Riviere Ste. Anne 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Vikings are believed to have had a fishing station at 
     
     Gaspé 'n the tenth century, and it is almost certain that in the few 
     
     following centuries Norman and Basque fishermen sailed up and 
     
     down the waters of the St. Lawrence. 
     
    

    
     But early history, although interesting to those who would 
     
     know something of the land in which they sojourn, is only a back— 
     
     ground for the natural beauty and other material features of the 
     
     provinces. Beginning, therefore, with Quebec—which although 
     
     (,icean-swept and geographically maritime, is not one of the Maritime 
     
     Provinces—and proceeding east, a brief survey is now made of New 
     
     Brunswick, Prince Edvard Island, and Nova Scotia inclusive of 
     
     Cape Breton. ‘ 
     
    

    
     The Province of Quebec is highly diversified 
     
     and mountainous, and full of ever-changing pictures 
     
     of great beauty. Its eastern borders are 
     
     famed for their fine highland scenery, pic- 
     
     turesque lakes and romantic glens. In many ' 
     
     parts the scenery is majestic, with everything 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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