New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

| - 0r-the larger lakes there is splendid
| opportunity for motor boating. Races
are held on a good many Of them, and
! the courses have been pronounced ideal
! by the enthusiasts who have tried them.
/ Rowing and canoeing help to while away
! the vacations of thousands every year.
There is the graceful guide boat for him
who is at home in and on the water. re-
/ quiring the utmost skill and dexterity in
! its management, while for others. less
skilful. timid perhaps, particularly for
women and children the st. Lawrence
skiffs that are to be found on every lake
! provide safe means Of lolling about on
! the water
/ Canoes are to be found at all the lake
hotels in great variety and abundance,
and the prices charged for boats and
canoes by the week. the month or tn :
: season are by no means exorbitant.
There are several gateways or avenues
of approach through which tourists
travelling either by rail or by motor
car. or, as some have preferred to do. on
foot or by boat. may reach the heart of
the Adirondack country. From the
/ Spulu Two ldllIC CdUS, tIlt DeldNd q
Hudson and the Adirondack division of
7 the New York Central. push up into the
mountains. The Delaware & Hudson
line enters at Westport. a pretty little
village on the picturesque shores of
Westport Bay, and. picking its way
along the rockbound western shore of
Lake Champlain. at Bluff Point, few
oF Ia
to the west and south.
The Central lines, bearing due west
from Troy and Albany, take a sharp
northern turn at Utica, and at Old
Forge and Fulton Chain plunge into the
Adirondack country and straight on
along its western edge to Malone and
Montreal. At Lake Clear Junction q
branch road bears sharply to the east to
Lake Placid where it meets the Della
ware &. Hudson road. Here, in the cen
ire of the Adirondacks. the two railroads
entering the mountains terminate
Many Routes for the Motorst.
Tourists to the Adirondacks by auto
mobile have a number of different routes
from which to select. one that has
proved very popular bears to the west
ward from Saratoga and passes through
the pretty SChroon Lake country 10
Keene Centre and Upper Jay, and on 10
Au Sable Forks From this point the
trip further north is continued by fol-
lowing the Au Sable River road east
to Feeseville and then paralleling the
western shore of Lake Champlain to
Plattsburg.
Most oI the motor tourists. out to see
the beauties of the Adirondacks. follow
the west branch Of the Au Sable River
southwest from Au Sable Forks, down
through beautiful Wilmington Notch to
Lake Placid. and. after making trips to
the camp colonies ON the Upper Saranac
and ST. Regis chain of lakes, to the
Lower Saranac with its charming ISL
ands and thriving villages near by. vary
the return trip by leaving the noun
tains over the Cascade Lakes route.
leading through some Of the most strlk-
ingly picture sque of the whole AdirOn-
dack country to Pleasant VALLEY and
Enzabethtown. and on over fine
stretch of macadam road TO Westport,
on the shore of Lake Champiain.
Enthusiastic canoeists find pleasure in
making their entry into the mountains
by way OF a chain Of waterways inter
spe1sed with carries" some short and
some long, but all leading through a de-
nghtful country. one such route takes
the traveller through the Fulton chain