The New York herald., 1921-09-18
MOTORING CONDITION
THROUGH CANADA
Beautiful Valleys Of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Now at Their Best.

Roads are being rapidly improved
throughout New Brunswick. N. s., and
Cape Breton Island and motorists can
now reach st. Andrews. st. John. None
ton. Amherst. Truro. Halifax. Yarmouth
and Sydney from the middle Of May
until November. usingfi roads that have
at least go per cent. of the surface Inn
proved.
The road car OF the Automobile Club
OF America, in charge Of o. N. Wells,
chief roadman. recently checked these
highways and his findings are embodied
in this article.
The English custom OF driving to the
left is followed in the maritime prov
inces, and knowledge Of this has kept
many motorists from the States away In
the past. However, the difficulty should
rot be exaggerated the writer with a
driver having only American experi-
ence mado survey of roads through
out the maritime provinces and expert
| enced no trouble whatever; everyone
drives to the left, which makes 1t easy
for stranger to conform to the GUS
tom.
Some OF the most beautiful valleys
in the world are located in New Bruns-
wick and Nova Scotia, and there Is a
diversity Of scenery somewhat like the
more picturesque section OF New Eng
! land Not so many years ago these
roads were so poor that it was difficult
to reach even the more prominent cities.
Now all the main points through the
provinces are conveniently accessible by
automobile.
| On reaching Calais, Me-, which is on
the United States side of the St. Croix
| River, q bridge Is crossed to st.
| Stephens, ". B., the first Canadian city.
Motorists must stop at the American
customs office before crossing and GO
| into the customs office and present the
car registration certificate to the GUS
toms officer. He In turn will I'LL out
permit to correspond with the certi-
| ficate, which the motorists must carry
| throughout the Dominion and return to
the customs officer at any port when re-
turning to the United States. The above
| formalities apply to the entire Dominion
| Of Canada at all points OF entry. Motor
| lists will find the American and Ca
madam customs officers most courteous
and willing to assist In every way In
| preventing delay or Inconvenience TO the
| tourist; tourists are made to feel we,-
come on crossing the border and the
same hospitality Is shown In all the
provinces os the Dominion.
From st. Stephens there is an excel
lent gravel road to st. Andrews by the
Sea, a charming resort with excellent
hotel accommo odations and fine facilities
for golf From st. Andrews to ST
George the road Is improved and TOT
much OF the distance, with the excep-
ton Of one or two sections that are
rought but passablc Is better than II
has been in previous years. From st
George to st. John considerable road
construction is In progress and this
route should be In excellent condition
for the touring season OF 1929. One Of
the most scenic trips by motor In New
Brunswick is from st. John to Monctor
via the Kennebecasis Valley. There IL
hard surfaced road from ST. John
through Rothesay to Hampton and the
balance Of the mileage Is gravel. From
Sussex there are two parallel roads
both of which provide fair gravel sur
face to Petitcodiac. Local motorists
seem to have preference for the south
erly route which goes from Sussex
4 through Penobsquit and Linden Bridge
Tho remainder OF the route through tc
Moncton is somewhat rough and rutted
From Moncton through DorcnaN kr tic
Amherst there are alternating stretches
of good and poor road, all of which can
be traversed with very little difficulty