The sun., 1903-05-10
BEAUTIES OF TIE WATER GAP
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS
MANY ATTRACTIONS.

Here the Summer NSsNVr T""s ssoJ~'e
natsng Air. Beautiful, Scenery ana
Excellent Trout streams-Nature at
Her Best--Accessible From New York
DELAWARE WATER GAP. Pa. May o.
Year by year the charms OF the country
have attracted thousands OF new visitors
to eastern Pennsylvania, but the unusual
activity noticeable now, in preparation for
the summer visitors, makes 1t certain that
last years great summer record Will be
broken at the Pennsylvania resorts 70
which Water Gap Is the gateway.
Lying almost due west OF New YORK
city and the coast, only two hours and
half ride In the flyers which leave Hoboken
twice daily during the season, the Water
Gap region is justly entitled to be known
as Greater New York's ideal summer
retreat" Nature has bestowed nearly
all her forms OF beauty upon eastern Penn
sylvania-a varied and complete collection
Here is the heaping Of crag upon crae
In awe inspiring grandeur. Here Is the
woodland quiet, the sleep-giving, nerve
resting, pine -sweetened air: the rushing
sparkling trout streams awaiting to COM
bat the wiles Of the fisherman; here the wild
glens, where brooks dash turbulently
down rocky gorges, tumbling hundreds OF
feet over precipioes like miniature Niagaras.
Just beyond the Delaware River gateway
to the Blue Ridge Mountain ranges is Della
ware Water Gap station, from which Wis
itors reach the no otels and summer resorts
of the region. From the time when the
soft red light Of spring sunrisn in the
forest tempts the visitor from pleasant
couch to the autumn nights when har-
vest moon bathes the region in marvellous
whiteness, the region is charming. the
faint green of the newly started buds, the
drumming Of the partrdges. the regal
profuson of rhododendrons in summer
the yellow masses Of golden-rod in autumn.
and the superb coloring Of mountain fol-
iage in fall, cannot but inspire in one a
love of nature.
Within easy distance from the Gap il
the fisherman's paradise. A few minutes
trip on a ferryboat to the Jersey shore
and walk of 900 feet take one TO trout
stream which is unequalled Here the
fisherman may wade the brook from source
to mouth and return with heavy creel
For the less active visitor, satisfied with
gladdening and feasting his sight on the
beauties OF the region. are delig hts which
months cannot exhaust. Eureka Creek
glides down glen in wild cascades. Mount
Minsi, guarding the Pennsylvania shore.
and rising l,4oo feet above the waters ,,,S O.
the spot selected by the beautiful Indian
princess for her fatal leap. commands a
superb valley vista. Scores OF grottos,
glens, coves, submits and romantic noun
tain recesses all offer their charms.
Above, Water Gap, Delaware station station
all offer inducements to the tourist and
Stroudsburg ia the station from which
most OF the Delaware Valley summer,
places may be reached, comprising Bushkill,
Forest Park. Dingmans Ferry, Marshall's g
Oak Grove, Marshall's Creek and Craig g
Meadows To the north rise the Poconos,
and to the south are the Blue Ridge Noun
tains. The main highway, almost entirely
macadainized, leads from Stroudsburg to
Port Jervis. forty miles away, and IL perfect
round.
A few days journey along this road brings
one to the beauty spots OF the Delaware
region already mentioned. Thirty min
utes' trip above Bushkill is Forest Park,
wonderland Of natures widest beauty.
with Deer and Forest lakes within its limits,
all equipped with sailboats, rowboats and
launches. Forty bathing houses fringe
the white sloping sandy beach Of Forest
Lake. Twelve miles from Bushkill is Ding
mans Ferry. with its two beautiful water
falls.
The Pocono Mountains, extending north
east and southwest a distance of thirty
miles, present an elevated plateau ten miles
in width. Mount Pocono is 1000 feet high.
1t is higher than the Catskills, while nothing
east of the Rockies exCels ii In grandeur.
From the veraldas of the hotels is an
uninterrupted sweep OF vision for sixty
miles, with the Catskills a. the northern
limit.
Among the stations from which the re-
sorts of the Pocono Mountains may be
reached are Mount Pocono, Henryville.
Cresco, Pocono Summit, Tobyhanna,
Gouldsboro and Spraguevlle.
Within a dozen miles Of Mount Pocono
are Paradise Valley Pocono Knob, Echo
Lake, Lehigh Falls, Sullivan Springs, Tun-
mel Knob Buckhl Falls and Red Race
Glen.
Henryville station gives access to region
where Nature has undisputed sway. Here
are the famous trout streams East and West
Branch Brodhead, Cranberry, Heller, Para
disc and Devils Hole
.. Cresco Is the station for Paradise VAL
densis, Llama. South Sterling, Promised
Land, Bright Creek Park and Eastern
Anglers Park. This region abounds In
sparkling streams and numerous falls,
among them Buckhill, Lockards, Levers,
Rhododendron and Spruce Cabin.
Pocono Summit. Spragueville, Tobyhanna
and Goudsboro are centres of the wonder
full Monroe county trout region, embrace
ing the T,nkhannock, Tobyhanna. Paradise
Creek, Saw Brook Porter's Lake, the Prom
ised Land. the Buckhll, and dozen other
trout streams. During, the season, from
April IS to July 81, all Of these streams
yield profitable results.
All these Pennsylvania resorts are reat he'd
in less than four hours from New York
by trains which make no stop east OF Della
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