Maritime Provinces Road Book
Contents
- The compiler explains that great labor and care went into preventing errors, blames remaining mistakes on the apathy of correspondents who supplied route information, and asks cyclists to send corrections after riding any route; no map was included because the scale required would have made it useless.
- Describes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the Maritime Provinces, noting expenses need not exceed $1.50 a day, the absence of black flies and hay fever, gravelly roads with easy riding, and suggested tours such as St. John to Moncton through the Kennebecasis Valley and north to Bathurst and the Restigouche salmon pools.
- Names the cyclists across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia towns, including Edmunston, Woodstock, St. John, St. Stephen, Moncton, Amherst, Truro, Dorchester, Charlottetown, Sackville, Liverpool, Berwick, Sydney, New Glasgow, Antigonish, Halifax and Digby, who supplied the road reports for the book.
- Tables of recommended hotels and their room rates across New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island towns, from Albert's Globe Hotel and Andover's Perley's at $1.00-$1.50 to St. John's Dufferin at $3.00, with 10-25 percent discounts noted for C.W.A. members.
- Explains the abbreviations used throughout the route descriptions (T.R./T.L. for turn right/left, R.F./L.F. for right/left fork, T.P. for telegraph poles, X.R. for cross roads) and the mileage notation, where the figure before a town is the cumulative distance from the route's start and the figure after it is the distance from the previous town.
- Follows the old post road from St. Stephen via Benson's Corner, Oak Bay, Waweig, Dyer's and Digdeguash to St. John, 27 1/4 miles, mostly gravel and dirt road with the roughest stretch between St. George and Lepreaux.
- An alternate 21-mile approach from St. Stephen through Oak Bay and Bayside to the watering-place town of St. Andrews, rejoining the Route 1 post road at the Digdeguash bridge.
- A 26-mile mostly-dirt road from St. Stephen via Moore's Mills, the Meadows, Lawrence, Thomas' Corner, Brockway and Harvey to Fredericton, with a dangerous long down grade on entering the city.
- Describes two alternative starts out of St. John, via the paved but rough Fairville streets, or via the Carleton ferry and Lancaster Heights, both converging at the Fairville crossing for the long route toward Riviere du Loup.
- From Fredericton via Springhill, Kingsclear, Lower Prince William, Hawkshaw and Meductic (Eel River) to Woodstock, 20 5/8 miles, passing near the mouth of the Poquiock river.
- Woodstock to Andover via Upper Woodstock, Jacksonville, Waterville and Victoria Corner to Florenceville and on to Andover, with high-ground views over the river valley.
- Andover to Edmundston via Grand Falls, where a day can be spent viewing the falls and gorges and the 45-foot drop from the suspension bridge, then on through Saint Jacques to Edmundston.
- Continues from Saint Rose past Temiscouata Lake to Notre Dame du Lac, Fort Ingalls, St. Honore and St. Francis to Riviere du Loup, 26 miles, mostly downhill.
- St. John to Fredericton via Westfield Beach, Nerepis Station, Welsford, Hoyt, South Branch Station and Geary to Oromocto, an alternative to Route 4b.
- Opens the long St. John-Halifax route via Union street, Coldbrook, Brookville and Torryburn along the Kennebecasis river to Rothesay, noting the river's famous aquatic races involving Ed. Hanlon and the Paris Crew.
- Petitcodiac to Moncton via Salisbury and Boundary Creek, then on through Fox Creek and Memramcook to Dorchester, passing the provincial penitentiary.
- Dorchester to Amherst via Bulmer's Mills, Sackville (seat of Mount Allison College) and the ruins of Fort Cumberland/Fort Beausejour, crossing the Missiquash bridge into Nova Scotia.
- Truro to Halifax via Brookfield, Shubenacadie, Elmsdale and Enfield, then along a chain of lakeshore roads to Waverley and the Dartmouth ferry across Bedford Basin.
- Opens the north-shore route from Moncton via Lewisville, Harrisville, Lakeville and Bateman's Spring toward the Miramichi.
- Continues via Kouchibouguac and Half-way House to the lumbering town of Chatham on the Miramichi river, then along the shore through Tabusintac and Tracadie to Caraquet and Grand Anse on Bay Chaleur.
- Bathurst to Campbellton along Bay Chaleur via Petit Rocher, Belledune, Jacquet River, Charlo and Dalhousie, noting the onward Quebec-coast road toward Paspebiac and the impassable stretch above Campbellton toward the St. Lawrence.
- Yarmouth to Digby via Port Maitland, the French-speaking summer resort of Meteghan and Weymouth, with a fine sandy bathing beach near Port Maitland.
- Digby to Middleton via the Annapolis ferry to Granville, Bridgetown and Lawrencetown, continuing on sandy side-path riding (also reachable via Route 20).
- Yarmouth to East Pubnico and on to Barrington via Tusket and Lower Argyle, describing the rough 'nine mile woods' alternative as not recommended.
- Shelburne to Lockport, Sable River, Port Joli and Port Matoun, an area noted for grand rocky scenery.
- Liverpool to Mill Village (see Route 27) via Brooklyn, crossing the Mersey river drawbridge.
- Bridgewater to Chester via Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Gold River and Chester Basin, with charming coastal scenery.
- Truro to Stellarton via Bible Hill, Mt. Thom, Saltsprings, Ten Mile House, Salem and Westville.
- New Glasgow to Malignant Cove via Thorburn and Sutherland's River.
- Antigonish to Mulgrave via Heatherton and Tracadie, warning that many branching byroads make directions uncertain, then a ferry at Mulgrave crosses the Strait of Canso to Cape Breton.
- Via Lochaber Lake and Melrose, hilly earth roads with good riding along the lake's left bank.
- Via St. Andrews and Guysboro to Hazel Hill, site of the Mackay-Bennet cable station, then on to Canso.
- Via St. Andrews, South River Lake and Country Harbour Cross Roads.
- Via a ferry crossing, Tea Hill and Pownal to Vernon River and Georgetown.
- Via Milton, the Malpeque road and Oyster Bed bridge, 18 miles over macadam and rolling road.
- Via Euston street and Lepage's Corner near the People's Cemetery, 14 1/2 miles over mostly level road.
- From Eastport, Maine via a 5-cent toll bridge, Perry, Millcove, Robbinston and Red Beach (granite works) to Calais, crossing the St. Croix river to St. Stephen, New Brunswick.
- Via Carleton, St. Marys and Gibson, crossing the Nashwaak river bridge to Sheffield, 22 miles.
- Via St. Marys and Gibson to Marysville, home of a large cotton factory and saw mills owned by lumber baron Alexander Gibson.
- Via the North Mountain road through Melvern Square, North Kingston and Aylesford.
- Via Trenton and a ferry from Pictou Landing across to Pictou.
- Continuing past Rothesay (Route 6a) via Clifton Ferry to Gondola Point on the Kennebecasis river, site of the Willows hotel kept by champion ice skater Hugh J. McCormick.
- Via Route 22 to Clifton Ferry, then over the hill between the St. John and Kennebecasis rivers to the Cedars Hotel, a summer resort with steamer service to St. John.
- Via Marsh Bridge and Silver Falls to Loch Lomond's Ben Lomond House, with onward roads to Barnesville and, via Willow Grove, to St. Martins.
- Via Coldbrook and Dolan's Lake, praised as a favorite September run for its autumn foliage.
- Branches off the Loch Lomond road to follow the shore about six miles to Mispec, good for sea bathing.
- Via Vogler's Cove, Broad Cove and Petite Riviere, following the La Have river, 'the Hudson of Nova Scotia,' to Bridgewater.
- Via Folly Village, Great Village, Bass River and Economy to Five Islands and Parrsboro.
- Via Newburg Junction, Hartland, Peel and Florenceville East (Bath and Kilburn) to Andover.
- Via Richmond Corner and the Boundary Line to Houlton, Maine.
- Via the cheese factory near Petitcodiac to Havelock, noting the mineral springs a mile from Price's Hotel.
- Via Kensington, North Wiltshire, Hunter River and Milton, entering Charlottetown via the Malpeque road.
- Via the fishing station, Rusticoville, North Rustico, Cavendish and the Stanley river bridge to Margate and Kensington.
- A long chain of short hops via River Inhabitants Bridge, Grand Anse, St. Peters, L'Ardoise, Gaberouse and Marion Bridge to Sydney.
- An alternative via St. Peters, Soldier's Cove, Hay Cove, Red Islands and Irish Cove to Sydney.
- Via Port Hastings, Big Brook, River Dennis and Grand Narrows Bridge to Sydney.
- Via Port Hastings, Judique, Port Hood, Mabou Bridge, Whycocomagh and Baddeck, with a ferry at Boulardier to Sydney Mines and North Sydney.
- Via Hunter's Mountain, Middle River and Lake Law to North West Margaree and Margaree Forks.
- Sydney to Cape North via North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Big Bras d'Or, Englishtown, Wreck Cove, South Bay Ingonish and North Ingonish.
- Via Louisburg, Catalone and Albert Bridge to Sydney.
- Via Tear River, Balmoral and Grand Anse to a ferry crossing at Arichat, with ferry-distance alternatives noted via D'Escousse and Martinique road.
- Via Charter's Corner, Scoudouc Chapel and Dorchester Road Crossing to Shediac's Weldon House.
- Via Scot's Hill and Pound Hill to Hillsborough, with the road continuing on to Hopewell Cape and Albert.
- A route copyrighted by the Maine Division of the League of American Wheelmen and reprinted here by courtesy of chief consul Abner W. Lowell of Portland, covering Boston to Calais via Portland and Bangor.
- Boston to Lynn and Salem via the Chelsea ferry, Chelsea Square, Fenno's Corner and Upper Swampscot, continuing to Beverly via the Essex House.
- Wenham and Ipswich to Newburyport via Rowley and Newbury Old Town, then via the Salisbury road, Seabrook and Hampton to Portsmouth.
- Portsmouth into Maine past Kittery and the Navy Yard, through York Corner, Ogunquit, Wells, Kennebunk and Biddeford to Portland, 114.55 miles from Boston.
- Portland via Tukey's Bridge, East Deering and the Falmouth Foreside road to Yarmouth and Freeport.
- Brunswick (home of Bowdoin College) via Topsham and Bowdoinham to Richmond, Gardiner and Hallowell.
- Augusta via the Kennebec river bridge to Waterville (Colby University), Fairfield, Benton, Clinton and Burnham Junction.
- Pittsfield via Newport, Etna and Carmel to Bangor.
- Bangor via Brewer, Holden, Dedham, Ellsworth, Franklin, Cherryfield, Harrington, Columbia Falls, Jonesboro, Machias and Dennysville to Calais, 128 miles from Bangor.