CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. 107 whose management in former seasons gave much satisfaction.—We shall now transport our Tourist back to Point Fortune, and intro duce him to the scenery of the Ottawa above that point. Be fore doing so, it is proper for him to notice that one county of Lower Canada occupies the extreme tongue of the peninsula formed by the Ottawa and St. Lawrence, and is thus disjoined entirely from the rest of the Lower Province. It is named after the Marquis de Vaudreuil, who was Governor from 1705 to 1726. It contains the pleasant villages of the Cedars and Cotcau du Lac on the St. Law rence, and Vaudreuil and Rigaud on the Ottawa. Between this county and the Rideau River or Canal lies the Ottawa District, com prising the counties of Prescott and Russell. This district is settled by a very mixed population, that are much more engaged in getting out lumber for the Quebec market than in improving the soil. In Hawkcsbury West is the most extensive establishment for sawing lumber in Canada West, furnishing employment to above two hundred hands. There is also a large establishment at Hawkesbury East, containing grist, oatmeal, and saw-mills. From Point Fortune the Tourist is conveyed by stage to L’Orignal, which is the District town. It is mainly supported by the offices of the District being kept here, and by the transit of passengers. The population does not amount to three hundred. The descent of the Ottawa from L’Orignal to Point Fortune contains rapids of such a description as precludes the ascent of steam-boats or other vessels. On the opposite shore Government constructed the Grenville Canal for the purpose of avoiding the three successive obstacles,—the Carillon Rapids, the Chute a Blondeau, jnd Long Sault. It is divided into three corre sponding parts, and cost £267,254. The locks are one hundred and thirty-four feet long, and thirty-three broad. From L’Orignal tha steamer takes passengers without interruption to Bytown, a distance of sixty miles. The scenery on the Ottawa is frequently magnificent, and particularly in the neighbourhood of Bytown. The country on its banks is not generally well adapted for agriculture. It derives its principal importance from the immense quantity of pine-timber felled on its banks and those of its tributaries. Down this river is con veyed the principal portion of the timber exported from Canada to
