4 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES

Early in 1930, Ottawa will have the International Association of Snowshoers’ meet, which will be partici- pated in by about five thousand from both sides of the .International line. Dominion - ski championships with amazing high jumps, which thrill spectators, will also be conducted.

The seven seas have carried the products of Ottawa’s great industrial plants, bearing the names of Booth, the lumber king; Eddy, the match-maker, and more recently the International Paper Company. The principal exports are lumber, paper, matches, marine gas buoys (only one in the. World), cement, clothing, etc.

On our drive, we saw the leading manufacturing plants, and the outstanding public institutions. Proceeding along the west side of the Rideau Canal, by way of the Govern- ment Driveway, which is under the control of the Federal District Commission, we viewed the pleasure craft and freighters, which ply between Montreal and Kingston. The Rideau Canal was built between 1827 and 1831 by Great Britain. The War of 18m taught Britain that it was essential to have independent communication between Montreal and Kingston. The engineer in charge was Colonel By, whose camp at the mouth of the Rideau known as Bytown, has grown into the great and thriving city of Ottawa. The mason work in the locks is unexcelled.

We crossed Dow’s Lake and arrived at the Dominion Experimental Farm—a real beauty spot—where we saw corn ten feet high. The Rustic Bridge, made from one hundred pieces of wood obtained from all parts of Canada, was well worth seeing. Passing the Civic Hospital, we saw very fine homes, of which the cheapest is worth about

$40,000. We crossed Champlain bridge to the Quebec side of the Ottawa River. This bridge is almost one mile long. Driving along Aylmer road, we saw Eddy’s match factory