The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26

taAes Two OF three houra Toronto 4
nait b be the most American city In
eastern Canada Il l. the port Of entry
TO the Temagami and MuskOka lakes
country, From IOrunto another line Of
steamers Operated by the Richolieu and
Ontario Navigation COMPANY runs 10
gharlOtte and thence 10 the ports OF the
Thousand Islands. The steamers on this
run are the Kingston and the Toronto
lake
Prom Youngstown direCtly 20 Charlotte
and the thousand Islands Il a new line
Of the hchelieu and Ontario NAVIGATION.
they put on this year tho new steamer
Rochester for American service. One
reason Tor starting the new line was that
according 10 the navigation laws OF the
United states a Canadian boat can't
take passengers from one American pOrt
% another. so In NE Old days paasen gers
from Rochester had 10 20 10 Kingston or
siananoque or ROckpoFf In the Thousand
Islands and there transfer % a little boat
which would take them % Alexandria
hay or one Of the other American reaOrts
Now al that n changed. You can set
Out from Youngstown or Charlotte In the
new American built steamer Rochester
and stop az Round Island. thousand
Island PARA or Alexandria Bay. The new
service by the new steamer 4 sure 10 be
generally used The Rochester h a twin
screw boat and exoellently itted up.
The trip down Lake Ontario toward the
thousand Islands u one Of the best fresh
water trips in the world II h a mighty
good complement 20 the trip down the
The Riohelieu boats reach Kingston
early In the morning The Canadians
call Kingston the HNndhurst Of Canada.
Il - the place where YOung Canadians get
military training. The Royal Military
College IL there and the EOrtihcatiOns.
some o. them dating from the time 81 the
French and Indian wars. when Kingston
was called FrnntenAc, are visible 10 the
eastward % the entrance 90 the Rideau
Canal AZ you enter the harbor
Kingston II az the entrance % the 81
Lawrence River and the steamer enters
the river ~ soon a. Il leaves the city
The first island q any degree q magni-
tude ID Wolf Island ID n the biggest
island Of all the thousand Islands II
tanks the steamer most q the way to
Clayton.
Clayton 10 the place who're the New
York Central touches the thousand
Islands. II you 60 directly from New
York 10 the islands you 90 by way q Clay
ton over the trucks q the New York
Central u n a quick way of getting
there. and a good many New Workers
who have families summerinR on the So
Lawrence leave town Friday night. reach
Clayton early Saturday morning and have
two days on the river before they have 20
return n the city It's an easy trip and
only takes the time between dinner and
breakfast.
Clayton h one 81 the points at which
you may change 20 tho smaller river
steamers which take you IN and around
the islands. There are a good many good
boats. some Of them converted yachts
which take the traveller on the so-called
Fifty Mile Ramhle among the Islands.
Round Island. with its hotel. the FrOnte-
nae. IL q short distance below CLAYTON.
II h one of the newer and one Of the top
notch summer resorts on the ~. Law
renoe Il il under the same manage
ment AZ the Hotel Bon Air AZ Augusta.
Ga The big boats u the Ricbelieu line
st0p az the Frontsnac
About six miles below Round Island
Il thousand Island Park a central resort
% the islands The hotel Il the Column
bian and opposite Il Is the new Wellesley.
Il Is one % the most pOpulOus resorts
along the 81 Lawrence II used - be
a plane for UNCONVENTIONAL church gather
ings. hut now u has taken on the broader
ASPECT u a Chautauqua.
Thousand Island Park IL the place /
you get ~ n " YOU want N 20 tO some |
OF the resorts on the Canadian shOre 1
scall river steamer takes YOU - Grand /
View Park on another corner ~ wellesley /
Island. and there you are met bv q launch |
which takes you o. Shipman'a. on the /
Canadian sho-e. or else vou Just climb 4
into a rowboat and paddle yourself the /
six miles - tho Canadian mainland i
hann u nafawAa
still retains a good deal Of the original i
aspect and there are plaoes, a. for in
stance along the shores q Look Island
and in the lost Channel. where you might \
almost think yourself In TemaRami
Tie American shore and Islands from
Thousand Island Park n Alexandria
Bav and below arr built up with the river
homes II wealthy Americans a good
many 81 them New Workers
Alexandria Bav iS the famous plaoe u
he thousand Islands WHERE your grand
lathers and grandmothers used % go.
] he hotelH have kept abreast N the times
Park IN reached by a little
steamer which travels back and forth
letween IL and Alexandria Bav
The Bays. as the Thousand Islanders
all n. h toward the northeastern end
4 the island region. Vet below II are
Iome of the prettiest places on the river
The 81. lawrencs narroWs 20 that you
an look from mainland n main land.
Rockville h No the extremity Of the
Islands. II IL On the Canadian
hore. 90 the main line q the Grand
trunk Railway and on a branch q the
'anadian Pacific. Il is al-o One II the
means Il ingress % the Rideau lakes.
Kingston is the place At which you 20
INTO the Rdeau country II you attack Il
rom the western end The Rideau lakes
long the line % the Rideau ship canal
,etWeen Kingston and Ottawa. h the
lace % which a good many Americans
10 who want wilder country and a
Iuieter time than they get In the thousand
stands.
AZ Prescott. which Is across the g.
awrence from ORdensburg. v. T.. you
hange from the big lake steamer % the
mailer boat II the Richelieu line. which
axes you through the rapids 81 the 81.
awrence The two steamers the Rapids ,
ling and the Rapids Queen shoot the
rapids Of the 81. Lawrence
With as much assurance a. an Indian
axes his canoe down u patch Of swift
rater In the north: and they say that
L's just about ~ much fun Tor the pas
enger.
Montreal is not far from the foot Of the
apids Il u there that you change 10
ne DIX UutA~ VI Wv taNAFhNA INV Ut ~"
rip down the broad waters toward Tadou-
&C. SOrel. Three Rivers. Batiscan and
nally Quebec. The steamer leaves Mont
eal az I in the evening and takes thirteen
ours 20 make the run % Quebec.
n YOU want 10 look NJ the two great
anadian cities you can got n stop over /
nd STAY az ~ good hotels a. there are
n this continent Both cities are about
> Interesting 10 the American traveller
; any hs IL apt 10 find on this side Of the
'ater Quebec n said 10 he the only ,
allied city north of Mexico. and thu
irforioai aaHOciatiOna Of Il don't need 20