RUSTICO HARBOR

FtSHING STAGES,

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 45

drifted into a state of contented rest. There are no brass bands, no side-shows, no screeching steamboats, loaded with objectionable

excursionists, to come and picnic under one’s nose; no tramps—the genus is unknown; no foul odors, nor beer saloons, nor gambling— houses; none of the annoyances of a modern seaside resort. In— stead, the almost unbroken line of hard white beach, the sandhills rising gently, and behind them the prosperous farms extending all along, and following the line of the shore. Verily this is the place for weary men and women to come to build up worn out tissue, to rest the mind, to banish weariness. Afterwards when the shadows fall and the day is done, the moon comes out and makes

the scene more romantic than ever. There are hotels and farm houses dotted all along

the shore, where one {,p- , ,. a, ‘9!

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can stay and enjoy all this happiness at rates ranging from $5 to $12 MW .- per week. Trout fishing ' ' can be had at no great trouble, while mackere and cod—fishing can be enjoyed by any who desire to go out with

the fishermen who livem

along the shore, The principal North Shore resorts are located at Rustico, Tracadie, Stanhope, and Brackley Point. Rustico may be reached by taking the train to Hunter River, where a coach from the Seaside Hotel meets passengers. To get to Tracadie, one may drive by road (sixteen miles) or take the train to Bedford Station, whence passengers are driven to the Hotel Acadia. The other places are between twelve and fifteen miles distant from Char- lottetown, and are to be reached by carriage.

The attractions of this part of the Island have induced several wealthy people to build private cottages for their own use. On the next page we give an illustration of “Dalveny,” the handsome resi-