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Title: Fredericton, New Brunswick and the St. John River : for the tourist and sportsman.
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Fredericton Tourist Association
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Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Fredericton Tourist Association
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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are guaranteed to remove all suspended matter and ninety-eight per cent of bacteriafrom the water passing through them, and actual test proofs come up to this standard.The streets are lighted throughout by electricity. Its fire department is fully up to mod-ern requirements. The sidewalks are of asphalt. The city is able to boast of public parks,as a result of private beneficence unexcelled by any in the eastern provinces. The death rate of Fredericton is so low as to be within the reach of all. It arises almostentirely from one of two causes: extreme old age or physical malady of some kind. In thecase of government officials neither of these has any effect. The only thing that can happento them is superannuation. Should the tourist need a wife to accompany him on the tour of life, he is earnestlyadvised to pause at Fredericton. The Celestial girl is both useful and ornamental. She isa flower by the dusky wayside. She is ice cream in August and sunshine in April. She is a Page Eleven
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THE NASHWAAKsis, \ POPULAR RESORT FOR CANOEISTS NEAR FREDERICTON FREDERIC TON :: NEW BRUNSWICK • CANADA ripple of laughter on the river of Time. In short, she is the frosting which Heaven hasspread oer the dreary plain cake of earth. The suburban drives of Fredericton can hardly be equalled anywhere. Auto garagesand livery stables exist in the city at which moderate rates are charged for cars or teams, andat which bicycles may also be cheaply rented by those who prefer the silent steed. Theroads are mainly good and offer scenic entertainment of the highest order. An ample choiceof route is placed at the disposal of the tourist, and he can always return to the city con-veniently by a different road. A favorite drive is that up the banks of the winding Nashwaak, where arching treesthrow cooling shadows on the road, where hillside rivulets dance out of the forest depths tojoin the murmuring stream, and where scenes of pastoral beauty unfold themselves at everyturn to delight the lover

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