"The whole property of Estevan, only part of which embraces the gardens with the remainder in small orchards, meadow or spruce or birch woods, stands out upon a bold promontory over-hanging the river, always referred to as the sea in these parts with its forty miles of width and a tidal rise and fall of from 16 to 20 feet." Elsie Reford. "A Lily Garden in the Lower St. Lawrence Valley", 1949