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THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES
dred mowers go out by steamer from the mainland and make a holiday of the harvest season.
The circular drive of forty miles returns to Bridgewater by Petite Rivière, spoken of by Denys as having an "entrance good for barques"; climbs and girdles a high rounded hill tilled to its peak, descends, to an extensive forest broken by lakes but no habitations, and passes the cranberry bogs near Italy Cross and Conquerall before mounting to a ridge that overlooks river and town. There is no circuit in all the province that combines more of romance and varied beauty than this one.[1]
Bridgewater is the headquarters of the Halifax and Southwestern branches, Lunenburg—Port Wade (via Middleton), and Lunenburg—Caledonia (via New Germany). Bridgewater—Caledonia (see Note 3, Chapter VI), 37 m. One train daily, except Sunday. Bridgewater—Middleton (junction with Dominion Atlantic R'y), 55 m. One train every week-day.
Bridgewater—Lunenburg, via Mahone Jc., 18 m. "Accommodations" leave at different hours according to the day of departure. Mahone (11 m. by rail) on attractive Mahone Harbour is also reached by motor-road from Bridgewater, either by way of the left river-bank and Lunenburg, or through Blockhouse, along the line of the railway.
Lunenburg has a claim on the tourist's attention by reason of its ancestry, its situation, an its industry born of the sea. The town is fortunate
- ↑ The proprietor of Clark's Hotel was pathfinder for the Automobile Club of America from Halifax to Shelburne and drew a map of the coast roads. He is therefore in a position to give authentic advice as to routes and tours.
