1914 Canada GTR railway pamphlet ‘PLAYGROUNDS of CANADA New England‘

Attractive pre-WW1 tourism brochure put out by the Grand Trunk Railway to promote travel on its rail network. 

Cover artwork showing man and woman with birch bark canoe on bucolic lake. Full of photos, hunting, fishing, lodges...

Rare!

 PLAYGROUNDS of CANADA and New England

The Haunts of Fish and Game

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM

The Most Charming Summer Resorts in America

Issued by the General Passenger Department 1914

Areas covered, including descriptions, accommodations, lodges photos....;

• Toronto
• Eastern coast of Lake Hron
• Orillia
• Lakes Simcoe and Coucheching
• Muskoka Lakes
• Lake of Bays
• Nipissing and French River
• Georgian Bay
• Algonquin Park
• Kawartha Lakes
• Ottawa
• Quebec
• Lake Champlain
• Timagami
• Information on GTR trains, agents...

Lots of photos!

Map of rail network by Poole Bros Chicago

64 pages + covers

9 x 4 ½”