Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-10-01
FROM MONTREAL TO TORONTO.
BEAUTIFUL INLAND WATER TRIP.
Points And Things Of Interest Carrie Ma
tion Among The Rest-The
First Accident.


First Accident
Correspondence of the Evening Capital.
The water uIp from Montreal to To
Tonto covers a distance Of nearly four hun
dred and twenty miles. and is one o
the most beautiful inland water trips il
the world.
Montreal, handsome city with pop
ulation OF 3oo. COO, takes IT'S name from
Mount Royal. mountain $50 feet above
sea level, which is an attractive feature
Of the city, and is always visited by tour,
lists. The city was founded in Io42 by
Paul de Maisonneuve. and handsome
statue TO him stands in one of the public
squares.
The Montreal churches are very inter
esting, and some of them are said to be
the handsomest on the continent. The
Bonsecours, or Notre Dame Bonsecours.
as il is called, is the first church built
here. 1t was built in 1857 and is very
handsomely decorated. The ST. James
Cathedral is modelled after ST. Peters at
Rome. II is huge in size; cost two and a
half millions, and was twenty years in
building. Ii is said to have been built
through the penny contributions OF the
children OF ST. Peters parish at Rome.
The station OF the Canadian Pacific
Railway is the handsomest in America.
Il is built OF granite and contains several
towers, with an imposing entrance OF
arches. When we reached Montreal the
station, as we'll as the town, was bril-
lianlly lighted with electric lights and de-
signs OF flags, crowns, ETC.. IN beautiful
effect-all in honor OF their Royal High
a. n.rkoee r<f( 4 ,,fl
and York, who are making tour OF the
Dominion. 1t was our pleasure and
privilege to see their Royal Highness in
all the pomp and splendor Of leave taking
the morning after our arrival. Five
hundred police officers guarded the way
about the station, making assurance
doubly sure that the Duke would not
meet with the fate OF our beloved late
President Mckinley.
We were gratihed at the respect and
reverence shown 10 the memory of Presi-
dent Nc KInley throughout Canada. In
Montreal an elaborate dinner and re-
ception had been prepared for the Duke
and Duchess, but all festivities were call
ed off because OF the funeral that day in
Canton. English flags were at half-mast.
The Presidents picture was draped in
mourning in many OF the windows. and
services were held in all the principal
churches in Montreal and Toronto at the
hour of the funeral OF President Nc Kinley.
Something unprecedented here was done.
The Governor issued an order TO
fly the English flag at half mast on all
the shipping in Canadian ports, which
was done. AT Toronto the bell on the
largest clock in the world the one on
City Hall-was tolled for a halt hour.
All street cars were held up for twenty
minutes, and business was entirely sus-
pended from p. m. TO 4 80 p. m.
Could our English cousins have done
more to show their respect for our Chief
Executive, the martyTed President? We
think not, and yet we remember when
the flag on State House dome and ST.
Johns College hoated at halt mast for
the dead Queen Of England, and memo
rial services were held at St. Anne's,
there were some OF our people who ex-
claimed "Would England do as much
for us were we visited with like affllc-
ton !" She did even more. All Amer
leans here rejoiced at the kindly feeling
shown for the States, and it made our
hearts glad. Truly one touch OF nature
makes the whole world akin.
Leaving Montreal on the handsome
steamer of the Richelieu and Ontario
Navigation Company's line for Toronto,
instead Of the thrilling experience OF
shooting the Lachine Rapids, which one
experiences on the trip TO Montreal. the
steamer passes through the LachIne canal,
and later through the Salange canal
passing through nine locks IN all, ard
rising to height of 225 feet in dis
tance of twelve miles. After entering
one of the locks, one rise the steamer
makes is IS feet, another is 65 feet. The
experience is novel and interesting. The
first landing is a, sunset, and is made at
Cotean, where the bridge of the Canad-
ian Atlantic Railway crosses the river,
and where the white houses and large
churches denote we are in French Canada.
Next we enter Lake st. Francis. the
length of which we crossed TO Carnwall.
passing through the Carnwall canal, and
out into the St. Lawrence River. Al 6. 60
next morning we reached Prescott and
changed steamers taking Lake steamer
there. About noon the same day we be-
gin to pass Thousand Islands. of which
there are I.6o7, extending distance oI
fifty miles from Brockville to Kingston.
The view is beyond description, and is
an ever changing panorama, wonderful
in its natural beauty. Once having seen
Thousand Islands is to always hold them
in remembrance as one of the most en-
chanting scenes, the memory OF which
will never fade. Many New York mil.
lionaires and mulii-millionaires own the
Islands and have their summer residences
here. Handsome and costly yachts dot
the shores and gaIty and festivity abound
here. Leaving Thousand Islands, We
cross Lake Ontario 10 Charlotte. the porl
OF Rochester. N. Y, first passing into
the Genesse River, a very narrow stream,
and it was here we met with our first
accident.
The large Lake steamer is turned in
the narrow river by tug, before land.
ing at Charlotte. (Which, by the way, is
pronounced here with the emphasis or
the last syllablel. where the steamer
takes on coal. and ties up for a couple
OF hours before again crossing the Lake
to Toronto. In turning. the beautiful
steamer Toronto broke her Eudder.
The damage was repaired. and every
body turned in for the night, expecting
to awake in Toronto. At Charlotte. one
OF the passengers who came aboard was
none other than the distinguished (?)
Carrie Nation. Ii was soon whispered
about the steamer that the real Carrie
Nation, with trunk and several hand
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