The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-15

rem. probably foreshadowed the Amer
lean Revolution.
With the closing of this refuge Of
Atlantic privateers, marine insurance
on Anglo-American vessels fell at
once from 30 to IL per cent" Sub
sequently the island was restored to
France, and again the fortunes Of wal
made it permanently a British pos
session.
The giant fortress Of LOuisburg was
demolished in favor Of the newly for
titled base at Halifax military ne
cessity that is deplored by the visitor
Of today.
And yet In all its desolation, one
thrills to the glory Of its past. Here
are the remains Of the Dauphin's gate;
yonder can be traced the bomb-proof
easements of the kings Bastion, and
on one of these grassy mounds stood
the citadel, where fair ladies and gal.
liant gentlemen of France graced the
grand ball on that fateful eve of
Pepperell's arrival in Gabarus Bay.
AVOS WILL LOB WHICH, tAC AoiaAN w
came temporarily separate colony,
with its own governor, were grants OF
land to settlers permitted. To 1t In
the late years of the Eighteenth and
the opening of the Nineteenth CEN
fury came a great number Of hardy
Scottish settlers. In this way the Is
land became "as Gaelic as the most
Gaelic part of Scotland" Though
there are considerable French Acadian
settlements. a more or less cOsmopol-
itan population in the vicinity Of the
mining districts, and many descend.
ants, Of the old United Empire Loyal
list stock, the F. F. VS. Of the prov.
inces, Cape Breton is still predomi-
nantly Highland Scottish in its pop
ulatiOn.
The finest scenery in the Maritime
provinces Is to be found in northern
Cape Breton and through the lovely
Bras dor Lake region Of the interior.
Bras dor Lakes.
Most striking Of the islands physical
features is this inland sea, known in
its two sections as the Great and Lit,
tie Bras dor Lakes. Widening out
from its two Atlantic entrances, 1t
extends In its $50 square miles of
area through the heart Of the island
nearly a thousand miles Of interior
coast-line bordering all four counties
and forming in enchanting success:o on
wide harbors, island-dotted bays. and
deep fjord-like channels. A ship canal
at historic st. Peters, across the old
Indian portage of Nicholas Denv's
time. connects the lake waters with
the Strait of Canso.
This inland waterway was Of great
strategic value to the French, as at a
later period it was valuable means
of transpOrtation-ind the only
means Of transportation at first-to
the Highland Scottish settlers. To.
day it affords easy access to the
markets of the Sydneys for the farm
ers Of the interior. no less than q
natural playground for the people Of
the Industrial centers.
The drive along the north shore
| Of Cape Breton Is surprisingly lovely
Landward there are ever the hills
near and remote. the green meadows
Of farmlands Astounding in milk nnG
Celtic hospitality; seward the At
lantic, and in the distance, sheer out
Of the ocean, towers Smoky"
Once seen, the view looking south
ward from Smoky is never forgotten
Headland after headland In outln,
reaching out to the eastward. plaster
cliffs dazzling white against the dis
tant blue, and, 1900 feet below. tn,
long roll Of the Atlantic.