The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-12
A NEW HAYENER IN CANADA
A DELIG HTFUL TRIP IN EASTERN
PART or THE DOMINION.
Montreal and Quebec as Seen by an
American-A Visit to the Shrine of st.
Anne de Beaupre--At the Hudson Bay
Company's Trading stores.


Anne de Beaupre-At the Hudson Bay
Company's Trading stores.
We left the City of Films early one
her August morning and travelled
Though the day until we landed IN the
little American town of st. Vincent on
the shores of the ST. Lawrence river.
Imagine our impressions as we stood
gazing out on that broad moonlit
stream in the cool bracing breeze after
a long, hot journey on the train. There
lay spread out before us that great
river that Cartier, Champlain and other
distinguished explorers had sailed on.
To give an idea of it's width from
Cape Vincent directly across to a large
island opposite called Wolfe's Island is
ten miles while the route of the
steamer from Cape Vincent to Kings
ton Ontario, is twenty-five miles. We
rested that night in the old hotel, the
only one in the town, and the next
morning we took the steamer America
and crossed the river to Kingston 1t
was a delightful sail. We left the
American shore and steamed around
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sail the steamer entered the harbor of
Kingston The city showed up finely
In the noon sunlight, It's towers, stee-
pies, domes, glittering like Furnished
sold. We soon landed and rode to the
| Hotel Frontenac, large and well Kept
hosiery. In the afternoon we took
drive around the city visiting the Fort,
a large park passing many fine streets
and handsome houses. The next day
we left Kingston by steamer Corslcan
for Montreal sailed down the st. Law
renee, passing through the Thousand
Islands and the Rapids. The islands
are very numerous. verdure clad and
many inhabited We passed through
four distinct rapids. The first, the
Galops (pronounced Galoos) is a light
swell The long sault Rapids, nine
miles in length, a swifter current. Then
the Coteau and. the Split Rock Rapda.
| The last two having greater swells and
much swifter currents.
We arrived at Montreal late in the
evening and drove to the Windsor
hotel, a large and commodious edifice,
facing Dominion Square. The rooms in
this hotel are large, airy and sumptu
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next day being Sunday, we attended in
the morning, the st. James church
large and handsome building whose
| interior is quite ornate. In the after
! noon we went to the Church of Notre
Dame on Notre Dame street, in front
of watch stands a monument to Mais-
onneueve, the founder of the city, erect
| ed by it's citizens facing the church.
| The facade of the church Is built of
gray stone with two towers resembling
somewhat It's nainesake in Paris It's
| interior is very elegant and elaborate.
| While we were there the vesper service
was being conducted The following
day we took drive, during which we
visited the chapel of the Sacred Heart
in Notre Dame Cathedral, and went up
into the towers by elevator, from which
we obtained q magnificent view Of the
city. We also passed the Bonsecoeur
church, where we stopped and took
look. 1t was also very handsome. We
then passed through the French quar-
ter, that is the best residence quarter
of the French citizens. then drove up
Mount Royal, from where we obtained
a superb view Of the city, and then re-
turned to the hotel.
After dinner we left by the Canadian
Pacific railway for Quebec, where we
arrived in the evening After spending
three days in Montreal, we immediae -
ly went to the Chateau Frontenac, a
magnificent modern hotel, situated on
Duffern Terrace near the Fort ove,-
looking the city and harbor, 1t IS built
on the site Of the old castle Of st.
Louias the residence Of the French gov
ernors, 20 resemble an old chateau,
with interior courtyard. towers, etc. It's
rooms are well furnished and comfQrta-
Bile, while the table is bountifully
spread with great variety. we'll cooked
and served During the evening dil-
ner a fine orchestra dlscoursed in the
parlor. Twice week the Royal Ca
madam Artillery band plays in the
band stand near the hotel on the ter
race.
The next morning we drove about the
city, visiting the citadel or Fort, the
plains of Abraham. where the battle
between Wolfe and Montcalm was
fought. also through the lower city, a
queer quaint quarter With narrow
streets.
Fall of Montmorency These falls are
about seven miles below Quebec ana
are one hundred feet higher than Nj |
agara. Ii you can imagine great tor
rent Of water pouring over great |
mountain into a broad stream below |
you have fair idea OF the Falls of |
Montmorency. While in Quebec we |
went to the famous shrine of ST. Anne
de i3eaupre, situated in the town of |
that name tWenty-one miles from Que |
bee. A large and imposing Basillica |
fronting On spacious square or gar
den, contains the shrine of st. Anne, |
a gold statue of the saint res ing on a
column of onyx, at the base Of which,
in a glass case, is a fragment, they
claim, Of her thumb bone and wrist.
The interior is magnificent. The old
church. built in 1860, stands near and
in the rear of the Basillica.
This old church was built by sailors
who came near being shipwrecked and
who vowed it they were saved that they
would build this shrine to St. Anne
and being cast on these shores they
erected this little chapel. Also small
chapel given by a New York lady and
the Scala Santa or Sacred Stairs, which
the pious pilgrims ascend on their
knees, stand close to the old church of
1860. This Scala Santa is built in imi-
tatlon OF Pilates Palace al Jerusalem.
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