French fort that resulted in its capture. In , ‘ 5 a 
     
     revolutionary times the Americans attacked 
     
     Fort Cumberland after it had passed into 
     
     the possession of the British. The attack 
     
     failed, and the Colonials were compelled to 
     
     give up and retire on the St. John River. 
     
     The view of Fort Cumberland is still an in- 
     
     teresting one, and many Acadian relics have 
     
     been found in the Vicinity. The View from 
     
     the bastions of the old fort is superb and far— 
     
     reaching. 
     
    

    
     At Maccan Station coaches may be taken to Minudie and 
     
     Joggins. It will come as a surprise to many when they learn that 
     
     the ” Elysian Fields ” are near here. But such is the case, for that is 
     
     the name of the rich meadows near Minudie on the Chignecto 
     
     Peninsula. The Joggins Shore is not far from Minudie. It received 
     
     its odd name from the remarkable configuration of the cliffs which 
     
     ” jog in ” and out so wonderfully that many have been attracted here 
     
     to study the phenomenon. The cliffs are strikingly bold, often 
     
     approaching four hundred feet in height. Fine views may also be 
     
     seen by taking the long drive to Apple River. Advocate Harbor is 
     
     another quaint and distant place, well worth a visit. Good fishing 
     
     is found on the upper waters of the Apple River which reach out to 
     
     Caribou Plains. 
     
    

    
     At Springhill Junction a short railroad leads west and south 
     
     to Parrsboro on the north shore of the Minas Basin. Here will be 
     
     found a pleasant little summer resort where boating and fishing may 
     
     be enjoyed, with good hunting in season. Fine views are obtained 
     
     from Partridge Island in front of the harbor. There are also good 
     
     roads and pleasant drives to places nearby. Moose River and Five 
     
     Islands to the east may be reached in this way, as well as Advocate 
     
     Harbor and Cap d'Or on the west. Massive Cape Blomidon, the 
     
     end of the North Mountain chain, is only eight miles distant on the 
     
     projection that makes out from the opposite or southern shore of 
     
     Minas, and excellent views of it may be had from the steamboat 
     
     running between Parrsboro’ and Kingsport. 
     
    

    
     At River Philip and Oxford Junction, on the Intercolonial 
     
     Railway, a very pretty country is found, and both for fishing and 
     
     country rambles the district is an excellent one. 
     
    

    
     The country between \Nestchester and Folleigh Lake is remark- 
     
     ably beautiful, and this, the VVentworth Valley, is one of the garden 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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