The Seigniory of Lake Metapedia

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Excerpt from The Seigniory of Lake Metapedia: A DescriptionThe Intercolonial Railway of Canada, connecting the Grand Trunk Railway at Riviere du Loup with its Ocean termini at Halifax and St. John, passes for a large portion of its length through-ia country, which, however picturesque its.aspect, is likely to remain forever almost wholly unremunerative. Lofty mountains and rocky ravines, hills whose sides have been denuded of their once luxuriant foliage and valuable timber by oft-repeated bush fires, which have driven away even the game which might otherwise tempt the ardour of the sportsman, shallow river beds and barren tracts of land meet the eye on every side, and offer an inducement to loiter to none but the eager fisherman or 'the enthusiastic admirer of nature in her grander moods. An exception to the rule, however, is to be found in a district commencing some miles to the east of the height of land and continuing to the entrance of the Metapedia Valley. At this great elevation above the sea level is a plateau or table-land of considerable extent, which has been singularly favoured, and comprises within itself innumerable sources of wealth. The hunter and the agriculturist, the fisherman, the lumberman, the tourist, the stock-raiser, the quarryman, the lime-burner, and many other classes may here find excellent sport, good timber, the best arable and grazing land, limestone of the first quality, lakes and rivers of great beauty and inexhaustible wealth of fish, islands suitable for summer residences, excellent water power, and easy communication either with the sea or with other- portions of the country.The greater part of this favoured land lies within the Seigniory of Lake Metapedia, which is situated in the county of Rimouski in the Province'of Quebec. The clay lieu of this county is Rimouski, a town picturesquely situated on 'the Gulf of St. Lawrence, almost within sight of Father Point. It is at this port 'that the Ocean steamers, bound for Montreal or Liverpool, have, since the opening of the Intercolonial Railway, called to receive or land the European mails, which are thence forwarded to the west and east with great expedition. The Seigniory of Lake Metapedia is only about 40 miles to the east of this important port, and ~6o-miles west of Campbellton, a considerable town near the mouth of the River Restigouche, and having direct communication with the Atlantic by the Baie des Chaleurs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.