The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-16
AN INTERESTING TRIP
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parture is according to the tide. We
left Chicoutimi few minutes after six
o'clock in the morning and were started
on day of majestic and awe inspiring
sightseeing. The Saguenay river is
one of the deepest streams in the world.
Its channel runs through solid rock,
and it is said that it is impossible to
anchor boat in the river owing to the
great depth of the water, which in many
places is 5000 feet. The great depth
makes the water look black. It is
fresh water stream, and when the black
fresh water meets the salty water of
the st. Lawrence it forms strange
combination and the water appears al
most red. There are only two landing
places between Chicoutimi and Tadou-
sac, distance of Is miles, the river
running through wild and unbroken
country, and distances are very decep-
tive. At places it looked as if the
steamer was running so close to cliff
of rock that you could almost reach the
rocks with your hand, yet when oranges
and other articles were thrown at the
rocks by strong men, they fell short
many feet of reaching them. At every
turn some new and unexpected beauty
meets the eye, distinct, bearing the
stamp of individuality, and yet in some
mysterious manner inseparable from the
rest. We pass under the towering sum-
nit of Cape Eternity, and Trinity Rock,
on the summit of the latter large
white statue of St. Anne stands out
boldly, but how they ever got it up
there is mystery, for the rocks seem
to go straight up from the waters edge.
The scene is beyond our power to de-
scribe and everyone spends the time
in silent admiration of the everchanging
scenery. Arriving at Tadousac we stop
for an hour and go up to the little ham
let to see the old church which was
built in 1902 and is still in fair state
of preservation. A larger church has
long since taken it's place, but the old
pictures, altar and relics are still in the
church and are kept to be shown the
tourists who are charged ten cents adj
mission. Whenever steamer comes in
the church is hastily opened and after
it departs it. is closed again until an
other steamer arrives. Near the wharf
was an indian curio hut, built of birch
bark, and with an old indian selling
baskets, indian trinkets and sea gull
wings. He could talk better English
than any one in Tadousac, and when
we asked him where he learned it, he
said he was born and raised in Maine,
but had lived in Tadousac for more than
twenty-five years. Everybody at Ia
dousac talks French and when we visit
| ed the one little store which supplies
the people with the necessities of life
the two women in charge of it could
only price us articles by writing the
figures on piece of paper, which was
the extent of their knowledge of the
English language. Here is located the
government salmon hatchery, and mil
lions of salmon fry are placed in the
river each year by the government
Fishing is the sole industry of
the inhabitants, and we could
not but think Of what life must be to
these people, many OF whom never saw
a railroad train or other modern inven-
tons. Born and raised here among the
mountains, little could they realize
| what this world is.
After leaving Yadousac we were
again on the broad waters of the St
Lawrence, our steamer made good tine
against the current, as the tide was
with us. And what a tide. Just think
of the water in a river twenty miles
wide which rises and falls twenty four
feet every time the tide changes. 1t
was no uncommon thing for the water
to rise or fall four or five feet while We
were stopping at a landing place. Not
until it was so dark that the shore lines
could nc longer be seen did we think OF
going to our stateroom and to bed, foa
seldom does any ONE have the opportun.
ity to feast on such grand scenery and
so much of it between sunrise and sun
set. We are due to arrive at quaint OLD
Quebec ia the morning at o'clock, and
description of this historic and quaint
old city with it's many places of inter.
est will make in itself quite long
story for the next chapter of oul
travels.
Dyspepsia is Americas curse. Bur.
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspepsia
every time. 1t drives out impurities
tones the stomach, restores perfect di-
gestion, normal weight, and good health
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Davis, the oldest
settlers here were able to attend the