Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-11-18
From the n. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
LAKE CiIAMPLAIN AND ITS
SHORES.


hmonr the fac broahclo'hs presented
for connection al the rcccn: lair OF the
American Institute. we noted snndry rolls
from the Wnoo.ki manufnc'ory, in the
,nwn Of Burlington, Vt. Wn"n-ki Is the
Indian ramn Of an in,,eluous stream, (cn1
ID hy the French Onnn river, which.
AFTER ,umblnr through the gnrges ct III"
Green Maintains. flows into the cmbrac"
y .fL,kr Champaign. near the beautiful town
at mentioned Tao mannac'o-y al
which the broadcln'hs that we are speak
fly nf. were producod, has recently been
erected a, The W,nnoski falls, about two
miles cas-, Of Burlington; and the fact Of
seeing this first specimen Of Vermont man
nfac,urcs in the Now York market ha,
freshcned in our recollection very pleas
INT vls, ,c this rrg'"n in September.
On our way North We arrived nj White
; r, r;7Ii7;7it-5 - : pi,cl
darkness. and driving fn'n-st"rm. En-
,ircly unacqnain'cd With the place and lis
physical geography, is appearance was
.ny thing bn, favorable on the fnl'nw lug
morning. The country was rough ard
wild in every direction. On one side Of
the hotel lofty prccipice hung bce'llng
1 over us. and on the other a steep hill tho
, less abrupt, wa equally bound to the
,0spect. The vlilas" itself seemed to
have been thrown by some convu'-lon int"
d-eary mountain pass, OF the most FORBID
dug de,crpil Added to oil which IT,"
sun rose IN HAT morning in the West. and
49, I:cs the Hltrmp, to convince ns 'ha'
tnle blue end of Lake Champ IN
. Ied ou' t." us, was not at the south
w, unfavornblc MS were all these appear
~ fnces. the iowa looked like smart bus'
III rcss place as i, must necessarily be from
~ is position. standing at the junction OF the
Ehumplan canal with the lake, and IN
" chs SIN l,.,,angh which oil Northern 'rave'-
lers not taking the route of Lake George.
! must pass, and at which ;acy must stop.
ssl'oriunntcly there are Two good hotels
there. Of opposite politics. we believe. mn
boih kent by one and The same nun This
circumstances ensures perfect harmony De
tween The pnrties. The spo, is somewhat
celebrated in lhe chronicles ofthc old vars
being one of the chief passes through
- wSsch the once hostile French and Indians
made their bloody incursion mo the col"
mics. The town was then called Sk'nes'
borough. It's Indian name was kah-cho'
al..nah-.ihe dip fish, place, at the fails
down which the Wood Creek rusbes into
y ihe head Of the lake.
i Tmbarking on board of Captain sherman
Il paragon of steamboats,, we commenced the
voyage of the lake which bears the name
of It's illustrous dscoverer, the founder o,
uebec, aud of the French power ip
erica. II was for many miles some
.dt of puzzle how we were to push our
ay through the narrow deiies OF the
qplans, which were piled up IN every
X } y of rugged grandeur. and stood
II Sng a, our approach in every dlrec
ton. But Captain Sherman carried us
safely through, although we were at times
shooting along so near the base OF the
-mount aims that fragments from their rocky
crests might have tumbled upon the deck
On ,het Vernon; side, especially, at some
noip,s.,he rocks rose up to a great height
like the mason work of gian's. The thought
ACQUIRED TO us that perhaps Ethan Ale"
IS his men piled up this mighty but'reSs
.,o,ect the New Hampshire Grants from
New York, and Governor Tryon. No"
and then there were openings among the