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a fifth—the Poirier family of Tignish—the men by trade fishermen. all living not far apart and in excellent health. Colo Poirier, the head of this remarkable family—the great-great-grandfather of 97, with 202 living descendants —still rises at daylight, turns his fish on the racks to dry and chops and saws his wood.

23w Pgiimle d Not many decades ago, Prince Edward Island war 5 an . . is reached was far removed from the tide of tourist

travel. But in these latter days the continent bound by bands of steel has grown smaller, and luxurious flying trains and swift, palatial steamers, have brought the Island within 24 hours travel of Boston or Montreal. From either of these cities—convenient starting points—there is a pleasing diversity of routes. The tourist may leave the great Canadian metropolis daily either by the Intercolonial Railway skirting the noble Saint Lawrence and through the far-famed Metapedia Valley on to Point du Cherie—a panoramic feast all through; or else by the Canadian Pacific Railway through the State of Maine—a route slightly shorter than the Intercolonial, but not so rich in scenic splendor~and thence via St. John and to Point du Chene as before. From the last named place, one of the fast and finely equipped boats of the Charlottetown Steam Navigation Company,—the “Northumberland"—c0nveys the tourist to Summerside where connection is made with the Prince Edward Island Railway for all Island points. The trip on the “ Northumberland” is one of the most delightful that can be imagined; and the ménu is the best that the Island—that land of good things—affords. The boat is a twin-propeller 230 feet long and 33 feet beam specially built for the route, and covers the 36 miles in 2}»; hours. Should the tourist desire a water trip he may leave Montreal by one of the excellent boats of the Quebec Steamship Company, the Black Diamond or Dobell Lines, passing historic Quebec and down through the St Lawrence with all its wealth of scenery, direct to Summerside or Charlottetown.

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