"The Village of Grand Metis which is in the County of Rimouski, Province of Quebec, is distant from Montreal 375 miles, from Quebec 203 miles, from Rimouski 23 miles and from Halifax 471 miles. St. Octave, a station on the Intercolonial Railway, is the nearest point by rail, and is about two miles distant, over a good country road." Description of the Salmon Fishing Estate and Farm at Grand Metis, belonging to the Right Honorable Lord Mount Stephen, 1894