CHAPTER VIII
NORTHERN NOVA SCOTIA INCLUDING THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON
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For steamers, Halifax—Hawkesbury, C. B., see under "Steamers from the United States," Plant Line, Chapter I; for Halifax—"East Coast" points (Spry Bay, Sherbrooke, Isaac's Harbour, Canso, Guysboro, etc.), under "Provincial Railways and Steamers." These trips along the Atlantic coast in small vessels are recommended only to those who are invariably good sailors.
Steamer connection, Quebec—Pictou, and Montreal—Sydney is described under "Steamers from Canadian Ports," Chapter I.
Newfoundland—Nova Scotia. Steamer, Port-aux-Basques to North Sydney. The service is mentioned under "Provincial Railways and Steamers," Chapter I, in connection with North Sydney.
Halifax—Truro, 62 miles by Intercolonial Railway; Truro—Sydney, 214 miles, via Antigonish, Mulgrave and the Bras d'Or Lakes.
Yarmouth—Truro, 228 miles by Dominion Atlantic Railway via Windsor.
St. John—Truro, 209 miles by Canadian Pacific steamer to Digby, and Dominion Atlantic Railway to Truro, via Windsor; and 213 miles by Intercolonial Railway, via Moncton, N. B.
Montreal—Truro, 775 miles, by Intercolonial Railway via Moncton.
Moncton—Truro, 24 miles. The first important Nova Scotia town across the New Brunswick frontier is Amherst,
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