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THE TOURIST'S MARITIME PROVINCES

the Algonquin Hotel, conducted by the Canadian Pacific Company, at St. Andrews, N. B., which burned in May, 1914, but has been rebuilt. In this instance, however, there is a large Montreal clientage to give support. On Campobello Island are delightful inns patronised chiefly by vacationists from the New England states. At Dalhousie, N. B., the Inch Arran Hotel, an unconventional structure on the shore of the Bay Chaleur, is the resort of Eastern Canadians and a few Americans. The Grand Hotel, Yarmouth, is the mecca of rustic honeymooners, being reputed for its size and for the length of its ménu. Experienced travellers forsake its barn-like pretensions for humbler and more hospitable inns.

Lour Lodge, also newly constructed after a fire which destroyed all but the annex and cottages, is not only the best hotel in Digby, but one of the most completely satisfying to be found anywhere in the Provinces. Less successful hotels would do well to take it as a model in cuisine, service and general conduct.

In its own sphere—that of a resort for anglers, huntsmen and forest lovers—the Kedgemakoogee Rod and Gun Club on Kedgemakoogee Lake, at the heart of the Nova Scotia peninsula, is equally worthy of praise. The Club House and cottages, the forest and island domain of 1500 acres and the fishing and hunting facilities are accessible to the casual tourist as well as to members. Though