TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 93

We should have liked to remain longer in the Memorial Hall, and the Officers’ Quarters of Annapolis Royal, but Grand Pré beckoned us on.

Leaving Annapolis Royal at noon, we travelled through the Minas country,——one from which mists of memory rise, for it was the scene of, the Expulsion of the Acadians in I755

We soon reached Wolfville, a college town, the seat of the Acadia University (Baptist) and Acadia Residential School for Boys and Girls. Here the church folk of the whole district met our party and took us in motor cars to view the beauties of their fertile valleys and then to Grand Pré.

Wolfville, in King’s County, has a population of about 2,000. Built on ground gradually rising from Minas Basin, it commands a wonderful view of the Acadian country. To the east lies the village of Grand Pré, with Blomidon rising majestically to the north.

While retaining the desirable features of a country toWn, Wolfville with its many fine homes, has all modern conveniences. . One of the most attractive features is its ideal summers of golden sunny days, cool evenings, and bright blue skies. There are no fogs. The autumns too, are magnificent, clear, and crisp with gorgeous colourings,

wherever the eye may rest. We drove from the depot 1n Wolfville, along the Corn-

wallis Valley to what 18 locally known as “The Stile.” On the way were some of the finest apple orchards we had ever seen. There are prOspects for a big apple crop this year. Small fruits are not grown much in this section. Having reached “The Stile” a splendid point for obser- vation, we had a view unsurpassed by any other in the whole of Nova Scotia. It was very difficult to decide which