Evening star., 1934-08-05
NEW MOTOR TOUR
ISOPEN IN CANADA
"Three Capitals" Route OF.
fers VacationiSt a View
of Historic Scenes.

Motor tourists having from 8 TO IS
days at their disposal as their sum
mer vacation allotment will find the
three capitals tour" in Eastern Can
ada one that is new. entertaining
and crammed with interesting. ro-
mantle history. The trip. suggested
by automobile club travel COUNSEL
ors. takes In the cities Of Quebec,
Fredericton and Halifax, capitals OF
the Provinces of Quebec. New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia, respectively.
Because ii is undoubtedly the most
important OF the three capitals. 1t
is suggested that the motor tour
start al Quebec. which Is easily ac-
ceSsible from any point In the New
England or Middle Atlantic States
over FIRST grade highways.
The Province OF Quebec. since It's
discovery by Jacques Cartier 400
years ago, has had more war. ad-
| venture and romance crowded into
its history than any State in the
United States. and for that reason
Il Is the Mecca. every year. of thou
sands Of automobiliSts from this
country.
In Old Quebec.
Divided into two parts, one Of which,
the Upper Town. is built entirely
on the cliff. and the other. the Lower
Town. spreads out on littoral sur
rounding Cape Diamond and up the
valley of the River St. Charles. Quebec
presents a charming spectacle.
Dominating the skyline even more
than the Sphinx and the Pyramids
dominate the vista along the Nile. is
the Chateau Frontenac. named after
the fiery Governor, Count de Fronte-
nae. It was Gov. Frontenac who
hurled his famous def to Sir william
Phipps. who appeared before the city
in october, 1890, demanding its sur
render; a refusal that stated he would
answer the British admiral out OF
the mouths of the cannon on the
fortress walls.
Twenty-one years later another
British fleet sailed from Quebec. but
was almost wrecked by storm in the
Gulf of st. Lawrence. For these two
deliverances the little church in the
lower town, Notre Dame des victories,
was named.
The Wolfe and Montcalm Monu-
ment, the governors garden, Dufferin
terrace with its light pavilions, the
slope of Mountain Hill, the conspicu-
Gus pile of Laval University, the cita-
del. the palace of the first cardinals
and the Place d ArmeS offer much of
interest to the motor tourist. 1t is
worthy of note that much of the Brit
ish Notifications were the result OF
plans approved by the famed Duke of
Wellington, and cost the British gov
ernment, at that time, S25 900, ,o00
Interesting side trips may be made
to ancient Indian Lorette, to the
miracle shrine of Ste. Anne de Beau
pre-, and to Montmorency Falls and
Kent House.
Starting from the site of old Fort
st. Louis, erected 240 years ago on
the spot now occupied by the towering
Chateau Frontenac, the motoriSt
crosses by ferry to Lewis, and pro-
ceeds generally northeast, over Can
ada 2, through Montmagny and st.
Jean Port Joli to Riviere du Loup
This highway runs close to the Appa-
lachian Mountains, and traverses a
rich fishing and hunting territory
Montmagny and st. Jean Port Joll
are much frequented Summer resorts.
Riviere du Loup, 122 miles from
Quebec, is the principal industrial and
commercial city east of the capital
From Riviere du Loup the motor tour
ist turns generally southeast over
fhrNdf6h
Lac, P. O.; Edmundston. N. B.; Van
Buren,. Me-; Caribou, Presque Isle, to
Houlton, on U. S. /, Woodstock, N. B.