20 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES new Manoir Richelieu Hotel, an immense modern building, unique for its variety of sport and excellence of equip¬ ment. The new eighteen hole golf course, built high in the , overlooking an eighty-mile sweep of the St. Lawrence , is one of the finest on the continent. Saddle horses and inviting mountain trails, a heated salt water swimming pool and tennis all call one out of doors to enjoy the exhilarating air which carries the scent of the balsam mingled with the freshness of the salty sea. At 7.30 p.m. we arrived at Tadoussac, a little French village located on a bay, just where the flows into the St. Lawrence . It is the oldest settlement in Canada and at one time was the rendezvous of Indian fur traders and explorers. Here we saw the first church of America, built in 1647 by the Indians. The bell, which rang 200 years ago, is in use today, and is rung every night at nine o'clock. Only a stone's throw from the old church is the modern hotel Tadoussac, owned and operated by the Canada Steamship Lines. For the entertainment of guests, the Company has provided a nine-hole golf course near the hotel, and one of the finest fishing camps in Canada . Six large lakes stocked with rainbow trout invite those who like fishing, to an afternoon of real sport. We saw a fine sandy beach here, and beautiful surround¬ ings, isolated as it seemed from the rest of the world. For here we found ourselves in the midst of another land, in the centre of an age long past. Here the rude habitant carts, drawn by slow-moving oxen, the gaily-dressed French-Canadian children, the blossoming flowers in the cottage gardens, and the vivid colors of the houses and stores all seemed strange to us. Life in these villages is much the same as it was in France centuries ago. The spinning wheel and the loom are still used to make the