The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-10-03

Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island,
seven hundred miles as the wild goose
flies in spring and as the aeroplane
will fly in the year to come. There
are other aspects of distance and of
contrast between the great metropo-
lis of America and this hamlet of
twelve thousand souls, the capital of
the baby province of Canada. There
is not here the multitude, the wealth
nor the hustle of New York, but the
repose that comes to primitive COM
munity where there are neither elevat-
ed nor underground nor surface rail-
ways nor the hum of great industries;
where the motor car and the drink
ing saloon are alike under the ban
of prohibition. Wherefore and be-
cause Of cool breezes, bright skies and
other attractions the weary ones from
distant lands come hither and find
rest unto their souls.
The immediate object Of this writ
ing, however, is to relate that into the
spacious but quiet harbor of Char
lottetown one afternoon in August
came strange little craft with two
passengers direct from New York, hay
ing made their passage hither not by
rail way or steamship, but by canoe.
These were Henry A. Wise Wood and
Mrs. Wood of New York. They were
healthily bronzed with their months
outing, evidently in fine health and
spirits and quite enthusiastic over
their trip.
Mr.. Wood is member of the New
York Yacht club, and both he and Mrs
Wood are lovers Of the sea. MRS.
Wood and myself have been canoeing
for about seventeen years." he said.
For the last twelve years we have
taken sea trips. We believe that the
canoe has great possibilities as sea-
going craft properly built. Some peo-
pie will say that a canoe cannot be
used except in comparatively calm
waters, but look at the Indians about
Grand Manan. They cross from the
mainland with their entire families
even In q storm, yet nothing happens
to Thorn. They shoot porpoises in a
heavy sea, and though loaded with
eight or nine hundred pounds Of meat
make the land In safety.
Mr.. Wood has a pardonable pride
In his canoe the Patsy Green which
is specially built and Is the develop
ment Of years Of experience. The
little craft Is sixteen feet in length,
thirty-five inches beam and twelve
inches I'm depth. It draws five and a
half inches OF water. 1t Is decked
with a cockpit forward where Mrs.
Wood sits; aft there is another for Mr..
Wood, while amidship tire is part
cut of by bulkheads in which pro-
visions and supplies are carried.
I'VE are often wet ourselves" said
Mr.. Wood, but our supplies are dry
always. Our canoe has two sails,
which we use whenever practicable,
but we put great deal OF dependence
in our paddles. The canoe cannot be
upset except under extraordinary con-
ditions. Her fiat bottom, broad beam,
shallow draft and sides which come in
sharply at the top give her the general
shape of a plank, and as she Is enam-
elled the water gets very little hold on
her"
How did they come to undertake
this trip? Well, last year they pro-
jected canoe outing from New York
to Gloucester. Friends had tried to
dissuade them from attempting it.
They said it could not be done, par
ticularly the rounding of Cape Cod.
However, we did it. Then we
thought of the Bay of Fundy and the
trip to Charlottetown. They granted
that we might get along the Maine
coast as far as Bar Harbor, but de-
clared the Bay of Fundy absolutely
impossible"
But Mr.. Wood had made up his mind
that just as the canoe had been rather
overlooked as a means Of navigating
the sea, so had the upper reaches of
the Bay of Fundy been too much ne
elected by those taking an outing on
the salt water. Its mighty tides and
currents, its rocky shores and thick
fogs seemed to challenge personal
Investigation.
So shortly after the middle of July
they embarked from Gloucester and
set sail I'D the coaster Is it down?
pointing the bow Of the Patsy Green
In a direction of the coast line toward
higher ATTITUDES. If the wind favored
they sailed and if the wind failed or
died they padded their own canoe"
till nightfall. They usually managed
to pass the nights on shore, sleeping
either in some house or settlement or
or pitching camp in some sheltered
spot.
Thirty to thirty-five miles was a
fair days run. But head winds, cross
currents and the tide rips were some
times fruitful causes of delay and slow
progress, We've tested all the coastal
water from New York to Glouscester
and from Glouscester to the head Of
Cumberland bay, and think for rough.
ness the Bay of Fundy has them all
beaten said Mr. Wood, not without
an evident relish Of satisfaction in
TWO Husbands Of the Same Name.
Mrs. John Raisor has had the I'M