PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

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of a placid lake. When going by the way of Point du Chene, to the south is seen the New Brunswick shore, gradually growing fainter as the shore of the island comes in view. As distant Cape Tormentine dwindles to a faint line, with the smoke of a far off steamer marking the passage between it and Cape Traverse, the bold outline of Cape Egmont becomes clearer and clearer to the north. As the island shore is approached the red of the earth and the bright green of the verdure show the most picturesque effect as a background to the smooth stretch of water, in which is mirrored the glory of the sunlight from the western sky. Under such conditions the first impressions of Prince Edward Island must always be such as will long be remembered wherever one may go.

Summerside is the landing place by this route, and is prettily situated, with much to commend it to the tourist. A beautiful little island, seen to the right on entering the harbor, has been deemed a good site for a summer hotel, while just beyond it is the mouth of the Dunk River, one of the best of the trout streams and also a salmon river. The town overlooks the waters of Bedeque Bay, and the distance overland to Richmond Bay, on the north shore, is but a few miles, for this is one of the several places where but a narrow strip of soil separates the waters of the Strait from those of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It would not be difficult to separate the various peninsulas and make four islands where nature has placed only one, and thus rival Cape Breton as a much cut up country.