"The River St. Lawrence, and the whole country, from the lowest parishes to Quebec unfold scenery, the magnificence of which, in combination with the most delightful picturesque beauty, is considered by the most intelligent travelers who have visited this part of Canada, to be unequaled in America, and probably in the world. Niagara comprehends only a few miles of sublimity. The great lakes resemble seas; and the prospects with their shores, like those of the coasts of the ocean, afford to our limited visual power, although on a grand scale, fall infinitely short of the sublime views of the St. Lawrence, below Quebec." Instructions for Making Gaspé and Mitis and Rimouski, in the River St. Lawrence. Gould, Dowie, and Co, London, 1831