Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-11-08
CROCKETT ON sLAKE
REGION OF VERMONT" :"
Says One of the Important Hotels of
New England Should Be on
Willoughby. State VIII
Issue Book
Editor Monitor:

Editor Monitor:
In accordance with your sugges- |
tion [ will give you a brief descrip-
ton of trip which I took through
northeastern Vermont recently in or
der to secure material and photo
graphs for a book which the state
publicity bureau proposes to publish,
describing the lake region of north
eastern Vermont.
The party consisted of Miss Kath-
crime Bingham, stenographer, and
her father, C. C. Bingham, of st.
Johnsbury, chauffeur, and myself.
Leaving ST. Johnsbury on the
morning of Thursday, Oct. 5, we pro-
ceeded directly north through Lyn-
don, making a slight detour to view
the beautiful place of Theodore n.
Vail, and thence on through Burke
and Sutton to Willoughby lake and
Westmore It would be like Garry
ing Goals to Newcastle" to attempt to
tell readers of your paper anything
new about the beauties of Lake VIII
loughby. This lake was never more
beautiful or impressive than in it's
| autumnal forest setting on this day.
It seems to me, as it has to many
others, that somewhere around this
| portant summer hotels OF New En-
| gland. Surely one would have to
travel far to find a scene more beau
tiful, and in these days Of aut0mo-
biles a distance Of a few miles from
railroad station ought not to prohib-
| it the erection Of such a hotel.
From Willoughby lake we proceed
ed to Crystal lake in Barton. The
scene from the northern end of this
body of water, looking down the full
| length of the lake, is one that re
! quires an abundant supply of adjec-
| tives for description and [ found that
very early in this tour my supply Of
| adjectives became exhausted.
From Barton we proceeded north
ward through Irasburg and Coventry,
taking the route on the eastern shore
of South bay, an extension Of Lake
Memphremagog. It was just after
sunset, and that night there was a
wonderful afterglow which tinted the
waters almost a blood red, giving a
striking effect to the scene, but un-
fortunately one that could not be
| photographed.
From Newport we proceeded the
| next morning to a point above West
Derby, where a particularly fine view
of Lake Memphremagog may be OBJ
| tanned. Proceeding from there
to Salem pond, a particularly good
view of which is obtained just after
passing through a picturesque forest
| glade, and from Salem pond we mo-
tored through West Charleston,
passed a power plant where there
| was a pretty waterfall, and over the
hills Of Morgan to Seymour lake.
| This lake is not as well known as it
| deserves. It is one of the larger
! lakes of Vermont, excluding Cham
! plain and Memphremagog, being
about four miles long and nearly
two miles wide It's shape is said to
resemble, in rather a crude fashion,
that of mans boot. 1t is fed by
numerous springs and it's waters are
pure and cold. 1t is said that this
lake does not freeze as soon as other
bodies of water in the vicinity.
There are large areas of maple for
ests in the town of Morgan, and no
ordinary vocabulary will do justice
to the autumnal foliageat this season
of the year. [ have seen many glori-
Gus views of this kind, but | think !
never saw such wonderful scarlets
and crimsons and golden yellows as ]
saw on this trip. The colors were SO
vivid that one would not believe that
forest leaves could be painted in such
rich colors by nature unless he saw
them with his own eyes. These bril-
liant colors mingled with the dark
evergreens, made a scene long to be
remembered, while in the far distance
stretched away the great mountain
ranges with their softer colors like
the rich hues of a beautiful Persian
rug, or costly tapestry.
IL only color photography had been
perfected so that these gorgeous col
ors could be presented to the eye by
means of the camera, then Vermont
could not contain the number of peo-
pie who would desire to see the Green
Mountain state in it's autumnal glory
One wishes that the people of the
great cities might be more familiar
with what Vermont has to offer at
this season of the year.
From Morgan we proceeded direct
ly to Island Pond, where there is a
charming pond containing a pictur-
esque island which gives it's name to
the village.
From here our trip took us through
an unsettled portion of Essex county
where an excellent road passes
Ferdinand into Brunswick. Only a
few lumber camps are to be found in
Ferdinand. The approach to the
Connecticut valley, with the White
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