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Title: The Intercolonial Railway of Canada
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Intercolonial Railway (Canada) Railroads
Publisher: Moncton, Intercolonial Railway
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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l surroundings.One attractive feature is the abundance of shade trees of allkinds, including birch, maple, oak and pine, some of whichare of a girth rarely seen in these days of the demolition offorests. Returning to St. Leonard Junction, and from Forestdaleuntil Laurier is reached, 19 miles west of Chaudiere, therailway runs through some 28 miles of forest, much of ituntouched by the axe and in its primitive glory. This is agreat hunting ground, abounding with deer and caribou.Moose are not unknown but are less common. This is nota moose country, but the possibilities of it as such areshown in the circumstance of a moose having been run overand killed by a train, at Aston Junction, not many monthsago. Deer, however, are very plentiful in the Lotbiniereforests, and in particular at River Duchene. They havefrequently been shot by the train hands within a shortdistance of the railway track, and it has been considered noremarkable feat for the workmen along the line to capturethem alive.
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In the Ancient Fr0r Chaudiere Junction to Levisis about nine miles, and for theCapital latter part of the distance the River St. Lawrence is in full view whereit forms the harbor of Quebec. Approaching Levis, theharbor and river are seen to be dotted with every kind ofcraft, from the ocean steamer to the canoe. The eyebeholds the historic heights at Sillery, the Plains of Abra-ham and the grand old city itself. There is Quebec, as thestranger has seen it pictured, but he now realizes that nopicture can do it justice. The cliffs, the citadel, the spires,the tin roofs glistening in the sunlight—all are very real tohim, and he longs to enter the city which is so majestic inits past and present. Prominent on the heights, and insuch thorough architectural harmony with the surroundingsthat one would think it had always been there, is the ChateauFrontenac, a palace hotel with a site unrivalled in Europeor America. Quebec is beyond description. It is unique among thecities of the continent.

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