Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-07-09
JAY PEAK DESCRIBED
Booklet, "The Green Mountains of
Vermont" Tells of Local Scenery.

The Vermont Publicity Bureau, un-
der direction of the secretary of state
has issued another handsome booklet,
in which the mountains, of the state
are exploited in word and picture.
The book is handsome one contain
ing rs pages and SO pictures of Yer
mont mountain scenery, and is for
free distribution to those persons in
terested in the state by addressing the
secretary of state, Harry A. Black, at
Montpelier.
The section of the book speaking of
the scenery in this part of the state
reads as follows:
'The most conspicuous mountain in
northern Vermont is Jay peak which
may be seen from a considerable por-
ton of northern Vermont and from
southern Quebec. 1t is situated in
two counties, Orleans and Franklin;
and four towns, Montgomery, Jay,
Richford and Westfeld, meet near it's
summit. The town of Jay, named in
honor of a distinguished statesman,
John Jay, has given it's name to the
mountain. It's altitude is 1861 feet,
and it's location six miles south of the
Canadian border. The view from the
summit of Jay peak is magnificent
and is one of the most extensive to
be found in eastern America. Owing
to the comparatively level area of the
eastern part of Canada, on a clear
day one may see the Montreal and
Ottawa valleys, the highest Canadian
peaks of the East, the mountains be-
yond the ST. Lawrence, the mountains
around the headwaters of the Con-
necticut river, the Chaudiere and An
droscoggin valleys, the Presidential
range of the White Mountains, the
northern Green Mountain peaks, al
most the entire length of Lake Cham
plain with the Adirondacks beyond,
the Richelieu river from the point
where it receives the waters of Lake
Champlain until it empties into the
st. Lawrence, Lakes Willoughby and
NJ Memphremagog, and a great number
of lakes, rivers and villages.
"The region extending south from
Jay peak to Mount Mansfield is a
mountainous country. Norris noun
tain in Eden is rocky and jagged ell
ovation. Belvidere mountain, partly
in Eden and partly in Belvidere, con-
tains important asbestos deposits and
from its summit extensive views of
Lake Champlain and the White Noun
tains are afforded.
''The Hogback range, so-called, a
part of the Green Mountain system,
extends through the towns of Elmore
and Worcester Mt. Hunger is part
ly in Worcester and partly in Middle
sex Much of the famous Woodbury.
granite is quarried from Robson
mountain in Woodbury..
''There are several commanding
mountains in Essex county, some of
them near the Connecticut river. Mon
adnoc mountain in Lexington, 3,025
feet high and a mass of granite, af-
fords a magnificent view up and down
the Connecticut valley with the White
Mountains forming an impressive
background. 1t has been said that
from the summit of Byron mountain
in Maidstone, the windings of the
Connecticut seem to spell the word
Union. Notch mountain in Bruins
wick is 2240 feet in height.
'The town of Victory literally is
'girt round with rugged mountains ,
These include Mount Tug and Miles
mountain on the eastern and south
eastern borders; Round mountain in
the northern part on the line between
CRANKY and Victory; Kirby mountain
on the southwestern border, partly in
Kirby; and Burke mountain, partly in
Burke on the western border. A few
miles west of the Connecticut river,
the Vermont hills attain a consider
able altitude and afford wonderful
views of the White Mountain range,
and the broad river valley in the fore
ground"