IIO TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES

had it ready for use, it was discovered, and then became of intrinsic value to Canadians in the Great War.

The citizens of Newcastle very kindly provided for us a long motor drive in a very short time. Although we had only three hours there, we would not have missed Newcastle for anything.

The drive along the Miramichi River was most delight- ful. On all sides we saw indications of an immense lumber industry. We passed a large creosote mill and farther out saw some good farms. While some grains are raised here, most of the farmers grow potatoes and other vegetables.

We drove to Chatham, and back to our train, which left Newcastle at 11.30 a.m. Friday, July 5th. Soon we reached Matapedia, the gateway to the Gaspe country. It lies between the St. Lawrence River and the Baie de Cha— leur. We were fortunate in making the trip by daylight, and the memory of this journey, now along the banks of the beautiful river, now between the towering hardwood- clad heights, which rise on either side of the track, was one which we were not likely to forget.

The Matapedia River rises far up in the Province of Quebec, and joins the Restigouche at “The Meeting of the Waters,” near Matapedia station. These two rivers are known and loved of fishermen everywhere. They contain on their reaches some of the best salmon pools in the world. They form part of the great river system of north- ern New Brunswick, which spreads all over the country, and is closely connected, either by small streams, orshort portages. The Restigouche, the St. John, the Miramichi, the Nepisiquit, the Tobique, the Richibucto—names as finely rolling and melodious as the rivers themselves—all these streams and countless others in this part of New Brunswick teem with fish and run through a beautifully diversified country.