On the 9th of September, 1911, Earl Grey made the following entry in
the visitors' book at La Roche:

I desire to thank the provincial government of Quebec for
having given me the opportunity of visiting, as their guest,
the Laurentides National Park, and to acknowledge the great
pleasure which I have derived from all I have seen and
done.... I would also like to congratulate them on the
wisdom of their policy in establishing so large a reserve,
as a protection for various breeds of wild animals which
would otherwise be in danger of extinction, and as a place
of rest, refreshment, and recreation for those who love the
quiet of the wilds.

Mr. George Bird Grinnell, one of the greatest authorities in the world
on the Indian and wild life of North America, writes:

I have recently read with extraordinary interest your
address, presented last January to the Commission of
Conservation....

I wish to offer you my personal thanks for the effective way
in which you have set forth the desirability of establishing
wild-life refuges in Labrador, and I trust that what you
have said will start a movement in Canada to carry out this
good project. It has long interested me to know that your
people and their officials seem much more farseeing than
those on this side of the line, and Canada's show of
national parks and reservations is far more creditable than
that of her neighbour to the south.