As The Ship Nears The First Great Port Of The
St. Lawrence River, The Large And Well
Cultivated Island Of
Orleans is passed, and the bold
fortifications of Quebec, high up on the face of
Point Diamond, and flanked by
The houses of the
French city, break upon the vision of the mariner.
To the right, and below the city, which
Champlain founded, and in which his unknown
ashes repose, are the beautiful Falls of
Montmorency, gleaming in all the whiteness of their
falling waters and mists, like the bridal veil of a
giantess. The vessel has safely made her
passage, and now comes to anchor in the Basin of
Quebec. The sails are furled, and the heart of
the sailor is merry, for the many dangers which
beset the ship while approaching and entering
the great water-way of the continent are now
over.
CHAPTER II. FROM QUEBEC TO SOREL
THE WATER-WAY INTO THE CONTINENT. - THE WESTERN AND
THE SOUTHERN ROUTE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. - THE MAYETA.
- COMMENCEMENT OF THE VOYAGE. - ASCENT OF THE RIVER
ST. LAWRENCE. - LAKE OF ST. PETER. - ACADIAN TOWN OF
SOREL
The canoe traveller can ascend the St.
Lawrence River to Lake Ontario, avoiding the
rapids and shoals by making use of seven canals
of a total length of forty-seven miles. He may
then skirt the shores of Lake Ontario, and enter
Lake Erie by the canal which passes around the
celebrated Falls of Niagara. From the last great
inland sea he can visit lakes Huron, Michigan,
and, with the assistance of a short canal, the
grandest of all, Superior.
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