The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-27
WHEELING To
OUEBEC|ST TRIP
Of REAL BEAUTY
HIGHLY INTERESTING SKETCH OF
A SPLE NDID AUTOMOBILE
USAND-M11E
TRIP OVER SPLENDID
HIGHWAYS
Route Through Scenery Of surprising
Interest and Beauty DESCRIBED
BY D. Walter Bell.

W-hocIingitcs who desire 1t vacation
trim via autunoHL"--onc Of rare inter
est and hvauty--wouid do well I" read
III" following very interesting u'S t.r,,,
ton Of IN" route and scenery from
Wheeling to Quebec a. described ~ -
Walter licll:
Editor Int"lligcuC"r.
; In View OF the difficulty Of obtaining
accurate information regarding motor
Ing conditions. AN account OF IN" k'''uS
Of roads and Of circumstances |" no
encountered over II line r"Ui" Last may
h.. Of interest TO tn" m"lorISt CvH'c'-
plating a tour in this direction;
Such II route leads through NaShln6,
ton Ia. To Tniontown aud Cumberland
in its initial stages and WIN thr ~
tween Washington and tnl"ntHWn'
where Their, are pothol"s, Is excellent.
Rcyund Tniunt0wn. where th" noun
talnS begin. and over them 10 NuIi'rI-
land the roadway is superb, ana so
continues 10 Hancock, Md, ana ON 10
Uuyrtt a small town 4 few miles west
IF IrarrrStnwn. wh"rc the turn IS
mad" for ,'hamhor%hurE. ShlppcnSpurE'
Carlisle and Harrisburg. IA. W me lhc
scenery is rarely n"AwttHL hct"cyn
' I'niontown and Cumberland, there are
points Of vantage between the Iallrr
. city and Hancock wh'r' more arc
. broad and ample" Nista9 and IN" mo-
tcrist must dchark To do justice" t0I
scenes Of cal maEu1iiCcncr. After lcaF-
3 ing Hancock tho tourist traNerses one
Of the loVcliCSt agricultural regions 10
. h, found anywhere; tho ground. ron
fertile and gently un0ul2tinH., The
. fortunate ones who reside there i've III
big houses of solid brick WITH Iapa-
! Cious barns substantially built OF brick
J or stone and bursting Win TatneSs
B This beautiful country extends across
PENNSYLVANIA 10 Harrisburg and away
! beyond towards pottsvillc. and :"
: feast for the eye.
! From Harrisburg TO IN" hudson ana
the Ad!rondacks the best route is via
! the towns Of Pembroke. Progress.
| SInglestown. Joncstown: lnwGCod ana
! Schuylknl Haven TO fottsyI!ir. and
/ from there to Middlcpnrt Tuscarora
'Tamaqua and Mauch Chaunk. whore
! rho motorist winds down through the
! tOrtuous and quantity ancient looking
main street TO it's foot. most interest
: ing town. At TamhIGa th"re Is al
nrCsent dptour. TO lind which requires
! careful questioning, and on which tho
! roadway Is rough Mt first. especially IN
! wet weather but which Improves stead
lily as one proceeds. SnsSlns 'hrousm
| mountain forests of exquisite beauty
and charm. and emerging upon the
| sides Of extensive valleys which please
! the eye with extensive vlstAS or beauty
! unexcrl!ed. This road is foIIoWed 70
Stroudsburg In the Justly celebrated
/ Pocano Mountain section. the objective
! and playground Of many wealthy
! Gothamitc. From here, run or Few
miles brings one TO the Delaware
: water Cap, A place well worth the sec
! ing. but which not al all surpasses the
! scenery to which on" has h"com- &C
/ custonied who has been travcrsng this
, truly regal highway.
! From here n return is made TO East
/ Stroudshurg. where tho Ruskill road is
! followed directly 70 Port JcrNis, and on
/ through tho Kaiskills to Kingston, y.
! T. on the Hudson. Al OF TINS section
is through tho mountains ana as the
lNaf- 81
! grades Of any moment all thr way from
; Harrisburg to Kingston. From there
, the road continues along tn" west hank
Of the Hudson; the c% %n,3 ,,5s Tno' y
reached Schenectady. Glcnns Fails
and Saratoga Springs all In IN" NaI!"E
Of the upper Hudson. are next FOR
! some distance north OF Saratoga Spr'nEs
! tho country Is level and poor In quail
! ny. a run rather devoid OF interest Tor
, an hour or so. but soon the town ~
Z lake George at tho foot Of the lax" or
, IN" sam" name. region 81 o. ,rIH. I''"H
| The town Of Lake George Is the
! Gateway TO the Adirondacks. Starting
from there. the route TO ll9t'Shurs az
, fords A succession OF exquisite pictures,
, n continuing panorama "t ROADSIDE
beauty; Of mountain views and Nlsths
and sleeps: Of picturesque brooks and
: Streamlets: OF messy rocks ana pIHCrtuI
! meadows. Truly the road thH"ug F,I1
Kecsv!llr 70 rlattsourg Is one OF de-
llEhtful variety, whose attractiErncSS
: never for moment wan"S. from
Ilattshurg to Rouses Point and Mon
+ trcal. the run ~ short and with no IN
usual features until the lordly ST. Law,
renee comes into view. and IN" famed
I Victoria bridge with the b"auiituI
! vision OF Montreal beyond nesting
against the mountains: scene we'll
! From Montreal to Quebec li"s the
; main highway along the north bank or
: the St. Lawrence: good and well dc.
fined; almost level. winding ard dotted
with quaint French Canadian hamIrtS
md ,llages: commanding views of tn"
! SnlNi I'D stream; on" hundred ana
eighty miles Of novelty and attractive
meas.
Such is this route from Wheeling t"
: Quebec practically al the way over
! Arst-class maca dam asphalt and mo
! wonder Is that such r highway has
! been constructed even into IN" FAST
| nrSscs of the mountains. Every milo
| Of i is highl" scenic. One needs not
! u GO to California for scenery, for in
/ all tho Golden state" there is nothing
| 70 compare with It.
| Very truly.
u. WALTER BELL.