boating and canoeing are found on different nearby waters suited to each preferred form of aquatic recreation.
Nearby Bay Shore beaches are found at Seaside Park, Blue Rock, Broad View and Bay Shore. These fare all reached quite easily by street railway or ferry.
Trout fishing is free at the fine expanse of lakes known as Loch Lomond. There are hotels at which to stop and from which boats may be hired. A drive of about eleven miles is necessary to reach the first lake. There are many other choice lakes and streams where the fishing rights are private. As a general statement permission to fish in many of the private waters may be obtained on applica- tion at the Tourist Bureau in the city.
There are many pretty drives along the country roads to nearby places. One of these is by way of Adelaide Street to Milledgeville on the Kenncbecasis River, where will be found the club house of the Royal Kennebecasis Yacht Club. The return may be made by Ragged Point, for the sake of the fine View from there of river and islands with boats and vessels of every description passing in all directions. Another is to Indian Town, Pleasant Point, Fairville, the Suspension Bridge and Reversing Fall; crossing the bridge and returning by way of Douglas Avenue with its lawns and comfortable homes. By crossing on the Carleton Ferry many pleasant roads are available, and in this direction the Bay Shore may be reached where there are pleasant coves and bathing places. Still another is to ‘Three Mile House,’ and Rothesay on the Kenne- l)ccasis River. Then Adam's and McConnell Lakes, Loch LOHlUHCl, Golden Grove and Chamber’s Lake, as well as the Bay of Fundy, by way of Black River Road and Enchanted Lake, are pleasant drives. Good views of the city are obtained from Fort Howe Hill and from the heights of Mt. Pleasant.
The best way to enjoy all that St. John contains is to settle down quietly in a comfortable hotel or other stopping—place, call at the Tourist Bureau, register and obtain their St. John Booklet with map, purchase McAIpine's Road Map of St. John, N.B., and County, and then become familiar with the city and environs by using the street railway, and taking rambles from place to place. Helpful
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