Montreal & Boston Air Line and Passumpsic R.R. : tourist and excursion routes, 1875.

a bird's-eye view of the route.13 line.The Vermont division of this new line is already run- ning westward and eastward, and passengers may leave St.Johnsbury for Mount Mansfield by this new route, going by rail to Morrisville and Hydepark.A stay of a day at St. Johnsbury will be a day well spent, and the Scale Works of the Messrs. Fairbanks are the feature of the town.The extensive manufacture of every class of scales, from the immense dock and railroad scale to the tiny balance of the banker, all equally nice in adjustment, and correct in plan of construction, is here carried on by skilled workmen, directed by indomitable energy, and true business tact and honor.It would seem strange that the iron of Mis- souri and Pennsylvania should be sent to this point^far up among the hills, to be fashioned for use by Yankee workmen, and returned to weigh the virgin ore ; but such is the case, and it is one of the curious facts in manufacture and exchange.Continuing northward from St. Johnsbury, just before reaching Lyndon, you will notice one of those charming waterfalls which so often break the flow of the rapid Passumpsic River.At Lyndonville are the repair and construction shops of this important railway line, and a growing country town, West Burke, thirty-seven miles from Wells River, is the sta- tion from which passengers leave, by stage line, for Lake Willoughby.Burke Mountain, a bold elevation of 2,000 feet, will be observed to the right as you approach this station, and a good view of the eastern wall of Lake Willoughby is had as you near this point.WILLOUGHBY LAKE.The hotel at this lake is six miles distant from the West Burke station.Conveyance may be had at the hotel at this point for the lake.This wonderful sheet of water lies between two lofty mountain walls, evidentl} 7 once united, but torn asunder by some terrible convulsion of nature in remote ages.The surface of the lake is nearly 1200 feet above sea level, and the mountain i * 14 MONTREAL AND BOSTON AIR-LINE.walls tower on either side to the height of nearly 2,000 feet above the lake.Mt.Willoughby, or Annanance, the eastern wall, is nearly 2,000 feet in height, and Mt.Hor, on the western side, is of somewhat less elevation.From the summit of these heights you may look to the south-east upon the White and Franconia Mountains, westward to the bold peaks and ranges of the Green Mountains, northward into the Canadas, and southward along the wide valley between the great mountain ranges.Sixty-five miles north of Wells Eiver, the pretty village of Newport comes into view.The inviting exterior of the Memphremagog House, which, during the past winter, has gone through thorough repairing, adding a new story (which was demanded by the yearly increased throng of tourists, favoring this perfect paradise), and a beautiful wide veranda, extending on all sides of the large building, close by the railroad station, gladdens the eyes of travellers, and the calm waters of Lake Memphremagog, with the fine steamer at the landing, give promise of enjoyment and comfort in prospect.MEMPHREMAGOG HOUSE.The Memphremagog House, like the " Pemigewasset," is one of the fine well-kept hotels, in which the tired traveller finds all that comfort desires, and feels himself perfectly at home.W. F. Bowman, Esq., is the gentlemanly and experienced *• ^*/

Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.