Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-14
EvANGEL|NE LAND
CALLS THE TOURIST
Apple Blossom Country of Nova
Scotia Has Many
Charms

8 What bonnie Scotland's plains and
Mills, lakes and dolls, battlcfclds and
ehrines were. and are yet, to England ;
myriad hosts of nature lovers and tour
lists, such for three quarters Of cen.
fury has been the Land of Evangelinc
IN Nova Scotia, the New Scotland Of
America. TO many thousands of tourists
from the United States and thousands
more from far-away lands.
In summer, made golden with sun
shine and magical with the lovelicst
beauties Of nature, and 400 miles Of
apple blossoms the Land Of Evan
geline radiatcs historic romance. Small
as its area Is, no section OF any other
country. relatively, contains SO much 1T
the magical, mystical beauty of nature
or so much romance Of legend, tradition,
heroism, faith and love.
This bit of historic ground is suffuscd
with the imaginative beauty which the
fancy weaycs around moss grown for
tresscs and ancient, indCciphcrable
tombstones. with the pathetic, wistful
appeal to the heart which Is awakened
By relics that recall 80.
Ear. of. old. unhappy things
And battles long ago.
The Land Of Evangcinc i the "homc
of the lost cause" and the scene Of Il
real love romance which for self sacri
fee, heroism and devotion, us told in
Longfellow's famous poem, ranks
among the greatest love stories in world
literature, and IS accounted the most
tragical and moving of them all.
The magic Of earth. the romance Of
pioneer life in the forest primcvul. -
Of massacre, of warfare, of self sacrt-
fee and devotion, and the poetry Of
the tragical love of 4 winsOm" ACadian
maiden, these have made Of Evan
gelines land a center Of compelling In
terest to nature lovers, students of
history. archaeology and literature. to
artists and to holiday travellers in gem
eral. Also, in particular. they have
made perennial shrine "f the quaint
village of Grand Pre- and its picture
esquc cnviron>-Eyancclin well the
site of the forge Of Basil, III" black
smith; the house of Father Fclician ;
the old willows. a group of which still
In which BOY BIur' was welded on
the night Coyon de- NiIll"rS ma~Sacrcd
the British in the village Of Mclauron,
174T; the Basin Of Mino~ and blue
crested Rcmidon standing stark. sheer
and silent like mighty sentinel ot the
real land of romance.
The pleasant meadow and villag" OF
Grand Pre-; the town Of WOIfvillc.
which is the railway center for Amori -
can tourists visiting Evang"linc'> land :
Annapolis Valley, with its. carpet of
apple blOssom": tho towns Of Annapolis
Royal and Digby. both picturesque and
romantic. and tn" seuu"Stprcd French
Acadian settlement Of Glare, where an
cient Norman customs and costumes
still prevail and maIdgue Of today by
the fire repeat Evang"lne's story =
all these are genuine shrimcs TO which
each succeeding summer brings large
number OF visitors. Indeed, so alto
gethcr lovely TO the vision Is the natu-
raj beauty Of this land, and SO en-
chanting 70 the imagination are tbs
relics Of tho, birthplace" Of tho !mag-
1nary Acadiau heroine, that it Aa,
Justly earned tho name Of the Mecca
of the American Tourist
The village of Grand Pro was built
among fertile meadows. The original
Landscape remains practically un-
changed. The older portions Of the
dykes which reclaimed the salt marshes
from the s"a can still b" seen. The
breeze -rufflcd waters If the Basin OF