Milford chronicle., 1921-10-07
MOTORING TO MONTREAL AND
QUEBEC

0 Nearly six hundred miles of hard
t surfaced road is. at the disposal o
. the motorist headed to Quebec from
: New York and scenery all the way o
= the finest. There is the beautiful Hud
son Valley for one hundred and fift!
t miles, with many views of the Cats
kills, then the foothills of the AdirOn
dacks and through Saratoga to tht
shores of Lake George, then SchrOOI
, Lake and Lake Champlain, and NORTH
to-Montreal, and then the Ridge Route
overlooking the st. Lawrence River
to Quebec. The present is a delight
full time of the year to make this trip
the air is cool, and travelling without
the top permits a better view of the
country. Within a few days the fol
iage will, take on it's seasonal livery
of scarlet and russet and gold and the
hill-sides will be gorgeous with col
or.
To this scenic country, the Automo-
bile Club of America directs our at
tention this week and many motor
lists will find the following route de-
scription by the Clubs Chief Road
man, o. NJ. Wells, of real utility with
in the next month. Touring conditions
are at their best now The roads are
freer from traffic and the absence of
the large sightseeing busses extern
sively used during the vacation per-
/ iod, is welcome. Good hotel accom-
| Odations are available in all the larg-
! er cities and any number of small
inns provide comfortable stopping
places until late in the Fall.
From New York, Broadway and the
Albany Post Road should be follow
ed through Yonkers, Terrytown and
Peekskill to POughkeepsie. Continue
along east side of the Hudson River
all the way to Albany. A short cut
avoiding the State Capitol is available
by turning off just beyond the East
Greenbush Post Office and going thru
Troy to Saratoga; a poor stretch of
road between Albany and Schenectady
will be evaded in this way
A speed trap is in operation at
South Glen Falls, in Saratoga County
and this has been a nuisance to the
motoring public all summer. The
Club suggests a speed not in excess
of twenty-five miles an hour in the
open country. between Saratoga
Springs and Glens Falls, as a precau-
Onl eaving Lake George, the tour
passes through number of small viii
lages and enters the foothills of the
Adirondacks at Chestertown, then
skirts the west shore of SchroOn Lake
to ElizabethstOwn. Much misinfor-
nation has been circulated to motor
lists through suggesting the .oute
from Elizabethtowns to Keeseville via
Lewis. Better road surface, only a
trifle longer, and finer from a scenic
point of view is found by going from
Elizabethtown to Keene then up the
Picturesque Ausable Valley, with ex-
cellent views of Mt. Marcy and White |
Face, the two highest peaks in the |
Adirondacks, and so on to Kee4sville. |
Here there is a choice of two roads to |
Plattsburg. One via Peru and Lap |
ham Hills, the other via Ausable !
Chasm and Bluff Point. The latter |
route is preferable as it is more
scenic. From Plattsburg the route
continues north to Rouses Point I
where the international boundary
line is crossed into Canada. The only
formalities required from motorists
in going over the line into Canada are
stops at two customs offices. The Am
erican Custom Office is at Rouses
Point and motor tourists should be
sure to secure the car registration
certificate which must be presented to
the Canadian Customs Officials at La
Collie, eight miles beyond ROuses
Point. Here a permit is issued, good
for thirty days touring. The motor
st then continues on to st. Lambert
where the St. Lawrence River is
crossed by the Victoria Bridge to
Montreal. (
Many enjoyable side trips may be
.aken from Montreal. Quebec is one
hundred and eighty miles distant over
good hard surfaced road, with splen-
lid views of the st. Lawrence River I
or the entire distance. The trip can
easily be made in a day but those who
10 not care to travel quite so far,
nay stop at Three Rivers, which is }
lalf way. There are so many short (
rips and interesting places with
charming scenery around Quebec that !
/ week or ten days could easily be Z
pent in the Quebec section. The
Iity of Quebec itself has many inter-
,sting historic associations. It was
aptured from the French by the Brit :
sh under Wolfe, the famous battle of 9
Quebec being fought on the Plains of 9
abraham within the present city's 8
imits 1t is the only walled city in
america, there is an upper and lower
ortion with the famous "breakneck .
teps" connecting. In the upper por- 9
ion is located the citadel built on a 9
old rock which rises 375 feet above 3
be St. Lawrence. Wonderful views of .
he river are obtained from the Plaza 3
nd the Chateau Frontenac. 8
The return from Quebec may be .
lade over the same route by retrac-
lg the road to Montreal and, as the .
ppearance of the country is entire 9
changed by the reversed direction, .
is difficult to realize that one is go .
lg over the same route. =
Another interesting way to come .
ack from Quebec to Montreal will be .
)und by placing the automobile on 3
.eamer and sailing through the St. .
awrence River. If reasonably dry 3
Gather continues, a circular tour .
an be made by returning to the =
tates via Jackman and the Kenne- .
&c Valley. This takes the motorist 2
own through Maine, Massachusetts, z
Onnecticut and back to New York, or )
the motorist care to extend the trip q
a few hundred miles longer one of Z
le most interesting and picturesque =
urs possibly imaginable is that thru z
le St. Johns Valley in New Bruns- :
ick, all the way to st. John. The re- 2
rn to the States can also be made z