Identifier: newfoundlandatbe00harv (find matches)
Title: Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Harvey, M. (Moses), 1820-1901
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
Publisher: New York : The South Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Descending Rapids, Humber River.
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A Bit of the Railway Track near Deer Lake. NEWFOUNDLAND. 69 the second largest in the island. This river enters the soundthrough a narrow gorge nearly three miles in length, shut inby precipitous rocks, which shoot up several hundred feet per-pendicularly and present scenes of marvellous grandeur. Atthe termination of this gorge the Humber River widens, thehills recede and the stream flows through a valley from threeto seven miles wide, till the lower end of Deer Lake is reached,twelve miles from the sound. Around it, especially to theeastward and northward, is a fine expanse of flat rollingcountry stretching away in the former direction towards GrandLake. It is estimated that the Humber Valley contains 800square miles, a fair proportion of which is cultivable land. From the Humber district to Halls Bay, an arm of NotreDame Bay, on the northeastern coast, a level plain extendsacross the island. A chain of small lakes, connected byrivers, extends the greater part of the distance, so th

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