New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-06
A TRIP UP THE sAGUENAY.

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DIAN RIVERA WILD AND BEAUTIFUL REGION
! SOME IMPORTATION ABOUT THE RIVER AND
THE Observation-Disclosures TALES AND THE
OUTCOME or THEM
FRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNE'I
RIVER SAGUENAY, Canada, July 31.-The
man is TO be piued who makes trip mp the sagnehay
River after having creduIousy read the gudeDook de-
scrpons the letters OF certain persons who nave
been paid by steamboat companies TO give the river
a good setting up" Terrible disappointment Is ID
store for HIM for OF all guidbOOk ana newspaper eA-
aggeraons. those that have been told about the o"t
nay are the outrageous. The men VINO nave 'oi'
them will have to repent and be baptized dozh ne
before they eau hope atone for them nave o'Ruc
nav euidebookb before me- It opens the description OF
the river m these words: The change prohnced upon
the thinking part Of man in passing from the pro"u o
Lawrence INTO the narrow and awfulv deep saguenay
whose waters lave the SIDES of towering mountains
which almost shut out the very light OF heaven.
a. such as pen can pant HOT tohEuo
describe The guidebook then on to say that the
moment one enters river he leaves tho world ana All
pordr things and thoughts behind him, aud that he
will catch no glimpse OF anything natural except the
narrow Bit OF sky cloud as the case may be- ABOVE
his head until he has completed the journey mp the
stream and back again. The picture that the GUIDE
hook would suggest Is that of an extremely narrow.
snuous river flowing between two walls OF rock thou-
sands Of feet height river OF inky waters and IN
Vulnerable spOoks aud the man who reads the guide
book ana beheves 1t, starts for the Sacuenay antic
pating ali manner OF gloomy things People generally
I think look upon the making Of this "trip as very
solemn matter by no means to be undertaken IN
spir!t o. levity. They shudder they read In the
gde-book about that black, aSful river IN compar
son with which the River of Death is cheerfulness IT,
self" But whoever visits IL, unstufed by the guide
book will never regret the time and money the trip has
cost him.
The steamboats, leave Quebec four times week. Tues
DAYS, Wednesdays, FRIDAYS ana Saturdays. Two days
exactly ortyeight hours required for the trip aud
the expense is S13 so, including meals and staterooms
Onebso is left in the morning at O'clock and 1t Is
o'clock IN the evening before the mouth Of the saguenay
Is reached. The day l. spent sailing down the 81 Law"
place where the Saguenay delivers s message IRON Tue
mountains tue breadth Of the river Is about twenty
pties The last landing the 81. Lawrence IS at Ri
Were Loup where the boat discharges passengers or
| Cacouna, the Newport or me Canadian Dominion
Rviere du LOup is Oh the south sle ol 'ie o
and II the boat stoans almost straight across
the river OF tn" Slguenay. long promOn-
tory Of rock out on either side OF the river mouth
| and upon the easteIly one Is Oult tno ~ olo
and during Lord Duerll's gOvernor'ip very fashion
aDle The boat stops at Tadousac ana the ldt
an when the boat may expect assistance from tue
tide III ascending the river Passengers awake Ia the
nav CATION, ana by tie time tHat breakfast mas been
eaten tie boat IS ready TO start down stream ChlcOu
and between II ana IadOusac there is onV one Viage
they call It Tia Ha Bay AS tne pOat aescena' ide
OF the mountains, and al rare intervals small cluster
OF adventurous log houses, but besides ChcOutnl, ia
Ua Bay aud TaGOusac there IS no settlement on the
Saguenay that would even pass for a hamlet.
Having left the bay when ChcOutmi is butt and
fairly started down stream, the tourist will learn from
sugle glance .he character OF the river IL Is by no
means narrow stream. The average width otlt IRON
Cncoutmi to The mouth must be between three and
Ave niles The gudc-bloks speak Of the Sagnenay
very narrow stream but If iJ b. narrow the HUDSON Is
narrower STILL The water is OF very dark GO or Look
ing the rail Of the eanrit seems as black as INK
and as II comes beaten into foam from the steamers
paddebox il has look suggestive OF the slds LEFT after
wnst the wasnerwomen can large ana nara wash.
Tue guide-DoOks say that tle great dep o tne river
maaeS look black; but the TACT is that the
water is black and that its backuess is caused by It's
flowing through tdmalack swamp somewhere ABOVE
ClcOutimi Upon either side OF Tie river runs con-
chain OF hills, averaging In height between 700
aud 500 feet ana Tor the most part IlslHg almost per
peudicuary from the river bank The NILS are almost
trees stick up them like occasional sprouts OF
Iar upon bald mead. they would for an oxagger-
ated stone wall Quit mp 10 keep the ver from overflow
lug tie country he rear Of them There is no break in
these walls mini the boat reaches Ha Ha Bay, and
Il epce 10 the mouth Of the rvtr, distance of about
I'M ,ory e. thai the rivers bed was formed by
vo canc action, the earth opening and forming deep
fissure winding round the mountains from the lake
where the sagucnay ia rise down The ST. Law
renee TIE theory sounds we'll and II 1t were not the
theory OF the gudebOoks It would be entitled TO con
sheraton. Occasionally rocky ehh rises higher thn
its neighbors, and II the pilot is only accommodating
enough steer his boat oeraO close TO the shore Tue
passengers get cIt of geology lesson that Is worth
something 1 think most people who have heard Of the
river are SURPRISED Wheh the! lehlh tha hoIe Is no
mountain along the entire OF the river 1000 feet
bigb. The lOttiest elevations are those OF Capes
so iSef qh 6rb The oos talk a6o%t Alps rs"S
on Aps is unaGuiterdted nonsense. II would take
70 make one Alp. A person VINO had been among
the White Mountains Of New-hampshlre, or the Adj
rond. cks or ClSk lis Of NeWIurk would not think OF
such a word " grand" That winch would Impress
Inn most would be continuity ~ The mountains for
so many miles either side That feature OF the river
| Wouid I'LL him with wonder Then the knowledge That
the Saguonay just about as the Lord made 1t gives
! a great charm for most people
II the tourist takes his stand on the forward deck and
| AN al
river; or II ne goes hsten ana loosh ps ~ socs
rs though he steamer must have round It's way through
wall of solid rock. II one takes position on the up
permost deck where ne can gel an un0Osuced view ~
an directions, the steamer 10 MN 10 ne IN the
MD great black basin from which IL cannot get
out except Dy climbing over the mountains lna' ioIn
the basins hin. There IS however. portion OF the
river below H. Ha Bay where the steamer hls toief-
ably straight course Tor seveIai mites. ftrhaps the
most magn icenI along the SaEuenay. ana The one
which begots the greatest admiration Is mat 81
! Cape Trinity, solid ana totsuy Dfe rock
which rises absolutely straight from the WAFER
| 10 height OF 1000 feet Tue steamers always
tnrn into the little bay AT the entrance 10 Whch cape
Trinity stands guard ana run up 50 close 70 he great
rock hat there 10 be not over hundred eet De-
tween rock and boat The distance proves 10 DC nearer
a thousand feet hen rue passenger upon invitation OF
the captain essays throw stone from the deck OF
the boat against side Of tho cape. There is nue.
echo I'm ne bay and tbs ont the pilot amuses
himself the by tylngl win the steam
whistle IL takes hours TO run fIOm Cti-
coutini TO TGOusac and unless proposes TO spend
little time at 1d0usac he VIII turn his back upon tAe
Saguenay at about o'clock In the afternoon ana start
M the 81 Lawrence toward Quebec He viii be very
apt to quiz himself nth the way home in order 10
deermin whether not he has got his moneys worth.
His answer VIII depend almost altogether upon the
pectatoHs with which be undertook the "trip. II the
rniiebook was the rivers prophet him, he will al
most inevitably feel that he has wasted TWO days aud
so But II before coming he has In the language OF
tne law, formed no opinion that would amount
than that tie TIP has been delightful one.
SARATOGA NOTES.
SARATOGA, Aug. 5.-The temperature was a
Il 81