The country traversed abounds with scenes of deep historic interest, covering a period of more than two centuries. Here planned and struggled Jacques Cartier, Champlain, Wolfe, and Montcalm, and many others, and here are the battlefields of two great and gallant nations who strove during a hundred years for the possession of a continent. There are also traces of a more recent struggle, when Canadians sprang to arms to repel invaders from the powerful Republic to the south of them. Happily "Peace hath her victories no Less renowned than war," and the people of Canada have conquered for themselves and for the travel and traffic of two continents a highway from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In this magnificent achievement, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, an inestimable boon was conferred on those who desire a safe, rapid, and comfortable journey "round the world."
整个加拿大境内到处都是年代在两个多世纪以前至今的历史名胜古迹。这里塑造了雅克·卡蒂亚、山普伦、尚普兰、沃尔夫和蒙特卡姆等历史人物，也曾有两个伟大勇敢的民族而在此地为了争夺土地而奋战了一百年之久。最近的一次战争尚还有迹可寻，那是加拿大对来自南部强大的共和国的侵略者进行的一次突袭。欣慰地是，“和平的胜利比战争更让人铭记”，加拿大人民为了自己、为了两大洲之间的旅行和交通，成功修建了一条连接大西洋和太平洋的高速公路。而这一伟大成就——加拿大—太平洋铁路的修建，给那些渴望安全、渴望省时和舒适的“环球旅行”家们带来了一个天大的恩惠。
The pioneers who explored Canada thought the St. Lawrence would lead them to China, and that the river above Montreal was the gateway of that country. Hence the name "La Chine." The forecast of those men was in a sense realize, the shortest route to China being by Montreal and "La Chine."
探索加拿大的先驱们认为他们可以通过圣劳伦斯河去往中国，而蒙特利尔上方的河流则是进入中国的门户，那里也因此得名“La Chine”（拉钦，加拿大魁北克省南部城市）。他们的预测在某种意义上实现了，到往中国的最短路线便是经由蒙特利尔和“拉钦”的那条路线。
The Ottawa pours its dark waters into the clear flood of the St. Lawrence, partly above the city and partly below it. Montreal is thus built upon an island; and near the centre of the island rises the "mountain" which lends to the fair city so much of its loveliness. A journey of three or four hours takes the traveller from Montreal to Ottawa, the capital of the Canadian Dominion. Here the Chaudiere Falls will attract attention and admiration. A group of elegant and substantial public buildings adorns the city, and indicates where the legislature of the Dominion sits, and where the Executive Government transacts the public business of the country.
渥太华浑浊的河水流入清澈的圣劳伦斯河，一节在城市上方，一节在城市下方。而蒙特利尔就这样依岛而建，靠近岛中央的位置耸立着一座“山”，这座山让这座美丽的城市变得更加可人。旅行家们从蒙特利尔到加拿大自治领的首都渥太华要花上三四个小时，坐落在这里的夏迪埃瀑布是会吸引人们注意和赞赏的一大亮点；一排排优雅而坚固的公共建筑装饰着这个城市，其中就有自治领的立法机关和处理国家公共商业事务的政府执行机关所在的建筑。
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