Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-08-26
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with the Cult of Georgia., the more am
1 impressed with the belief that they are
to play an.important'' part in thcshistory
OF Puget. Sound, and have smany adyan-
tagcs calculated to make them famous,
only one Of. which. i viii. mcntion.at tins
time. allude to.thc probability of their
becoming the future watering places or
summer resorts ,ofJthe northwest coast.
When the cities OF. the Sounds,shail have
| put on metropolitan airs-andssome OF
them begin to show the symptoms, and
have no doubt Sgot 1.-THE dcnizcns
thereof must needs have place where
they can steal awhile away" from the
cares and turmoils of city. life, and recu-
perato among the quiet and beautiful
scenes Of nature. This is as it should be,
and nature seems sto have designed the
islands of the lower Sound for just such
IA purpose. Probably no other place in
the world possesses SO many attractions,
and so varied. The islands themselves,
with their immediate Surroundings and
picturesque scenery, would be considered
amplcztori allspu4poscs lssuch a resort.
But, in .addition, we have the grandest
distant mountain fscenery in the world,
with intermediate views that leave noth>
ing to be desired. Beside their own Pc
culiar charms, they have all. theS attruc-
tons of the thousand islands in the ST.
Lawrence river, Lake George in New
YORK, the mountain scenery OF New Eng
land, Lake Tahoe in California, and had
almost said Yosemite, besides ali the sea-
side attractions, if we except perhaps the
big breakers.
Healthfulness should be the first object
sought for in the selection of resort Of
this kind, and the islands possess this in
an eminent degree Laved US their shores
arc twice each day by the pure waters of
| old ocean, and the cool sea brcczes suck.
in through the different. passages, makes
the air not only healthful and invieorat-
ing, but one of the most delightful eli
mates to be found any where. Sources OF
| pleasure and of recreation are the
next things to be taken into account, and
here we have justSwhat.is going to make
the islands famous rs summer resort.
In the way of boating they stand at the
head of the list Indeed nothing could
be imagined more deli ght!ul. than a cruise
around among the islands, passing long
stretches OF sand and gravel beaches,
where you land, if YOU choose, and gather
beautiful sea shells, gates and sea moss :;
passing bold headlands, with their ever
| green timber reaching to the summit, the
deep green relieved by open patches Of
moss covered rocks, the warm red and vel,
low tints al thesmoss forming beautiful
contrast in picture an artist could not
help but admire. Then again you ap-
proach high, towering rocks so close with
your boat that you can reach out your
hand and touch them, often overhanging
hundreds of feet above you; while below
you look down into the clear waters OF
the Sound, fifty feet or more. and see star
fish and marine vegetation cinging to the
rocks. And so on, the scene changing at
every turn, Ikea movingspanorama, with
the Cascade or Coast range constantly in
sight. IF you wish to climb mountain,
you have them at your very door. Mt
Constitution, on Orcas Island, and Mt
Erie, on FidalgosIsand, with their beau
tiful fresh water lakes nesting close
around them, from the summit of which
you have the whole lower Sound country
spread out before you like map, includ~
ing the Straits of Fuca and Gull of Gcor-
gia, with peep out through the straits
ut the ocean, where with glass on clear
day, ships can be seen far out at sea-
Turning to the east you have view of
the Cascade range for a hundred miles
each way, with its many celebrated snow
peaks and other grand and rugged scen-
cry for which they are so noted.
It is impossible in o communication like
this to notice half the attractions of the
place. hope a more able pen than mine
will take the subject up. and 40 it JUS
tice. In conclusion | will say the islands
want but ore thing to make them all that
could he desired, and that is. suitable ac-
Communications .or the crowds of health
seekers and sight seers that are bound to
flock to Puget Sound every year. We
already have many visitors from abroad.