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     cattle could be shipped and people get to and from Charlottetown. 
     
     "Jacques Cartier" arrived April 30. In consequence a great deal 
     
    
   
   
    
     of impetus has been given to business activities among all class- 
     
    
   
   
    
     es reports the Daily Examiner May 9, 1894. A series of steamers 
     
    
   
   
    
     made the run from Charlottetown to Brush Wharf at Orwell. The 
     
     "Eldon", the "Heather Belle", the "Jacgues Cartier", and the 
     
     FHillsboro" are among those mentioned in the papers of the time. 
     
     It is possible to remember the "Harland", the last of the steamers 
     
    
   
   
    
     to orwell. which ran until 1924. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As well as for transport, the steamers may have provided 
     
     for recreational travel. As early as 1886 there is a suggestion 
     
     that the potential for tourism in the Orwell area was recognized 
     
     by some. "The winding river at the bridge (Vernon), comes from 
     
     Orwell Bay. and it is a pity that only once a fortnight the In- 
     
     land Steam Navigation Company sends a boat this wax. The scen- 
     
     ery is attractive, and the people are fond of a trip now and then. 
     
     Depend upon it, if the company are not too parsimonious to pay 
     
     for an extra advertisement in the Examiner let them just try it, 
     
     and a trip to Vernon River Bridge will give them such a crowd 
     
     that it will payu" (Daily Examiner July 16, 1886) By 1901 
     
     indications are that numbers of tourists did take.the steamer 
     
     along the south shore, "the weekly excursion to Orwell and Belfast 
     
     by the Jacques Cartier are constantly increasing in numbers of 
     
     passengers. Yesterday over one hundred people took advantage of 
     
     the opportunity t6 obtain the salt breezes and to view the beau- 
     
    
   
   
    
     tiful scenery of the southern part of the Island." (Da ly 
     
    
   
   
    
     Examiner August 8, 1901)