Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-13
The North Eastern Coast as Summer Re-
sort as Seen by Daughter OF Norwich
The Scene of Many Bates-Acadia Bridgeton Lawrence
town and Misunderstanding Canadian Towns
Halifax, the Capital, Always Inviting.


the sea lover, Nova Scotia possesses
unique attractions and offers charms
unexcelled in any part of the Ameri-
can continent, or indeed of the world,
| for here all classes of tourists may
find their joy and satisfaction.
The visitor who delights in the
whirl of the fashionable" resort, with
I its golf and tennis tournaments, it's
4 masquerade balls and afternoon teas
( upon staid verandas, will find hotels
and beaches suited to his tastes
The tried traveller who flees from
! conventional life and seeks only quiet
and strength will find secluded beach
and hospitable farmhouse, far re-
moved by custom and situation from
the stiffness of city life.
But to each of these the chief at
traction is the deep sea bathing; for
! to each class of tourists, no matter
what their tastes may be. there is al
ways rapture in the lonely shore,
where society does not intrude, and
music iii the deep sea roar"
Along the entire coast Of Nova SEQ
tia, the visitor can find numerous re-
sorts with miles of hard brown beach
where the sea surf. white capped and
boisterous, but still inviting, thunders
perpetually upon the sand.
The tourist who visits Nova Scotia
for the first time can easily under
stand why the greater part of Can
ada's literature had root here, and was
inspired by life and beauty of this
eastern land, for it is a land of pastor
al settings and historic memories-an
Arcadian country rich in landscape
and tradition.
| IF tho fnurisffe vicit ic Su 90 r11y
summer, he will see an expanse of pink
and white blossoms, whose trees are
white with youth, promising fruit when
summer comes; and if the journey is
in later summer he will see myriads
! of apples reddening in the summer
sun. But it is, after all, in its historic
spots that Nova Scotia has perhaps
the greatest charm for the tourist;
for there are many places. in this
province by the sea-" around which
many historic associations cluster
Journeying from the New England
states, the tourist takes one of the
palatial steamers at Boston. which is
fitted up with every modern convent
ence, making the journey to Yarmouth
luxury and covering the 235 miles in
about Is hours. The passengers will
find those on board from captain down
courteous and obliging, so that from
the time one boards the boat until
she is tied up at her dock at Yarmouth
they have been made to feel quite al
; home.
On arrival at the latter place, the
passengers take the fast train of the
d. A. r. line, known as the 'Flying
! Bluenose," and pass through a fine
agricultural section of country and
afterwards more romantic scenery
passing by the enterprising town OF
Weymouth, from which large quanti-
. ties of lumber are exported, along by
Church Point, which boasts Of a fine
seminary of learning, and on until
, Digby is reached.
: Arriving at Digby we are Joined by
/, ! passengers who have taken the East
/, ern steamship line to st. John, and
thence in the ID. A. RS fast boat
After refreshments are partaken, the
. train is again in motion and passes
! through picturesque scenery by the
) side of the Annapolis basin, until al
length Annapolis Royal is reached.
> To the tourist there is not a more
, inviting spot, from an historical stand
! point, to be found on the American
! continent than this beautiful town
! founded in 1905. Here is to be seer
! old Queen Anne fort, for the posses
+ sion of which so many sanguinary
y | battles were fought in the long ago
, From the ramparts Of this ancien
I fortress as one gazes on the river
| flowing peacefully along, one seem!
to pass in reveries the dramatic scenes
4 | and history of a continent; his rev
!, cry perchance to be merged in the ad'
: I miration of the gorgeous sunsets tina
I are the glory of the Annapolis basin
! Here the sea is turned to red and golC
: ! and perchance as one gazes acros:
| this beautiful golden sea they will SEE
a vessel gliding slowly and silently
I / alCng, whose sails catch the gold o.
= sea and sky. This is a picture paint
, | ed by a master hand, one which n(
4 artist can reproduce upon canvas.
Here the tourist will find excellent
= accommodations at hotels, and within
9 easy distance of the town are to b,
. | found some of the most wonderful
! game and fish preserves in the world
n Veritable sportSman's paradise.
Annapolis is known as the gateway
of the far-famed Annapolis valley, al
s enhancing fairyland, when its myriad'
/ of trees are in bloom, and a world
+ | wonder, when their boughs are ladeI
D with the luscious fruit.
: Annapolis Royal has had most 70
n mantle history. 1t was there that thu
+ first field of wheat ever sown by tn,
e hand of a white man in all Canadt
n was sown by DIES Cabots. a Partisan
- lawyer who accompanies Samuel d.
- Champlain and Sieur de Monts to New
- France in the early days Of the sew
enteenth century During the bite
strife which subsequently sprang vi
n between the French and English ma
S tons, and which continued for pc
r riod of $50 years, eliminating a
= length in the cession Of Canada t,
4 Great Britain, Port Royal was thu
d most assaulted place on the continent
f 1t was taken by force five times by
a the English; it was by them abandon
: ed or restored to the French f0ul
v times; it was unsuccessfully re-attack
ed by them three times; it was un'
successfully attacked by the French
q and Indians twice; and it was taken
sacked and abandoned twice, once by
| pirates and once by the United States
revolutionary forces.
1t was here, too, that the heart o.
: de Brouillan was buried ('near a eros.
where it was intended to build q
o. chapel") after his body had been con
T signed to the waters Of the Atlantic
= III September, 1705,
mo other spot in all this western
f world
q SO oft hath seen the battle flag un
: furled;
So often been the battling cannon!
q So oft tie scene of headlong BATH,
charge;
So often heard the Indians warwhooI
Or been bv spoilers ruthless hant
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