St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-11-01
Correspondence.
THROUGH TWO LAKES.
Description of ST. Johnsbury Boys
Trip to New York.

Having heard much OF the beauties
of Lake Cha mplain, Lake George
and the Hudson river, l decided up
on this route from St. Johnsbury to
New York and Philadelphia. Think
ing description of this trip might
be interesting and encourage others
who love natures grandeur, to take
the same trip, l send this letter to
them through your columns.
The trip from St. Johnsbury to the
Queen City" of course, did not af-
ford much that was new to a Yer
monter. We left Burlington at $40
a. M, Sept. 27 in the steamer, Yer
mont, which is the largest Of the
magnificent side-wheel boat Of eleven
hundred and twenty-five ton capa
city, finely equipped and has fifty
six state rooms.
In 1909, before Hudson had dis
covered the Hudson river and be-
fore the Mayfower had landed at
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Champlain had been explored by
Samuel de Champlain. This great
lake has been the scene of many
fierce and bloody battles and the
many points passed on trip down
the lake are full OF historic remind
ers. Among them is Fort St.
Frederic situated on a neck of land
which the English call Crown Point.
The ruins of the old fortihcation can
still be seen and on the eastern part
is high tower which in 1771 was
described as having very thick and
substantial walls, proof against
bombshells."
At noon we reached the ruins of
Fort Ticonderoga, the fort which
Gen. Ethan Allen so summarily
captured, thus frustrating the plan
of the British to cut off the western
from the eastern colonies All the
way down the lake we have viewed
the ever-changing scenery of the
Ad1rondacks upon our right and the
Green mountains upon our left. AT
Fort T1cOnderOga we take the cars
Tor Baldwin which is at the head of
Lake George. rising over 24O feet in
the ride OF five miles. Here embark
ing on the steamer Horizon we find
ourselves brought at once into the
rr11HSt Of he AI1rnn6onlzC
into the midst OF scenery which has |
been pronounced by the traveller to |
be without a rival on the globe. |
True it is that the grandeur of the |
scenery, coupled with the historic in
terest which is attached to many of |
the points passed, furnished a sight |
for the eyes and food for the
memory, OF which one does not tire. |
The highest mountain, Black Mt,
stands 1889 feet above Lake George. |
From this mountain a most mag
ni1cent view of surrounding country
is obtained. We pass Hague, made
interesting by Cooper; Sabbath Day
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the English army over the Sabbath;
Assembly Point, where General
Amherst stopped with his army the
night before the attack in Fort Viii
liam Henry; Diamond Island, which
General Burgoyne made his depot
for supplies during the revolution.
al yUal1 of he % Oh
George is the terminus of the Ticon-
deroga branch OF the D. & H. c. R.
r. ana here we take the train for AL
bany where we take the day line
steamer down the Hudson.
The day line steamer New York is
a most elegantly equipped side
wheeled boat of 1850 tons capacity.
The great number of ice houses
which line the banks of the upper
Hudson makes the ice harvesting of
Vermont seem rather insignificant.
Between Hudson and Catsklll we
pass Rodgers Island, the scene of the
last battle between the Mohawks
and the Mohicans. Catskil is the
landing place from whence the Cats
kill Mt. r. r. takes one to the fine
t4Olels ol tue NalSklIl mountains.
Just below Catskill we get fine
view OF the reclining giant which is
made up 81 tour Or five peaks of the
Catskllls aided by the imagination
At noon, we pass under the POUCH
keepsle bridge, IAN enterprise second
only IN magnitude to the New York
and Brooklyn bridge" Fifteen miles
below Poughkeepsie we stop at
Newburgh where can be seen Wash
ington's headquarters from 1871
1873, an old building with tall
chimney and steep roof sloping al