The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-27
|0N'THE ST. LAWRENCE
THE GREAT DIVIDING STREAM
between tho United States md CnnalH-Thc
Beautiful Scenery Along tho Banks Of
Tint Hiver-"shuoting the Ilnpi,is."
How II Is Done Notes Of Travel. I.
Correspondence ottAe Intelligence

4 S"'SPVhueHce % Me IHfHyeHctF, 5'.s- i -
Is MONTREAL, August 90. = This Is tn
:, height. of the st. Lawrence river season
y The numerous pretty cottages and hotel
c which line the shores and Islands are no,
h full to Overlooking and the river is ga,
! with steam and sailing yachts and al
$ kinds Of pleasure craft with their gail,
y dressed people and bright bunting. Z
]. Although all parts Of the "Grcat River,
/, rs the Indians knew It, have their nd
: mircrs and frcQucnters, the great point d
attraction Is, OF course, tho thousand
Islands md the region round about. Every
Tuesday. II boat leaves Ogdcnsburg and
going up by the. American channel and
! down BY the Canadian, makes the trip ,oi
: l24 miles up to Thousand Island Park aud
back by daylight, aifordingtan excellent
on both shores in that direction. "a ,.sT
The first thing that is noticed by tho st.
Lawrence traveller Is the peculiar color Of
the water--a green OF II peculiar slAlc. It
is not the common sen green, for that
lacks the wonderful gloss and trlnspa,.
ency ofthis; neither Is it olive green; and,
in addition, it is said by artists to be a
color impossible 70 transfer to canvas with
any degree OF exactness. However thut
may be 1t is certainly very beautiful in its
natural state, and forms II perfect mirror
for rejecting the green banks and islands
After stcaning about twenty-five miles
we reached the frs, Of the islands, few in
number there, but gradually increasing
until, MS we slowly follow the winding
ubout ia he stonncI = imost "vnrv ouo au.",i ~
these islands nre occunird IL M oi'v iw " -
I.buildine. then temnor,,rIly bv somo me- ~ mn' :"
inc parlv .bcnt on having rood >G t;mp
Nnnv Of tlrsu latter nrr nj col,os,n vt,,Inmt.
who oiyc ,s % ,I,",r I;ti%rcnt isxo,i," I;,i,' -
answer to our whistIe INV nre,t,. onI
attractive thn LnmscS ,ro toa - : ~ "',1 ",i
slancs nnd kin,ls nnl no;nt"i in IN ,i,a ~,
brightest colors yct withont % stho." a,.;I NY
dcnccs OF the ",i,;gcrbrea,l" nrch;tec,ur,, te ,n
which so thoroughly mars mnnv nj onr
finest landscapes. On every dwelling, boat
l'o.'se al'n !'lcht iloa1S IN ensign bearing
while in many rnsrs nmi.r"o,th @ m T|''.l,eu, ,he.,,
floats Blaine and I.ogall strcomer, II is
Remarkable fact that while we saw dozens
., ,at t'ese .:,e III Inc coTse OF me day we did
many Of the h6ats ,..S unJ hnr@cs c~ c~e, ,.Ds U,l
ing IN and down the river, there would
bea Blaine and Logan flag at the mast,
head, but Cleveland anil Hendricks did
not appear to be SO popular. -.
Ai'cr going through many miles OF this
ever changing pcnor,ma Alexandria I;ay,
the Capital Of the Islands, with its,won-
deriu! view OF tho, rlycr for twenty miles
IN either direction, was reached. The in.
tcresting localities in its. ncighborhood are
many. Chief among them, perhaps, is
'Bonnicastlc," the famous cottage OF Dr.
Holland, situated on Il commanding posi-
ton opposite the bay. We were told that
the gr.at hotel had not been well filed as
yet t'iis season, owing to the GOODNESS of
tho. weather; yet the bay alive with boats
and the beach thpeople, seemed pretty
good evidence to The contrary.
THOUSAND ISLAND pAuk.
About an honr,s r;do ,hov. A 1.y,,,,,;
Ia. :, T,,a,a,,, H., M -. d., IN'',''''' ~,
o''s 10 ii'o''s''noS lsi''lla larK, where We
wcregiven q chance fora closer survey OF
things BY n rumble ashore, Quite n small
city Is snrin.;no IN i orc will, ;ts l,r.oLo
81, 7 ~ ~. : w. ''s '''se ~
'e'' pos'ol'iee ana cottages. iven the
skating rink is prcscntinall its glory, anl,
provided the room holds out. we s,,nnoso
,h;s 10 ,ro,tw ,,nad ,,.,o; =, ~ .ulI.'H'
nonniot,on se''N. N.l7 f''ot " 7. t"e slowing
rUi' rr,i'E" r",mr, t,o,,,, ,,ono a.,
,rrororn c,,,,,I;n' Is ,.i,.u ',o , u'e ies l'ic-
icss rniovahn ond wo o ,rr;y ye MIs - I,S,ane Got
hurr nj ;fort, Win No ;,ln, th,t ,I,e NJ.
cents rhara".j i.,n a. ,IaT % III" , ,,s ,I,e ni}
hnrllt he cons;JnrcI M u n% or,;on @ t"'' '1 s''H'o
;t;,,o cno,,'I .vI =, ,nins',.. eH,oaao.'' =,
in ihe thr;yiua i;ttio II ] ";t,. ~ r ~ oe seen
or nven nj ia "rn;rt clJ ~, 'e,fisp"ls' ~ m
cott. lust ucross m thc Can"l;an NJ !. ;ia-
witt, ;ts fint.roofnI Il I;o,s.,S' ,t ",,I sa''e,
streets, and this little town WAS uuicklv dis.
posed OF. Acco!th!ngly:it was decided to
dr G".le Ivy ,o, 1uf not;,ce on Montreal nsxt
several active scts II r;,p,ls az I'Ivoi IL"
lending Jest to our expectations. Nor
were we disappointed, 1t is certainly, by
t' ny 'eiis'ej ins ei Ny "l making the
living tic American and III" 10 ot,nnr, I",, 1he the
British flag. The boats Of both lines are
large and swift, while the competition
makes the fare reasonable, In the matter
Of meals, though, they will not compare at
all with your Ohio river lines. However,
us it was reported that passengers we're
simply expected to exist until Montreal
was reached, is perhaps unfair to criti-
else them too harsLly. 81 i.llsIg
For the first third OF the way, as far as
!Dickinson's Landing, it is plain enough
sailing, but these preparations ur, berlin
for The rapids to come by change to n
smaller boat; Not but what there is suli.
cicnt water in the, channels Of the differ.
ent rapids /, to allow he large boats to 90
over, but because the canals built around
the rapids are not Mrgp enough to admit Of
their return passage, -.
T,r p,p,Ds sJ.-t,
,v,ono,.o, - ',s.s,...' ~ ~. ~. =
hele'e'; '',N's one 'e''rs 1llc rapids OF tho
| st. Lawrence spoken OF il Ia general. thc