japan and China. STEAMSHIPS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN Hteamships of the Canaduin Pacific line depart and arrive every three weeks, to or from Japan and China, accordin-^ to the appended tai)Ie. Tliese are fast steamers heretofore in the service of the Cunard line. Their route is shorter by SOO miles than the steamers from Han Francisco. 1'he trip retpures only 10 to VI days to Yokohama, and 1') to IH days to Ilonj^ Kon<,'. At Yokohama, connection is made for all other ports in Japan, eastern China and Corea ; and at Ilonj,' Konj,' for Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Levuka, Batavia, Calcutta, and the East Indies and Australasia ^'cnerally. InTEN1)KI> SaILIXOS ok ThANSI'ACIFIC Steamsiiii's WESTBOUNO STEAMSHIPS |||||||;||U|[|| ' ]|||ko|||M« i Leave Arrive Leave KASTliOUNn Port Victor. 'Oct. 4 k)ct. 21 j Oct. 23 i i I Parthia Nov. f Nov. 21 ; Nov. 2.3 Uatavia — Nov. 20 JJcc. 7 Dec. 9 Abyssinia.. Dca;. 15 Jan. 1 .bin. !{ HOKeKONC; HONCKONe YD^OHIMII mmcoyuR Arrive i Leave Arrive Leave, Arrive Oct. 30 I A UK. 2.5 i Sept. 3 j Sept. II Sept. 2«» Nov. 30- |Sei)t. 20 Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 28 Dec. K) Oct. 1.-) Oct. 2(5 Oct. 2!t Nov. 13 Jan. 10 I Nov. 11 : Nov. 20 JNov. 23 ;l>ec._8 And at similar intervals thereafter. * The 24-hour system is in use on the Western and Pa<'iflc divisions of tlio Canadian Pacific Kailwav from Yancouver to Port Arthur. Hy this system tlie A.M. and F\M. are abolished, and the l^ours from noon till midniKht are counted as from 12 to 21 o'clock. i; r.iciiK Dinsioy rj ^^"[1 ■*>'"'""' MIk. fr. I Triiii^- Viiii- ('onlln'l (•r»uv«r ; 'rriim 14 l.'i.S!) 10 2i\ Hi 4i r.4 72 H2 •.)(> lot lie. i:n i!»..-M li'2 20. -A" 1M> j '21.17 IT); J 21.41 In Die FrnsiT Cfliiyou Tho f'anii- ' bridge STATIONS - 1)KH( iiii-riVK Notks l!l.:.l 14.11 M.:ir. ir. ()2 l.'».2:i 1.-...M I (-..I!) Hi. 17 17.11 I7.r.;{ im.m:{ The i Ciirilioii U<)aproa('li or recede, and the railway is carried hi^^h above tiie river on the southern side. Where the bottom lands spread out the river winds throuf^h them, leavinj^ Hats or bars. It is on these and the sandy outflows f)f the mountain stnsams whicli fall in, that much {,'old has been found, and both here and on the Fraser river can be seen tlie t^old hunters shaking,' their 'cradles' to wasli thesandfrom the^old dust. In the bottoms and on the hills alonj^ this river, until the t,'ort.'t runs too far into the nujuntains, thej^ra/inf,' is tjood, and there are evidences of some settlement, with cattle herds and horses feeding on the 'bunch f^rass,' which looks in its dried condition like S(j iruch hay. lielow this part, however, tlie rocks become u>- steep to permit of much habitation. A liyht bridjT ('eep down in the can- yon, thrown across tlie Thompson river where several roads come tof^ether out of ' hr mountains, ^ivcn a name to the station of Sjx'nce'ti Bridge. . . , The hills are denuded of trees, but some shrtib-timber fjrows in shel- tered parts of the valleys. The river becomes a wild tor- rent. The railway has a difificult route, is laid high above the water, and crosses a f^reat number of lofty trestle- bridf^es over the fissures in the sides of the can\'on, while it has to pierce cliff after cliff through tunnels. The sides of the gorge in most places are preci{)itou8, nuiking it impossible to get down to the water's edge. A waggon - road is cut into the preci{)ice along the top, high above the stream, and here are seen a party of Indians with their ponies, moving their household goods on the ani- mals' backs." At the little village of Savonan, where the government's line ended and the Can- adian Pacific, eastward, began, the can- yons are escaped and the gorge widens into the valley of Kamloops lake. This beautiful sheet of water is about 20 miles long and a mile or two wide. " The river above it meanders in careless crooked- ness through a valley that is enclosed by parallel ridges of round-topped, furrowed, and water-worn hills, the bot- tom-lands making a good grazing country, with many herds of cattle. The lake spreads across this valley, the bordering hills, however, changing to towering rocks, which become higher as the mountain range is entered. They bear no timber, and the sombre aspect of the cliffs, with the parched brown vegetation, contrasts sharply with the bright green waters. The railway has to be carried on ledges and through tunnels on the southern bank, the views over the lake being beautiful as the route winds in and out, now piercing a tunnel and now hung upon a bridge oyer some great fissure. A half dozep. Drynock Spence's Bridge Spatsum Ashcroft Penny's Savonas Cherry Creek +Tranquille V.H ll'U DIVISIOS [\ Finn Stdtinii Ml-^. fr. Van- couv«r 252 Trans- ! ('i)ntiu'li Trnlu I-K.VVK I H.HO 3.3() I1.1U. STATIONS— DEHCitii'TivE Notes 2(U) 275 291 300 308 327 rofky ri(if4cs stretch across this hike, and Imve heen hrokiMi throuiih by the waters, so that it presents a series of hij^li j)ronu)ntories and interveninj^ bays," Kamloops— Pop. 1.000. Divisional point, and princij^al ti^vn in the Thompson Kiver valley, bef^un years at»o around a Hudson's Bay Co.'s post. The north fork of tlie Tlionipson conies down from the mountains 100 miles northward, and here joins the main stem, whence the name, which is an Indian word meaning a river-contlu- ence. It is a beautiful spot. " The broad valley is in- tersecled by another comin<,' into it at rif^ht angles. The rivers How over the plain and finally join. Tliere is Vjoth a background and a foreground of bordering hills, and the town stretches along a single street at the edge of the river. At either end the Chinese have set up their special little towns, while the P]nglish residents occupy the centre. The railway track, enclosed with jilanks, runs along the middle of the sti'eet, and this is the foot-walk and promenade. Little steamboats are on the river, and sawmills are briskly at work."' The principal industry around Kamloops will always be grazing, since the hills are covered with most nutritious bunch-grass. 4.10 Ducks I 4.r)0l Shuswap I O.8.-) : Notch Hill I ('),(M» JTappen Siding (>.'20j Salmon Arm 7.12 i Sicamous The Shus- wao lakes SECOND . DAY i-iuilo Uauch- iU(( The London Times recently described this part of the road most excellently, the fact tliat the writer was travelling westward detracting little from the value of the account in the present con- nection : "The Eagle river leads us down to the Great Shuswap lake, so named from the Indian tribe that lived on its banks, and who still have a •reserve" there. This is a most remarkable body of water. It lies among the mountain ridges, and conse- (juently extends its long narrow arms along the interven- ing valleys like a huge octopus in half-a-dozen directions. Tlu se arms are many miles long, and vary from a few hundred yards to two or three miles in breadth, and their higli. bold shores, fringed by the little narro-v beach of sand and pebbles, with uheriiating buys and capes, give beautiful views. . . . For fifty miles the line winds in and out the bending shores, while geese and ducks tly over the w.aers. and light and shadow play upon the opposite banks. Tliis lake, witli its bordering slojies. gives a line reminder of Scottish scenery, winding shores on both sides of the long and narrow sheet of water stretching far on either hand, with hiijh mountain ridges for the opposite backgi-ound. The line gradually runs down hill until it reaches the level of the water, but here it has passed the lake, which ha? narrowed into the [south branch of the Thompson river. The re- mainder of the route follows the valley of tins stream, which gives as pretty a sight as one would care to see of a rich pastoral valley enclosed l>etween mountain ridges. The Shuswap Indian reserve shows s^nne sijin? of settle- ment and cultivation lx>twetMi the river and the lake on an extended stretch of lowland Ixirdereti by forests. The Indians of Hritish Columbia are said to make better laborers than most of those on the plains, when they will work. 'J'hey make excellent herdsmen and sliepherds on Vf cou § Ri'j'ri'shment Siation] VACIFIV DIVISION 9 MlH. fr. Van- couver 339 351 372 Trniis- (^onttn'I Trniu LKAVK Little Hhus- wnp liiko STATIONS -Dkscuii'Tivk Notkw 7.r)2 8.25 Craigellachie Griffin Lake Clanwilliam Summit of the Gold rauge The Laft Bpike tilt) riinches in these luxuriant valloys, and tlioir little HottlenieiitH are seattered at intervals alon;^ the river wherever they can pick up a livelihood. "1"he Thompson river hroadens in to the Little Shus- wap lake, and the route is cut out of the hillside on its 8outU< in bank. Then the valley broadens, and the eye that has been so accustomed to rocks and roughness and the uniidiabited desolation of the mountains is ^daddened by tlie sif*ht of ^'rass, fenced fields, },'rowin« crops, hay- stacks, and f»ood fariidionses on the level surface, while herds of cattle, sheep and horses roam over the valley and bordering hills in larj^e numbers. This is a ranch- ing country extendiuf^ far into the mountain valleys west of the Gold ranj^e on both sides of the railway, and is one of the garden spots of Britisli (Columbia. . . . The people are comparatively old settlers, havinji come in from the Pacific coast, and it does one's heart good, after having passed the rude little cabins and huts of the plainsand mountains, to see their neat ant^ trim cottages, with the evidences of thrift that are all around." Leaving the Shuswap lakes, the ascent of the Gold range is begun along the Eagle River pass. This is the first of three ranges of the Rocky Mountain system, wliich in- tervene between the interior of British Columbia and the Great Plains. " The railway is laid along a succes- sion of lakes and connecting streams that conduct it tiirough the mountains, and by comparatively easy gradi- ents it gets both up to and down from the pass. Tlie region traversed is a gold-producing section, and pros- pectors and placer-miners are numerous, though tliere are scarcely any other settlements anywhere in the moun- tains. The Gold range has some snow-capped peaks, but generally they are much lower than the Rockies or the Selkirks, and have more rounded tops, l)eing com- posed of loose materials, re(juiring very little difiicult rock cutting in budding the line. The region is a uni- versal forest in the valleys and upon the mountain slopes." The principal lakes in succession are Griffin, Three Valley, Victor and Summit. "We go through these forests to the summit of the pass, which is the dividing ridge between th*^ waters seeking the Pacific ocean by the Columbia riv>^- and these flowing westward through the Fraser river. At the actual summit there is a long and narrow lake of beautiful clear water sur- rounded by high mountains. This is the beginning of the Eagle river, and the railway i-oute is cut out of the rocky border of the lake. Its winding shores and over- hanging cliffs are very pretty. . . . Lake after lake is passed, the finest being the Three Valley lake, which stretches three arms into as many gorges. The lakes and streams are full of fish, and thousands of trout and salmon can be seen swimming in their clear waters, a great temptation to the angler. It is in this attractive region that we pass a little station alongside the Eagle river, 2,5o3 miles from Montreal, which has been given the sturdy Scotch name of Cmifjcllachie. It was here that the 'last spike' in the construction of the Cana- diai. Pacific Railway was driven with modest ceremony 10 PACIFIC DIVISION 11 FUiji Station Mlrt. fr. Vnii- c'ouvor 3H1 392 40i) 41« TrmiH- I (!()iitiii'l Traiu j I.KAVK I J) . m Cohiiii- l)ia Iliver 10.17 10.57 11.32 12.17 NOON Up the Illlcllli- wiiet Albert Ounjou The Loops STATION S—De.sckii'TIvk Notes by Sir Donald Smith, in November, 1885." The summit of Eaf»le pass is 1,800 feet above the sea. The descent of the eastern slope is moderate, and leads to the Colum- bia at Revelstoke, where that river is crossed upon a bridge and trestle continuation one-third of a mile long. Revelstoke — Alt. 1,600 feet. The supplying point for a large area of gold-mining operations ; especially north- ward toward the great bend of the river around the northern extremity of the Selkirks. Half -civilized Koot- enay Indians are likely to be seen here, cleverly handling their strangely shaped canoes of birch-bark. The river is navigable for steamers. From Revelstoke a magnifi- cent view is had of the loftiest heights of the Gold range, — Mt. Begbie, with its glaciers and snowlields, and Cun- ningham, with its double summit, being the most con- spicuous peaks. Ahead, filling the eastern horizon, are seen the peaks and snow-masses of the Selkirk range, the next to be crossed. Twin Butte These stations lie on the western slope Albert Canyon of the Selkirks, the ascent of which is lllicilliwaet ! along the valley of the Illicilliwaet river, Ross Peak Sid'g ! whose fountains are in Rogers' pass, — the only depression discovered where a railway could be carried across. The best views are almost always ahead, especially as the summit of the mountains is appi'oached. The Illicilliwaet is a stream of no great size, but exceed- ingly turbulent, and the water of its upper portion is not only white with foam, but thick with glacial mud, tingeing it a milky, or peagreen, color. The gorge is sometimes of considerable width, tilled with that remarkable forest of gigantic trees for which British Columbia is famous, and there are exceedingly grand ouilooks all along. Half- way the train skirts the very brink of several remarkably deep canyons, cut like enormous trenches through the solid rock, whose sheer walls rise hundreds of feet on the opposite side, too steeply to let any soil or vegetation cling, buttressing the wooded crags beyond, while ranks of glacial mountains are heaped against the sky. The most striking of these canyons is the Albert, where a deep lissure opens in the rocks and the river suddenly drops down a cataract some 200 ft., flowing nearly 300 ft. below the railway, a raging mass of waters compressed into a stream scarcely 20 ft. wide. " This strange chasm twists about, and from the train "ou have momentary glimpses of the foaming waters far below. When it stops, the passengers rusli out to get a better view of the abyss." Just before the summit is attained, the passenger looking ahead will come into view of the greatest of all the Selkirk glaciers, overlooked by that stately monolith named Sir Donald Peak, after SirDonald A. Smith.of Montreal. Here the mountains ai-e exceedingly precipitous, and in order to carry the railway up to the level of the pass it was necessary to construct a series of lofty trestles and curves aci'oss the heads of gorges and around the brows of prom- ontories, which are known as "the loops." No engi- neering anywhere upon the line seems more extraordinary to most persons than this. In six miles of actual travel- ling the train advances only two and a half miles, so U Ml V CO liefii'shiHtHt Station] PACIFIC lUVfxrON n Mis. fr. ' TiBUs- Vau- Coiitii;'! couver Traiu^ LEAVE 424 42() 430 437 443 STATION S-DKscHii-nvK Nutks 13 20 DIM N KB The Great Qliicier 13.40 Humruit (if the Selklrks 14.0.") 14.;",.-) 15.20 Cas- cades of the Eastern Selkirk numerous are the windinj^a necessary to attain the rec^uired altitude, !:iGlacier House — Facing the enormous lield of ice, and that crowniuf^ summit of the ran^e whose head is reared a mile and a quarter in vertical height ahove the track, stands the pretty Swiss chalet which forms a meal-station for passiufi trains, and a most comfortable stoppin«^ place for tourists who wish to hunt or tish or explore tlie sur- rouudin*^ mountains and glaciers. The p-eat f»lacier is hardly a mile away, and its forefoot is only a few hun- dred feet above the level of the hotel. A good path has been made to it, and its exploration is entirely practi- cable, adding sensations of novelty and superiority of si/e to all those features that attract Alpine climbers in Switzerland. Many other pleasant paths and " im])rove- ments" have been made in the neighborhood of this hotel, which offers a luxurious head(|uarters for moun- taineering. Game is very abundant tlu'oughout these lofty ranges. Their summits are the home of the big- horn sheep and the mountain goat, the latter almost un- known southward of Canada. Wapiti and deer frecpuMit the lower glades. IJears can always be obtained on the mountain heights. Birds are numerous, and tish throng in the icy streams. Rogers' Pass — Summit of the Selkirks, 4,300 feet in alti- tude at the station. Tbe pass was named after Major Wm. C. Rogers, by whose adventuious energy nuu skill it was discovered in 1H83, previous to which no Liiman foot had penetrated the fastnesses of this great (sencral range. The pass lies between two lines of huge snow-clad peaks. That on the right forms a prodigious amphi- theatre, whose parapet, eight or nine thousand feet above the valley, encircles vast spaces of snow and slielters wide fields of perpetual ice, glaciei's beside which tliose of Switzerland would be insignificant, and so near them that the shining green fissures penetrating their nuiss can be distinctly seen. The changing effects of light and shadow on this brotherhood of peaks, of which 'I'he Hei-mit is chief, are beyond statement, and never to be forgotten by the fortunate num who has seen the sunset or sunrise tinting their battlements, or has looked up from the valley about him at some snow-showei' trailing its curtains along their crests, with pei'chance a white peak or two standing serene above the harmless storm. Bear Creek The railwav effects its descent from Six Mile Creek Beaver Rogers' pass to a second crossing of the Cohimbia, at Donald, by following a series of canyons which di'ain into the Beaver river, through whose narrow gateway an exit is gained to the valley of the Columbia. As the grand peaks that sur- round Rogers' pass are gradually lost by the STAT ION S—Desc'uii'tivk Notks one of many splendid cascades and slender cataracts droppinf^ in every variety of picturesqueness down the ru^^ed cra<,'s. To span these fierce torrents with bridf^es or culverts which would not be torn away recjuired j^'reat skill and a liberal expenditure. Several extraordinary bridges will be encountered, but the most notable of all is that crossing Stony ci'eek at a height of 2i)'} feet above the torrent — one of the loftiest railway bridges in the world. It is abont 750 feet long, and cost |'2r)0,000. Not far beyond it 's a bridge spaiming a rivulet which de- scends in a succession of snowy falls, whence one of the most beautiful prospects of the whole journey is to be had. So impressed were the builders with the charm of this magnificent picture of mountains, that they named the spot T]ie Svrprine. In the midst of such scenes, with distant outlooks upon glacial mountains or down into deep goi'ges, yet always himself in a warm and sunny valley, the tourist is carried gradually down to the bot- tom of the gorge of the Beaver, and tlu'ough its rocky "gate" into the valley of the Columbia, which is crossed seventeen miles higlier up upon a fine truss bridge, at the eastern end of which is the Division-terminus, Donald. Western Division — Donald to Port Arthur : 1,452 miles 4()0 470 477 4H0 4i)() 503 I.KAVK 17.10 ^ c 17. an I7.r)5 The Upper Colum- bia 18.47 lU.liJ 10. BO Donald — Beginning of Western Division. This was the heauquarters for construction in the mountains. Ciold is found along this part of the C!olumbia, which rises about 100 miles southward, flows swiftly northward 7") miles, turns sharply westward around the northern end of the Selkirks, and leturns soxithward along their western base. The Columbia springs from two snuiU lakes about 100 miles south-east of Donald. Thence it flows at a high speed through a series of beautiful canyons, and pursues its way around the northern end of the Selkii'k mountains. The upper part of the river is navigated by a steamboat making weekly trips from Golden station, and affording a route of direct access over to the Findlay Creek mining district and to the Kootenay farms and cattle ranches, and offering to the artist and sportsman an extraordinarily enjoyable trip. The railway ascends the Columbia foi" a few miles and then turns into the main range of the Rocky Mountains, which it crosses by following the Kick- ing Horse river to its head at the base of Mt. Stephen, and then descending the Bow river to the plains at Calgary. Moberly House Golden Stations in the wooded bottom-lands upon the eastern bank of the Columbia. The former is the site of the oldest habitation in the moun- tains, and was the home of one of the earliest explorers and engineers. Near Go/^/en much placer-mining has been done and the place is steadily growing in importance. It is from here that the steamer Diiclii'tis departs every Thursday for the head lakes of the Columbia. Palliser, alt. 3,250 ft. { Soon after leaving Golden the ^Leanchoil, alt. 3,570ft. train makes a sharp turn to the Otter-tai', alt. 3,070 ft. ! left and enters the outermost rank of mountains, which here rises with extraoi'dinary steep- § liefrei Ml8. fr. Van- couver iH 511 510 521 § liefreshmeut Station] n ESTERS DIVISION 18 Mis. fr. Trans- Van- jContin'I Truin couver iH LEAVE Last view of the Bulkirke In till- Canyon of the Kicking Horse 511 519 521 A superb view 20.25 21.10 21.18 STATIONS— Dksciui'Tivi; Noti:s The Field Uotel ness of inclination and picturcHciueneHs of foi-ni. A narrow tissiu'e in this outer ran^^e hardly periiits tlie exif of the Kickinj^ Horse, but throuj^li these portals a path has also been hewn to admit the railway. The pas- senger should not fail to keep his eyes backward at this point, since the pictures ])reKented by the Columbia valley and the Selkirk mountains be; ond, changing as the train winds in and out of the foothills, ought not to be missed. Presently the l30 ft. The last descent of the eastern Eldon, alt. 4,720 ft, slope of the mountains is now Castle M'n, alt. 4,470 ft. ! begun. A rivulet leads the way Cascade i in a succession of beautiful cas- cades down toward the Bow river, which is reached a few miles this side of Laggan. For a long time the great peaks of the summit remain in view, taking on new and picturescjue forms as the point of view changes with the varying curves of the road. The Bow river, when first seen, is a steep, swift stream of peagreen water flowing through a low forest for several miles. Just beyond it on the left, where the railway makes a sharp turn to the right, Castle mountain appears on the opposite side of the stream, attracting the attention of everyone by its bright color, broken outlines and bold precipices, down which feathery cascades are falling. When it has been left behind there comes into view off toward the north a great glacier, which is the last one to be seen by the eastward traveller. It is a broad crescent-shaped river of ice, bearing all the characteristics of the Swiss glaciers, the further end conceaUxl behind the lofty yellow clififs that hem it ia. You seem to be almost on a level with it, and Mis. f Van- couv< 5()'- 57' 58! § Refreshment Station^ WESTERN DIVISWy 15 Mis. fr. I Traus- Van- Coutiu'l couver , Train LEAVE f Liiggnu Hud Hllver City 5(54 I 23 IS The utiou Park I 577 24.01 MIDN'T, 582 24.1(5 The Bow River Valley STATIONS— Dkscuii'tivk Notes at the distance of liardly half-a-dozen miles ; but it is fully 1,B00 feet above you, a round dozen of miles away, and almost inaccessible by reason of the ravines, rocks and forest which intervene. Down its back flows a meanderinj^ stream of blue water. This falls over the front in -r tine waterfall, and conies to us in a creek as white as milk, which pours into the ]iow. The larj^e river itself drains from the f^lacier hij^her up, and its stream at this heij»lit is pale with that ))eculiar chalky tint which glacier meltin<,'s have. Lupijan and Siln-r City are considerable settlements in the valley of the Bow, near Castle mountain, and in front of them stand Mount Lefroy and a ranj^e of magniiicent promontories, whose bases are tureen with forest, but whose toi)most ledjies rise to the rejijion of perpetual snow and present pictures hardly inferior to any ou the westei'n side of the range. Banff — Station for the National Park, and the Hot Springs; of Banff — a medicinal wateiing-place and pleasure-resort. This pai'k is a ti'act of many square miles, embracing every variety of scenery, cliarmiiig aud wonderful, wliicli the government has already made accessiV)le by many carriage-roads and bridle-paths. In the rivers aud lakes trout are plentiful and of a size unheard of elsewhere, and in the hills and forests roam deer, mountain sheep, and goats. The general altitude of the valley is about 4,500 feet. Koads have been built northward to Devil's lake, an extremely deep sheet of water, walled in by tremendous cliffs, and overlooked by that remarkable peak. Devil's Head, which forms a well-knowu land- mark, and is visible far out upon the plains. The lish- ing here is unrivalled, and the scenery gi'and. In the Bow river, near Banff station, are some beautiful falls and rapids, dropping the river (»0 feet in the course of a few rods. Cottages and small hotels now exist ; but the railway is building a very large and elegant hotel, with perfect arrangements for bathing in the spring water, and for all sorts of recreation. Canmore — Alt. 4,230 ft. Divisional point. The three lofty peaks on the right, seen as the station is approached, are the Three Sisters. On a hill behind the station stands a group of isolated monumental rocks (conglomerate) curi- ously weatheretl out of the softer soil, and widely renowned. Here the pass broadens out, and, at a greater distance, we see, perhaps to better advantage, the enor- mous masses of scarred rock that rise on each side and tower above one another. |The Gap — A few miles below Canmore the Bow river issues from the hills through a confined portal called The Gap. A remarkable contrast in appearance will be noticed between the two ranges that bound this long lateral valley, stretching north and south from Canmore t^ The Gap between the main range and its outer line of foot- hills. On the left are fantastically broken and castellated heights ; on the right, massive snow-laden promontories, rising thousands of feet, penetrated by enormous alcoves in which haze and shadow of gorgeous coloring lie engulfed. Mount t!ascade is perhajjs one of the most remarkable of these peaks. Approaching its perpendicu- 16 WESTERN DIVISION [| Flag Station Ml8, fr. Viin- cnuver 590 ()()2 (110 620 G14 828 832 Trans- C'ontin'l Train LEAVE 24.40 1.20 1.4") 2.20 Font- hills of tlie U,)fki<> 3.20 3 a.m. 604 4.07 (i82 4.r)0 608 5 . 35 705 6.25 713 7.07 730 7.52 770 8.44 788 0.32 800 10.23 800 10.45 11.15 THIRD DAY 11.40 NOON STATION S— Descrii'Tivk Notks lar massive piecipice-front, streaked with a tliousaiul colors which (i\o\v in the sunshine, we half shrink from what seems an inevitable crash. From this precipice falls a narrow cascade, makinj^ a leap of about 1,H00 feet. IKananaskis Morley [Radnor ^Cochrane trees replace seen f^razinf^. Stations in the outlet throuj^h the foot- hills. Leavinj^ rocky walls, the railway passes between rounded grassy knolls and long smooth terraces where scattered the contiiuious forest, and cattle may be The best pictures are seen by looking backward. The eastern profile of the Rocky Mountains is extremely irregular. There is no stately line of rounded summits set in orderly array along the liorizon, nor evenly serrated chain of peaks ; but the sky rests upon a jagged wall, every elevation having some angular and abrui)t form quite unlike its neighbor, and the whole seeming a long stretch of ruins I'ather than a mountain range. At Minicyiul'c, the Stony Indians' reserve, a glimpse is caught of their agency village, and some of their well-tilled farms. The train descends from terrace to terrace, crosses the Kananaskis river, near the falls, and gradually emerges from the hills into sight of the great plains. Calgary -Pop. 2,000, altitude 3,388 feet above sea level. Beautifully situated near the junction of the Bow and Elbow rivers, within tine view of the Rockies, and just outside the foothills. Capital of Alberta, post of the Mounted Police, land agency, and divisional point of the railway. Headquarters of the grazing industiies, and con- taining the most wealth and the tinest banking privileges, shops, etc., for its size, of any town in (!ana(la. Some farming, for hay, oats, flax, etc. ; roots and vegetables do exceedingly well. Good water-power, little utilized as yet. Langdon [Strathmore Gleichen Crowfoot jLathom [Cassils Tilley [Langevin jBowell : Stair The I'anching country extends north and south to the Saskatchewan, and all these stations are shipping points for cattle. Here, formerly, roamed the buffalo, and these plains were a bloody borderland between lilackfeet and Crees. At Gleichen and Tilley are successful ex- perimental farms of the C P. R. ; and from Gleichen the last view of the Rocky Mountains is obtained. At Lniujevin, the last station in Alberta, are wells of natural gas. At lUncell AssiNiiJoiA is entered. Medicine Hat— Pop. 700. At the crossing of the South Saskatchewan (steel bridge, 1,010 ft. long). Coal and iron are abundant in the neighboi'hood ; water, inexhaustible; wood, plentiful in Cypress hills, 36 miles southward, and climate most healthful. An active business place sup- plying cattle-ranches and collieries. Divisional point, and repairing shops of the railway. Dunmore — Starting-point of the Northwest Coal ct Navi- gation (Company's railway westward up the Belly river to Lethbridge and Fort McLeod. At Lcfhhridife (109 n\.) are extensive mines of soft coal, and a large colliery vil- lage. Fort McLeod is a Inll-station of the Mounted Police, and the centre of very valuable cattle interests. Bitum- inous coal is mined near Dunmore. I •I <} liefreshment Station] IVESTEJiS DIVISION 17 I \ Ml8.fr. Van- couver 845 H55 808 880 897 917 928 \YM\ 954 972 978 9si; 993 lUII KWl 1040 1051 1071 1087 1095 1112 1127 i Trans- Cimtiu'l Train I hKAVE 12.20 12.50 1H.25 14.15 STATIONS— DKscnii'TiVK Notks Irvine Walsh Forres Maple Creek btatiou for the extensive cattle and liorse rant^es in the Cypress hills, 15 m. sonthward. S ;,'ency of the Hlackfeet Stopping,' places opposite the Cypress hills. Formerly noted for buffalo and now a successful cattle-rej^ion. Post of the Mounted Police, and shippiii}^ 14.42 15.35 K) (M) 10.22 17.05 18.05 18.25 18.45 19. (►2 19 . 19 20 . 35 20.5(5 21.20 22.05 :Colley ^Sidewood jCypress Gull Lake jGoose Lake 22. •>i) 23.14 23 . 50 24 . 38 MIIiN'T The Mount'd Police, 1135 1142 1151 1 1 1 05 .31 55 1159 2 .20 Stations for stock -raisers. " The prairie rolls in beautiful low sw((llin^' undula- tions, touchiiif^ the skyline in j,'rac('ful curves in one place, and fallinj< j^ently down to the hori>;on in another." Swift Current — Divisional point; on Swift Current creek, which rises in the Cy[)ress Rills and empties into the Saskatchewan. Sta^'e to lidttlfjhnl (20J m. northward), Fort Pitt and the North Saskatchewan valley, weekly. JAikens ;Waldec Rush Lake J Morse Chaplin JSecretan Parkbeg jCaron every little whi Settlements scarce, and the prairie (('oteau de Missouri) almost in its oi'i^i- nal state, yet covered everywhere with greensward, and diversified with lakes and clear streams, the resort of water- fowl (especially at lliish I.aJw) and other feathei'ed <{anie in astonishing (juantities ; and the haunt of the antelope, whi(di e may be seen boundiuj^ nway, startled by the train. Near Cluipliii the (Jld Wives lakes are skirted. Moosejaw— Pop. 000. A divisional station ; and an impor- tant terminus durinj^ the construction of the line. Station for the Wood Mountain and other farnun»4 districts southward, where soft coal is i'l)undant. Pasqua ! Stations for farmers and cattle-men Pense | northward and southward. Regina — Pop. 800. Capital of Assiniboia, headquarters of the Indian service, and of the Northwest Mounted Police. The governmental buildin«4 1272 12H«) 1 303 1HI7 1324 i;W4 1H42 1350 IH;")') 1360 13«)H 1377 138;) 1300 1409 1412 1420 1427 1434 1443 1448 1 454 1401 1408 1476 1483 Traus- (!ontin'l| Train LEAVK 2.47 STATIONS -Dkhcuii'tivk Noikh ir).18 If) . 3() 15.48 10.01 10.15 10.30 10.47 Arl7.10 Lvl8.00 8.50 p.m Indian Head— Headquarters of the celebrated Bell farm and of the QirAj)i)olle Indian Aj^ency. The FiHhinjj lakcH on the Qu'Appelle, eiyht miles north, and another beautiful lake, wi.x niileH Houth, offer Hj)ecial attractions. Wolseley , Station for the Pleasant Hills district, Summerberry I northward, and for a widely cultivated Grenfell area southward. An Indian reservation ^Oakshela I close by. The lakes and river-tlats of this region furnish excellent wild-fowl shootinj^, and prairie chickens abound, with some larf^e f^ame. .!) Broadview— Pop. 0(K>. Divisional station. Refreshment rooms. Prettily situated at the head of Weed lake. The i-epair shops of the railway give the place a standing*, and it advances rapidly under the patronage of several tiour- ishinf^; colonies. Whitewood i Stations for a grain and stock-raising Wapella | region. At Whitewood a new bridge Moosomin I across the Qu'Appelle valley (northward) Fleming i gives an impetus to growth. Moosomin Elkhorn ! is the last town in Assinihoia, and the Virden i station foi- the Fort Ellice and the Moose Oak Lake Mountain districts. r//28 1538 1544 10(54 ir)7i ir)7J> ISS;! l()UO 1612 1C1«) 1«)24 1640 l«Jo7 1(560 1665 1671 1(:93 1710 1733 1744 1761 17H0 1790 1797 1808 1816 182f) 1837 Wlnui- P«8 STATIONS -I)KHi'itii>TivK N() 19.23 19.43 20.0;") 20.20 21.03 21.2.-) 21.37 21.')") 22 22 23 23.4.") midn't, 18i 40 I 20 ' Bird's Hill JGonor Selkirk East Beausejour Monmouth [Shelly Whitemouth Rennie {Telford {Cross Lake :ingolf Kalmar ' {Deception Keewatin Rat Portage Prairie stations near the site of one of Lord Selkirk's early colonies, planted here more than a century aj^o. Lumbering,' re^'ion. ll'liitcmoutlt is an impoitant timber-makinf^ station, the connectinj^ streams and lakes enablini; lumbermen to float hither vast (juanti- ties of lo^s. Hcnnie is the last station in Mtiiiitoba, beyond which bej^ins tlie politi- cal district of Ai<(io.M.\ Wf.st — The " Kee- waydin" of theOjibways, whosedescend- ants still occupy it, livin;^ in bark wij^- wams, and with much tlie same wildness as in the old days. -A larj^e town at the north end of the Lake of Gold miDes 24.10 24.-);") 1.58 2.16 2. 36 3.00 3.54 4.15 5.10 5.32 6.30 7.10 7.32 7.50 8.25 8.53 9.13 9.38 the Woods, on the strip of land lyinf< between that lake and a bay of Winnipej.? river, where the scenery is en- chanting^ ; thousands of islands, quiet bays, falls and rapids, serve to make up a picture not easily forj^otten. It is the centre of a mininj^ district producing f^ohl andotlier ores. There ai'e very larj^e sawmills here, the vast e.Ktent of the interior waters leadinj^ throuf»h the mazes of these extensive lakes eiiablinj^ the lumbermen to cut and tloat hither forty to fifty million feet of lumber annually. Rossland Hawk Lake Parrywood {Gilbert Vermillion Bay Eagle River Barclay {Wabigoon Tache {Raleigh Ignace Bonheur {Martin English River Bridge River {Carlstadt {Upsala Savanne A wild and difficult region, rocky and uninviting to the farmer, but with large resources for ties, firewood and certain kinds of timber. Minerals abound. The rivers are rich in romantic scenery, and invite canoeists, who can find Indian guides and helpers. Deer and other large game range the woods and ducks thz'ong about the lakes. Ignace is a rail- way divisional point ; thence the rail- way strikes westward, through jjretty scenery, toward the ridge separating the basin of Lake Superior from Hudson's bay, along the old fur-trading canoe and stage route to the Northwest. In the lower valley of the Kaministiquia the land is good, cultivation extensive, and new settlements are increasing. "It was 20 ^7•;.s77•;/^v mnsios ' \ I'l'ifl Stittion MIh. fr. 'i'rjino- Vhii- ('Miitin'l cduvcr Train MvVVK IH17 II). 01 lH-,i 10.1.-., iHsn 10. 'ir. 1875 11.07 18H4 ii.:iO 18'.>4 ll.T)') ioint for tiie immenHe (juantities of coal, lum- ber and other heavy supplies passing over the road. JLinkooping Dexter JNordland Finmark Kandnistiqua Murillo Fort William Eastern Division — Port Arthur to Montreal: 993 miles r.KAVK I •.)!:{ !2.i:>pm T.I'JT l'.»4.") I'.HU) 1U7H 1994 2010 2028 2041 20G0 2070 2.44 ;{ . 'M) 4.22 6.00 (;.2r) 7.0*.) 8.00 0.00 9.50 Port Arthur, known as Prince Arthur's Landinf^, is on the shore of Thunder bay, and was first settled about 1K()7. 1'he town is prettily situated overlooking,' the bay, which is a tine oj.en harbor, and has in view the (hirk cliffs of 'i'liunder (-ape and I'ie island. Since the openiuj,' of the Jjake Superior section of the railway, it has assumed particular importance as the connectinj^ point between the railway system of the Northwest and the inland water- route of Canada via the ^reat lakes. E.xtensive docks have lately been erected, to^'ether with enormous docks and elevators for {,'rain and terminal waiehouses and stations. There is much |)retty scenei'y in the hills back of the town, while the bay and its islands are adapted to yachtinj^ and picnic excursions. A remark- able variety of minerals occurs; in the neif^hborhood, and this town is the headquarters of extensive mininii interests for the production of both f^old and silver. Here come the steamers of the Canadian Pacific line from Owen Sound, landin<4 their passenj^ers and freight on the same wharf which bears the station ; while most other Lake Superior boats call here, in passin^^, atfordin<{ opportunities for voyaf.;in}4 to ports around the whole circuit of the lake. Mackenzie Inland stations behind Tluuuler cape, Pearl River on powerful rivers fallinj^ into Black Wolf River Sturgeon and Thunder bays. ^Nepigon -Hudson's Bay post, aud station for the sportinji district alonj^ Nepif^on bay, up Nepigon river and tribu- taries, and Nepif^on lake, — all famous for canoeiuf.^ oppor- tunities, charming scenery, and large trout and whitefish. Mazokama Stations on the heights overlooking the lake — splendid scenery, and many ex- amples ot difficult engineering. Schreiber — Railway headquartei-s for this part of the line, which ci'osses many deep and romantic valleys on lofty trestles and admirable bridges. Refreshment rooms. Jackfish I This country was quite uninhabited un- Middleton j til the railway was built, and known only Gravel River Rossport 'C'onsult an iUustratad book (" Nepitfon Trouting," by W. F. VVhilcher). distri buted free by General Agents of tlie C'anadian Pucith; Railway. •i S W'fffKhiiii-Ht Stiitiiiii' F.isrf:i!S Dirisioy MlH, fr. Vim- rouver 2()'.»r) 2101 2 1 IK) 2111 2i:i() 214:i 2I,V.» 2 1 71) 2 I'M) 2212 222;> 22HI 2215 22(J2 2277 221)1 2:W7 2^25 2.H12 2:^57 2:{74 2H'.)1 2405 2417 2428 24;V.) 2445 2451 21();i TraiiH- (Vmlln'I' 'I'nilii I I I.lvWK 10.47 STATIONS- I)KS(un-rivK Notks ll.;{() 11.50 1^.2Ham 1. It; 2.15 ;< . !»4 •A . 4H 4 . 2H 4 . 52 I 5.1!) ' 5 . 55 I (;.;«) •' 7. Hi H.OO SIXTH DAY H. 10 l).2l> 10.07 I0.4;5 11.22 12.04pm 12.15 1.0(5 1.40 2.10 2.25 2 . ;{H ;{.i:{ IJraiicli Peninsula Heron Bay Melgund rCacne Lake Trudeau Bremner White River Amyot Grasset Otter ILochalsn Missanabie Dalton Windermere Pardee i^Chapleau Pop. tn fnr-triippcrs and ImntcrH. Tlic fur tradi' is still iniportaiit. .hn-hiix}i is on .lackfisli l)ay, a \V('ll-kn(nvn npoitinj^ lo- cality, 'i'lu' Hlioro of the lakt- is iiidciitrd l)y many ))ayH, penetrating^ the trenien- dons clittH tliron^'li wliirli the railway inakeH its way hy eX(redinj4ly (roHtlv and in^enionH conHtruction. Pi'iiiiisiilti has the only f^'ood harhor north of Michi- picf)ten, nntil Thunder hay in reached ; and at llcnnt Itdi/, liake Superior is last Heen. Wliitc Hifcr in a diviHional point, and all tlu; neit^hhorinj,' stations are nniinly inhahit(Ml hy Frenc^h-C'anadiaiiH, ! enj^a^'ed in luniherin<^ and woodcraft. 500. Railway divisional i)oint, and Hud- son s Hay ('o"s post. A rude, tire-swept re^,'ion, dating hack in its j^eoloj^y to the most primitive time. Nemagosenda Ridout Woman River Ramsay [Biscotasing JMetagama tPogamasing Straight Lake Eastward to Lake Nipissinj,' the line fol- lows the Spanish river through forested hills. Iiar«,'e <^ame and hirds a))undant ; fishing,' for trout and lake-fishing,' excel- lent, lliscotdxiiiii would he a j^ood outfit- tinji point. The people trap fur-hearin}4 aninuils in ^reat nunihers. Mineruls ahound, hut mines are little developed. Cartier — A railway divisional point. Onaping ^ Larch wood ^Chelmsford 2542 Beautiful views across Lake Nipissiii},' on the ri<{lit, and of hills and cataracts on the left. Admirahle unj^ineerinj^. Sudbury- .\ snuill station, whence the Alyoma hranch pro- ceeds westward to Sault Ste. Marie, w'here it will connect with routes throuf,'!) northern INlichi^an to St. Taul, etc. This hranch runs (iown the valley of Spanish river, pene- trates pine forests and jiives access to a re^^ion rich in iron, lead and copper. Rich copper-mines are worked near the station, with which they are connected hy spur tracks ; and the neiiihhorhood is favorahle to farminj'. Moose, deer, hears and small i^ame reward the hunter. 2470 8 . 28 2175 3.41 2484 4.01 2487 4.0(1 24'.)H 4.34 2500 4.50 2510 5.24 2528 5.44 2532 5 51) C.30 Lftku Nipis- siug * Romford IWahnapitae :Hillcrest tMarkstay I Veuve River fVerner Sturgeon Falls J^Meadowside ^Beaucage Quantities of j^ood land await cultiva- tion, hut at present «{ettinf4 loj:5s, ties and cordwood is the chief industry. Wahua- pitae is near an excellent tishing-lake of the same name ; and eastward of this point the country ceases to be broken and rocky. Meddowidc is on a reservation of the Nipissing Indians, after whose chief i Hcancitgii was named. North Bay — Railway divisional-point ; and terminus of Northern it Northwestern Ry's from Hamilton, Toronto, and the Muskoka Lake country. A port (pop. 1,000) on Lake Nipissinf^, whence a steamer cruises to other land- ings. Lake Nipissing is noted for its fishing (in great variety) and shooting ; good hotels exist upon its borders, and North Bay is becoming a favorite summer resort. Choice lands and heavy timber border the shore, and settlement is proceeding. ^2 EASTERN DIVISION [J Flat) Station MlH, fr. Trftiis- Van- Ooutin'l couver Train LKAVE 2548 (i.43 2538 7.()2 25(52 7.10 25(>B 7.24 2576 7 . 3H 25HH 8. 08 2599 8.33 2(509 9.(M) 2(522 9.32 2(532 9.57 2(530 10.10 2(544 10.31 STATIONS— DKsciiirTivE Notkh 2(551 2(»55 2(5(50 2(572 2(582 2(587 2(591 2(595 2701 2708 2717 2720 2723 2729 2732 2735 2743 2748 2751 2758 27(53 2771 2777 2781 2783 2787 10.50 11.02 11.20 Mn>N'T 12.05 A.M. 12.49 1.0(5 1.2(5 1.41 1.5t 2.05 2 . 22 2.40 Ar 3.00 Lv3.10 •~ ^" J: 111 — a Ar4.10 Lv4.30 A.M. Chan- (liore fallM jThorncliffe Nasbonsing tCallander :J:Rutherglen :|:Eau Claire Mattawa :Klock Deux Rivieres :|:Bissett :J:RocklifFe Mackey jMoor Lake :|:Bass Lake itWylie SChalk River Petewawa Pembroke Governm'nt Road Graham's Snake River JCobden : Haley's Renfrew Russell's Castleford Sand Point Braeside Arnprior ^Pakenham Snedden's Almonte From Lake Nipissiu}^ the railway Uv? strikes eastward toward the Ottawa river. At Callander the old ^'overnnient lines, which were taken by the Company, terminated, and here the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, westward, bef^an in I884. As Mattawa, where the Ottawa river is reached, is approached, the land becomes roiij^h and strewn with ledf^es and boulders, which condition continues for some distance further ; the valley and borders of the lakes are till- able and fertile, but farmers are few. Mattawa has 1,000 pop., and is the prin- cipal distributinji; point for lumberinj^ supplies. The Laurentian hills now ap- pear on the opposite bank of the Ottawa, and many rapids and romantic brooks, sugf^estinj? f^ood fishing, please the eye. G uides for hunting trips can be got here. This region is cultivated in isolated spots, especially for barley and hay ; but chieriy devoted to timber cutting and sawmills, for which the fre3 2890 2900 2903 7.19 STATIONS— Dehcuiptive Noteh Ste. Hermas I Ste.Scholastique JSte. Augustln | French farminf^ villafijes, devoted larj^ely to dairying, and abounding in interest- ing historical associations. 7.31 2906 7.47 Mount Koyal AUUIVE 8.00 A.M. Seventh DAY Ste. Therese— Crossing of the northern mouth of the Ottawa from Montj \\ island to the mainland. Branch lines for St. .Iekome, St. Lin and St. Eustache. The parish church and a Roman Catholic college are pi'ominent buildings. Ste. Rose — A pleasant river-suburb of Montreal, much re- sorted to by summer visitors and pic-nic parties. St. Martin's Jc. — Passengers for Quebec change cars. Sault aux Recollets — Crossing of Riviere des Praiiies, com- monly called Back river. The name of the village is de- rived from an incident in 1626, when a Recollet father was drowned in the rapjds seen on the left. Mile End As Mile End is approached. Mount Hochelaga Royal, in the rear of Montreal, appears at the right, and as it is gradually left behind the city itself comes into view beyond. Across a tree-dotted and richly cultivated suburban plain the train steadily swings to the right, and at Hochchufa fairly enters the city, the spires and higher parts of which show to great advantage in the distance. This was the site of the aboriginal Indian village discovered by the first European visitors to this locality. Extensive wharves, stock-yards and factories now replace the aboriginal huts. A mile further along the margin of the St. Lawrence river, past a con- tinuous line of wharves, shipping and warehouses, brings the traveller to his destination. Montreal — Pop. (with suburbs) 2r)0,000. The city stands upon an island formed by mouths of the Ottawa. It was visited in 1()34 by Jacques Cartier, who found the Indian village of Hochelaga on its site, at the base of Mount Royal, now the city's park. A trading post and fort was established here a century later, called Ville Marie, and was the last point yielded by the French in 1763. Settlements accumulated about this post, and a city rapidly grew up ; about three-fourths of the pojiula- tion at present are of French descent. The building of the canal about the Lachine rapids, just above the city, and the growth of railways and commerce, caused Mon- treal to increase, until it became the metropolis of the Dominion. Here resided the governors of the great fur companies, and the fur trade has always occupied a promi- nent place in the city's commerce. In summer, great numbers of steamships and sailing vessels ascend to Montreal, which is one of the best harbors, as well as most thoroughly furnished warehouse-ports, in the world. The city is built almost entirely of stone, possesses im- posing public buildings, churches and institutions, and many handsome residences, and is pi'ovided with superior hotels. Its suburbs are quaint and beautiful, and the whole neighborhood abounds in objects of interest. Steamships of the Allan, Beaver and other lines run to Europe ; and steamers connect Montreal with all the river and lake towns. This is the headquarters and S lii'fri'Hhiiwnt Stilt iini KA S TKRN DI VISIOS lMls.fr. Trans-' Vnu- Contln'l couver Train LEAVE STATIONS- l)i;scitU'TivE Notes initial point of the Canadian Pacific Railway system. The new cantilever steel brirlj^e of this Company, 10 miles above Montreal, gives it an independent outlet for its trains to lioston, the White Mountains and all i)arts of New England, over the tracks of the South-Easterii Eailway The station is at Dalhousie square, Notre Dame street (on the site of the old Quebec gate and barracks), where omnibusses and cabs await, and horse- cars pass for all parts of the city. QUEBEe bINE Montreal to Quebec : 172 Miles Mount MlH. fr. Trnns- 1 Mont- Contiu'l real Traiu j LEAVE 8.10, A.M. ! 2 1 5 8.2.1, 10 8.33 13 8.40 17 1 23 8.54' 27 1 35 9.17 39 42 48 9.38 48 56 9.53 61 61 70. 74 10.20 79 86 94 11 00 St. Muurice Kiver STATIONS— DEscKii-rivE Notes Populous and prosperous French villages, cut up into snuill farms, and frequented in summer by sportsmen and city visitors. (See page 24.) Montreal — Quebec Gate station, Dalhousie square. JHochelaga Mile End Sault aux Recollets iiSt. Martin's Junction St. Vincent de Paul Terrebonne St.Henri de Mascouche L'Epiphanie j L'Assomption i La Valtrie Road I ^Joliette Junction - Branch line to Joliette, 7 miles, and to St. Felix de Valois, 17 miles, northward. Lanoraie — Station for Lanok.ue, a river-landing. —Branch line to the port of Beutiiiek. French villages. The St. Lawrence ex- pands here into Lake St. Peter. Getting out timber and fuel occupies people in the winter. .S'(. Leon Spriiifis, near Louiseville, is a popular watering place and health-resort. Pop. 10,000. At the mouth of the St. Maurice, and at the head of tidewater in the St. Law- rence. It was founded in 1618, and played an important part in the early history of Canada. The chief build- ings are the stately Catholic cathedral, the court-house, the Ursuline convent, St. Joseph's college, and the Epis- copal and Wesleyan churches. Besides the daily boats of the llichelieu line, several steamers ply to adjacent river villages. The chief industry is the shipment of lumber. The Dominion government has expended $'200,000 in im- proving the navigation on the St. Maurice, and over ^I,00t),000 has been invested in mills and booms above. There are large iron-works and machine-shops hei-e, where stoves and car- wheels are made in great uuniberij from the bog-iron ore of the vicinity. Berthier Junction St. Cuthbert St. Berthelenni Maskinonge Louiseville Yamachiche Pointe du Lac JiThree Rivers 26 EASTERN DIVISION [XFUiff Station] MlH. fr. TrHiis- Mf)ut- Contin'l renl Train LEAVE 97 11.00 107 11.20; 114 119 11.42 120 129 \m 18G 12.15 NOON j 142 i 140 1 158 104 168 AliUIVE 172 1.17i • I'.M. Miles from Vnn- Seventh ctiuver Day { STATIONS— Dksciiii'Tive Notes Piles Junction — Junction for branch line to Grank Piles, 22 m. north, up the St. Maurice. Quantities of himher and produce come down this river, which is noted for its fishing. At Shawanegan (21 m.) the river falls loO feet. Champlain Batiscan Ste. Anne de la Parade Grondines Lachevrotiere Deschambault Stations for French agricultural par- ishes. Many rivers afford power for mills and factories, devoted principally to paper-making and wood-working. Churches and schools abound. Fishing and Fall shooting good toward the head of the streams. Portneuf -Pop. 2,200. Factories of wood-pulp and paper. St. Bazile St. Jean de Neuville Belair 3078 Villages of French-Canadian farmers and lumbermen, whose houses are pic- turesque and customs widely different from those of their English neighbors. Lorette — Originally a settlement of Christianized Huron Indians, with celebrated cascade scenery and fishing. Lake St. John R'y Junction — Junction with Q. * L. St. J. Il'y for Lake St. John and the upper Saguenay. Quebec — Pop. 75,000. This old city occupies the base and summit of a lofty crag projecting into the St. Lawrence. Jacques Cartier, the first European who sailed into the river (1534), spent a winter at the base of the cliffs, and French fur companies soon after established here a headquarters for trading. A few years later the headland was fortified, and, as the settlement grew, the fortifications were enlarged until Quebec became the stronghold of Canada, remaining so until captured by the English, under Wolfe, in 1759. Nocity in America isso grandly situated, or offei's views from its higher points so diversified and lovely. In the " upper town," on the highlands, the public buildings, churches, best business blocks, hotels and schools are found, and here tlie English and modern part of the town has outgrown its antece- dents. The " lower town," near the water, abounds in irregular, narrow streets, quaint old houses, and is the commercial quarter of the town. The commerce of Quebec began with the fur trade, and this remains an important element. Enormous transactions in lumber go on here annually. The whole lower valley of the St. Lawrence and the northern lumbering regions draw their merchandise from this centre. The suburbs of Quebec are remarkably interesting in scenery, history, and op- l^ortunities for sport, especially fishing. The railways centreing here, other than the Canadian Pacific, are the Grand Trunk, the Intercolonial, the Quebec Central, and the Quebec it Lake St. John. Transatlantic steamers of the Allan, Beaver, etc., lines land here in summer, and local steamers depart for all parts of the St. Law- rence and Saguenay rivers. Extensive docks, warehouses, etc., incidental to the terminal facilities of the Canadian Pacific Railway, will be noticed. The railway station is at the wharf, where assistance will be given by the C'onipany's agents to passengers intending to sail upon outgoing steamers. F ByC C Atha] Sonne durin morn Toror 1 in spt each ] and ci the 0( leadir triciti applis Mls.fi Van- couve I9i;^ 216.S 2414 Stdtinn^, » Piles, lumber rl for itH 1 50 feet, al par- wer for ncipally vorkiiif^. Fishing' the head [1 paper. farmers are pic- different [hbors. I Huron linf,'. L. St. J. lie base the St. ean wlio e base of bablished later the »rew, the ame the 3d by the jrica is so points so on the business I Enf^lish s antecc- ounds in id is the merce of mains an lumber .f the St. law their jf Quebec , and op- railways , are the itral, and steamers summer, St. Law- rehouses, Canadian ■jtatiou is by the sail upon Route by the Great Lakes and Ontario By Canadian Pacific Steamship Line from Port Arthur to Owen Sound ; thence by Rail to Toronto and Montreal Canadian Pacific Steamships — The steel steamships, Alhehta and Athabasca, of this line, sail twice a week between Port Arthur and Owen Sound, Ont., departing fi-om Port Arthur every Tuesday and Saturday duriiif^ the season of navigation, and connectiiif^ at Owen Sound the second morning after with a special steamship express, taking their passengers to Toronto, over the " Toronto. Grey tt Bruce Division" of the C. P. R. These vessels are new and elegant Clyde-built steamships, surpassing in speed, safety and comfort all other steamers on tlie great lakes. They each have a gross measurement of nearly I, MOO tons, are 270 feet in length, and complete in every detail. Their furnishing is etpial in luxury to that of the ocean steamers, and their table compares favorably with that of the leading hotels of our large cities. They are lighted throughout by elec- tricity, furnished with steam steering gear, and provided with every appliance for safety. Mls.fr. I . I Van- Steamer! Cfiuver sails 1913 3.00 pm i H C >< l 21(;3 12.00 NOON u r 7. r. AUIMVIO 2114 8.00 am STATIONS— DKscun-nvK Notes Port Arthur — See page 20. The voyage is straight out of Tliunder bay, between tlie frowning headland of Thunder cape and the rocky shores of Pie island into the breadth of Lake Superior. Isle Royal lies, hilly and forested, on the right, while near the north shore, away towards the left, can be seen the cluster of deserted mining buildings on Silver islet. In the morning the eastern or Algoma shore of the lake is visible ahead on the left, and White- fish point is soon passed in close proximity on the right. The lake then narrows into Whitetish bay, whose outlet is through the St. Mary's river. Sault Ste. Marie — This is on the Michigan side, and has always been an important place to the aborigines, early traders and modern commerce. All vessels must stop here to pass through the canal by which the falls, or " Sault Ste. Marie,'' are avoided. " The first canal was built in lMi)3-.}, . .Since then a new canal has been made. It is 1 m. long, with one lock T)!") ft. in length, admitting vessels of 1(5 ft. draught, and overcoming a rise of IH ft. The width of the canal varies fron. lOS to 270 ft. The old canal has two locks, of HoO ft. each. Both are on the United States side." A garrison of U.S. troops has enabled a lai'ge and busy village to grow up. There is a smaller village on the Canadian side. The fishing liere is excellent, and a favorite local sport is running the rapids in boats guided by Indians. Here will soon be built the bridge connecting the Algonui branch of the Can. Pac. Ry. with United States railways running westward to St. Paul. From Sault Ste. Marie the steamer descends the St. Mary's rivei- and Detour channel, l^etween lovely shores and among innumerable islands, and emerges into Lake Huron, which is crossed during the night. Morning discloses the cliffs and forests of " the peninsula," between Lake Huron and Georgian bay, on the right ; and the shores rapidly contract into the bay of Owen Sound. Owen Sound — Pop. 6,000. Port on Georgian bay for Cana- dian Pacific steamshi^)B. This town 1 grown rapidly 28 MlH. fr. ! Van- couver OS r A RIO DIVISION Steamer ahbivehI 7.80 ami r. [t Flaij Station STATIONS— DKscmrTivE Notes since the building of the railway, and is the shippinf^ point for a vast area of farming comitry. The huge ele- vators and lumber piles will be observed. Building stone and brick-clays abundant. Manufactures, especially of furnitui'e and wooden-ware, are increasing. Shooting and fishing in great variety is easily accessible, and the surrounding country is exceedingly beautiful. — —In addi- tion to the steamships of the Canadian Tacific line for Port Arthur, steamers depart regularly for Collingwood, and all ports on Georgian bay; the Indian peninsula separating Georgian bay from Lake Huron; Manitoulin island ; and ports along the Algoma shore. Rail Route — Owen Sound to Toronto : 122 miles Ml8.fr. I Steam- Vftu- ; phip I couver l Eipress, STATIONS— Descriptive Notes 2414 2418 2424 2421) 2431 243() 2441 2446 2451 2457 2462 2466 2470 2474 2i78 248'i 248(5 2490 2493 2494 2497 2502 2504 2507 2510 2515 2520 2522 252 i 2528 2531 2534 8536 8.00 am or ou arrival of steam- ship CC > ■tj'So in C cs *^ ■*-■ is u O cs .d Owen Sound — Station at the steamship wharf. St. Vincent Road; A rolling, timbered and well-wateied region. Fine farming in th(! valleys southward. Lumber, cordwood, railway ties, tanbark and lime are exported largely. Scotch and Irish people pre- dominate throughout this neighborhood, which has long been settled, brisk agricultural village. The town of Rockford Chatsworth Arnott Holland Centre Berkeley Markdale Flesherton— A Fleshcrton is 4 m. east, and Priceville 4 m. west. In the neighborho()d are liugenia falls, and many picturesque brooks, cataracts and lakes, abounding in trout and bass. Proton — A small village. Dundalk — The road has here ascended to the top of the Ontario plateau, about 1,300 ft. above the level of L. Ontario, and the country becomes level, with soil suitable for coarse grains, root-crops, and grazing. ARRIVE at NOON Corbetton Melancthon Shelburne Crombies Laurel Wooded hills, somewhat cultivated, and furnishing lime and building stone. The lakes of this region, especially at Horning's Mills, 4 m. from Shelburne, are noted for extraordinary trout. Orangeville Junction — Branch to Tees^cater. §Orangeville -Pop. 4,(K)0. A farmers' market town. Melville Junction — With the Credit Valley Division. p ? ■ Farming and dairying communities. Cardwell Junction— With Northern & North-Western lly. Mono Road Macviile Bolton Kleinburg Wood bridge HumberSunnmit Emery Weston Toronto Junction — Convergence of Canadian Pacific lines to Montreal, St. Thomas, etc. Parkdale — Western suburb of Toronto. Torpnto— See page 30. Market towns and shipping points for wide and populous agricultural districts. Flail Station he shippiiif^ 'he huj^e olc- lildiii}^ stone especially of f. Shootin*,' ible, and the In addi- icific line for [.'ollinj^wood, ,11 peninsula : Manitoulin 5S well-wateied the valleys wod, railway ire exported 1 people pre- leighborhood, I. riie town of west. In the r pictures(iue out and bass. le top of the 3 level of L. a soil suitable dtivated, and ildin}^ stone, especially at in Shelburne, r trout. town, i vision. nnunities. -Western lly. nil, points for ;u rat districts. ti Pacific lines Chicago to Montreal via Toronto Chicago to Toronto via Michigan Central and Canadian Pacific Railways: 518 miles Mls.fr, Chicago 416 421 431 451 461 486 197 198 ul2 2 57 94 141 164 177 189 209 248 256 267 285 286 302 397 Mont- real Express LEAVE S.lOpra 3.20" 4.55" 5.49" 6.58" 7.33 " 8.49 9.45 9.56" A.rlO.45 LvlO.oo 11.20 11.45 A.M. Ar2.00 Lv 4 . 35 Sg^ M C C8 H A « 2 So J 5. Ham 5.21" 5.39" 6.22" 6.40" 7.30" 7.55" 8.05" 8.39" Eastern Express LEAVE 9.10 pm 9.22 11.27 12.55am STATIONS— Descriptive Notes 2.35 " 3.20" 3.43 " 4.05" 4.10" 6.08 " 6.24" 6.47" 7.30 " 12.05pra 12 .30" 12.57" 3.25 " 4.30" Chicago— Michigan Central R.R. station at the foot of Lake street. Twenty-second Street— Suburban station. Michigan City— A lumber-port on Lake Michigan, in Indiana. Niles— Pop. 5,000. In Mkhigan, and surrounded by rich farms and orchards. ^ Kalamazoo— Pop. 15,000. A beautiful and wealthy town. Battle Creek— Pop. 10,000. A manufacturing town. Ma*'shall— Pop. 4,000. Flour mills and granaries. Albion — In the midst of farming lands. Jackson— Pop. 20,000. Large factories and site of the state prison. Ann Arbor— Pop. 8,500. Seat of the Michigan state university. Ypsilanti — Pop. 5,500. Many factories, and a great school. Wayne Jc. — With various roads southward. i5 Detroit Windsor Exeter Centre Pop. 150,000. Largest city in Michi- gan. The cars are ferried over the Detroit river to Windsor. 5.02pm 5.12 5.50 6.31 6.55 7.44 8.08 §St. Thomas— Junction of Canada Southern line of Michigan Central R.R. with Canadian Pacific. Railways to Port Stanley, Lake Erie, and to towns northward. Largest town in that part of Ontario. The train leaves the Michigan Central tracks here and runs henceforth on the Ontario Division of the Canadian Pacific. Putnam Ingersoll Woodstock Ayr Gait Milton Only the larger towns are given. The Eastern Express stops at many inter- mediate stations. This is a well popu- lated and highly productive region, sup- porting some of the most flourishing communities in Canada. Streetsville Junction — With Credit Valley line. Streetsville — A flourishing business town. Lambton — A large village. 30 EASTERN DIVISION 'I Flap Station M 8. fr.l real Chicago Eipress 514 ol6 518 8.50ara 9.03" AURIVE y.io Eastern Exprena 8..'30pm 8.55 " AUIIIVE •J.05pm STATIONS— DEscmi'TivK Notks ^Toronto Junction— With trains to Owen Sound. Parkdale— Eastern suburb of Toronto. Toronto— Pop. (with subinbs) 110,000. This point was one of the earliest French fortifications against the Indians, and afterwards a trading post and naval station of importance to the English. It is the capital of Ontario, its people are almost wholly English-speaking, and it is mainly devoted to manufacturing and mercantile pursuits. Many railways centre here, and its lake commerce is considerable. A line of boats makes two trips a day to Niagara Falls, and other lines daily trips east and west, down the St. Lawrence and to the upper lakes. In addi- tion to forming the central point for the various Ontario lines of the Canadian Pacific, Toronto is reached by the Grand Trunk Ry., and is con- nected by the Northern ct North -Western lly. ■ with the agricultural and lake regions of northern Ontario, reaching the Canadian Pacific at North Bay. The city is laid out in streets crossing at right angles ; is excellently built ; and possesses many interesting features to the tourist. It con- siders itself the most enterprising community in eastern Canada, but is not wholly given over to rommercial ambition. The University of Toronto, and several lesser educational institutions, have a wide reputation ; the city is well supplied with churches ; and possesses several large and valu- able libraries and collections of pictures. Its parks and suburbs are beautiful, and opportunities for pleasure-taking in the harbor and surrounding hills are many. Toronto to Montreal : 381 miles Mont- Mis. fr. real Eastern Toronto Express Express LEAVE LEAVE 8.30 8.45 A.M. P.M. 5 8.50 9.08 9 9.08 9.18 19 9.21 9.35 26 9.35 34 9.50 43 10.09 10.24 52 110.29 61 110.46 65 :i0.56 73 11.11 82 11.31 11.41 STATIONS— Descuiptive Notes Toronto — Union Station. ^Toronto June. North Toronto Agincourt Green River Claremont Myrtle Burketon Pontypool Manvers Stations for the fruitful fields of Central Ontario, a richly culti- vated grain and fruit producing region. At Myrtle, L. Scugog is reached, and the Whitby & Pt. Perry Ry. is crossed. Glimpses of Lake Ontario are caught south- ward. Scotch is the predomina- ting nationality of this section. Cavanville Peterboro' — Pop. 8,000. Here the Otonabee river, in the space of 9 miles, rushes down an incline of 147 ft., furnishing water-power to many mills. " From this point as a centre, a whole realm of wild beauty opens out to the lover of nature, i 2- 2i 2( 2( 2 2' It-, 7 Station ijound. his point itications I trading e to the its people md it is lercantile I, and its > of boats ''alls, and down the In addi- le various roronto is id is con- stern lly. f northern 1 at North iroBsing at [ possesses t. It con- iniunity in ■en over to 3f Toronto, ons, have a (plied with and valu- tures. Its portunities Lirrounding ji Befreshment Stntinn\ EASTERN DIVISION 81 ful fields of ichly culti- producing Scugog is litby & Pt. Glimpses lught south - predomina- is section. mabee river, n an incline many mills. lole realm of of nature. ■VI Is fr. Torouto 90 100 IOC) 111 119 128 137 145 153 1G4 109 Mont- „ , real i Eastern Express i l!.ipress ; LEAVE iEAVE 178 189 195 204 12.01 :tl2.12 NOON 12.20 :!:12.28 12.44 1.00 1.17 1.28 1.50 2.08 2.20 12.26 MIDN'T. 12.49 :i.22 2.20 210 213 223 234 241 249 255 263 269 274 279 288 296 302 307 2.43 2.10 3.06 3.20 3.35 3.46 4.07 4.22 4.44 4.57 5.11 5.21 :5.34 Ijlo . 45 :|:5.53 :6.oi ^6.19 :!:6.32 6.44 :6.54 P.M. 3.28 3.58 :r4.13 4.35 4.43 :5.02 :5.12 :5.25 +5.36 :5.46 to . 56 t6.12 t6.26 6.38 16.50 STATIONS— DEsijumvE Notkh (juiet lakes innumerable, flashing waterfalls, sparkling streams abounding in fish and game. This is the place where the Rice lake canoe was invented, and in it the whole territory can be traversed with few portages. Through this region, down the Trent, came in early times the ubiquitous C'hamplain from L. Huron, leading the Huron mid into Iroquois-land." Indian River Norwood Havelock Blairton Cent. Ont. Jet. Ivan hoe Tweed Sheffield Kaladar Arden Mount'n Grove Beyond Nonvood the good farming country begins to be superseded by a more thinly settled, wooded and rocky region, whose hills, rivers and lakes are inviting to the tourist and sportsman Timber, fine building stone, iron and other minerals abound, and water-power is available everywhere. At Blair- ton the Cobourg and Marmora Railway is crossed ; and at Central Ontario Junction, the Central On- tario Ry. These roads open iron-mining dis- tricts northward. At Ivanhoe, much charcoal is made. Ticecd is on the Moira, an important lumbering stream. Sharbot L. Junction — With Kingston and Pem- broke Ry., for Kingston, on Lake Ontario, 46 miles southward. Maberly — Crossing of narrows of Sharbot lake. Bathurst — A farming station near Christie's lake. Perth — Pop. 4,000. A stirring farming centre of Scotch and Irish people mainly. Considerable milling is done. In the neighborhood, quarries of fine white free-stone and phosphates are worked. Pike Falls — A water-power point on the Rideau river. Smith's Falls Merrickville Kemptvilie June. Soutn Mountain Winchester Chesterville Finch Avonmore Monklands Apple Hill Green Valley Dalhousie Mills St. Polycarpe St. Clet Growing villages devoted to farming and lumbering. Good sport all along the line. Pass- ing through St. Annes, famous in song as the landing of the old French Voyageurs, the train crosses a fine bridge flung across f 32 KASTEliN DIVISION 'Xl'Uiil station MlH. fr. Mont- roal 1 KaHtem 1 Toruutu KxpreHH KxiiroHH LEAVE LEAVE 318 :t7.l2 t7.I0 322 ;7.20 :7.iH 327 :7.30 1:7.28 329 7.3o 7.33 832 t7Al :7.3y 335 :7.46 :7.44 337 7.50 7.48 ARUIVK ARllIVE 342 8.15pm 8.15am STATIONS— DEHciiii'TrvK Notkh Vaudreuil St. Annes Beaconsfield Valois Dorval Lachine Bank Montreal June. tlie river, which is here broken up by numerous islands, and continues on throu}4h pretty French villaj^es used as summer resorts by Montrealers, till it reaches Montreal. Montreal — Quebec Gate Station ; see pp. 24 and 25. ■.■"^ +/''///// station OTEH 8 here broken islands, and irouf^li pretty sed as summer realers, till it pp. 24 and 25. ^