Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
AD|RONDACKS lure
SUMMER TOURISTS
Many Scenic Wonders Await
Traveller Who Ventures
Into Empire State.


the Adirondack region.
The Adirondack section offers wide
and varied appeal, there being the for
est land, innumerable lakes and many
mountains, including Mount Marcy, the
highest peak in the State; Fort Ticon-
deroga, Ausable Chasm and the barge
canal.
1 In a historic sense the Adirondack
region presents magnificent attractions
to the patriotic lover of great deeds.
Champlain. Jogues. Montcalm. johnson,
Allen, Burgoyne. Burr, Arnold, Wash
! ington, King" Hendrick, Brant, Aber-
crombie, McDonaough, John Brown
and innun1erable unnamed heroes be-
oueathed historic value upon this will
derness of the redmen where Hiawatha
once ruled and Uncas and Leather
suitably marked and the ruins of many
Of the old forts, battlements and en-
campments are enshrined for patriotic
pilgrimages.
Many Resorts En- Route.
And one of the incest things about the
Adirondacks ii that for the motoriSt
who likes to wander slowly along, stop
ping here and there for o few days, 1t
offers countless numbers Of attractive
resorts where all forms of Summer out
door sports may be INDUCED in.
This Summer the Automobile Club
Of America. New York City, advises that
the best route to Albany will be via the
Albany post road, running along the
east bank of the Hudson, which has
now been marked route No. 8. This
runs up through the towns OF Yonkers,
Hastings. Tarrytown, Peakskill, Pough-
keepsie, Rhinebeck, Hudson. East Green
brush and Rensselaer, to Albany.
| Alternate routes to the capital Of the
State are, Of course, possible. One way
to 60 Is to put the car on board boat
in the evening and thus start out the
next morning from Albany. Still an
other way Is via the west side of the
river. Ferry connections across the
Hudson may be made at Yonkers. 1rv-
ington and TaYrytown over to Alpine,
Piermont and Nyack. And the Bear
Mountain Bridge from Peekskill over
to Bear Mountain is another excellent
way to cross the river.
Routes to Montreal.
Going northward out of Albany, three
routes are available to Glens Falls,
known as the gateway to the Adiron-
dacks. One runs via National Route
No. 8 through Watervliet. Cohoes, Me-
chanicsville, Saratoga Springs and Will
ton. The second is via Schenectady
and Saratoga Springs, and the third
via Mechanicsville and Schuylerville
The motorist will probably find that the
routes leading through Saratoga Springs
a great health and sport center, will
prove the most interesting.
Nine miles north Of GlenS Falls Is
Lake George, often called the queen Of
American lakes. Proceeding along
Route No. 9, next in interest comes
Schroon Lake, beautiful body Of water
lying to the right of the road. At
Elizabethtown we will have to leave this
route. as the direct road between here
and Keeseville Is closed. Two routes
are open. The one to the left, CIV
runs via Keene, Upper Jay, on Lake
Champlain Jay, and AuSable Forks, the
Willsboro. Right after KeeSeville Is
Ausable Chasm, one of the natural won
ders of the world. A trip through the
chasm is an experience never to be for
gotten. Next comes Bluff Point, where
there Is a golf course universally rated
as the leading resort course in America
1t Is the third Oldest in the United
States and the first to be built by q
resort hotel.
After Bluff Point comes Plattsburgh
and then RouSes Point, where the bor-
der line Is crossed over to Canadian soil
Montreal is just a miles away. There
Is much of interest to be seen In this
city, and the tourist visiting 1t for the
first time would do well to pay visit
to the Montreal tourist bureau, located
in the New Birks Building, where the
STAFF will be glad to be Of assistance to
him.
Routes to Ottawa.
| From Albany to Ottawa, the capital
of the Dominion two routes are avail
able, running westward from the city.
They follow the same road as far as
Tribes Hill, running through Science
tady, Amsterdam and Fort johnson.
This route runs through the Mohawk
River Valley. lennon -at-che"-
river flowing through the mountains
was the Mohawk Indians name for this
picturesque, historic and important
waterway. The ice of the ancient gla-
cier and the waters of a subsequent
great Mohawk River here cut through
high ridges connecting the Adirondack
and the Catskill ranges and formed the
only break in the Appalachian Noun
tain chain between Canada and Georgia.
From Tribes Hill one route runs
| through Johnstown, Dolgeville. Middle
vile, Poland to Barneveld, and then
up through Alder Creek, Remsen, Boon
vile, Loweville, Carthage and Antwerp
to Alexandria Bay, where the Thou
sand Islands are. From here interest,"
| ing boat trips may be taken in and out
around these famous islands Of the St.
Lawrence River.
The second route continues on along
the Mohawk Valley from Tribes Hill,
running through Fonda, Palatine Bridge,
Little Falls, Utica and Chittenango to
| Syracuse, the home of Syracuse Uni
| versity. Here the route turns north
/ ward via Cicero, Hastings, Maple View,
Pulaski and Adams to WATERFOWL,
thence via Clayton to Alexandria Bay.
From here run up to Ogdensburg, take
the ferry to Prescott, and then through
Spencertown and Kemptville to Ottawa.
This is very beautiful city, located on
the Ottawa River, and one well worthy
of visit. 1t has many acres of beauti-
full parks, we'll laid out drives, federal
Parliament buildings, national art gal
lery, royal observatory and the Ottawa
University.
Interesting Return Trip.
An interesting return trip from Of
tawa is to go back across the river to
Ogdensburg and then run via Potsdam
and Malone down into the lake region
Of the Adirondacks, where Saranac,
Placid and Upper lie. Upper Saranac
Lake Is about 8 miles In length, and Is
one Of the finest Of the 1900 named
bodies of water to be found in the
Adirondack region. It has q broken
shore line of great beauty and numerous
islands scattered here and there. Here
the charms of the North Woods may
be enjoyed to the best advantage. Lake
Placid is often referred to as the Amer
lean Switzerland. It Is an all-year-
round resort. where Winter sports are
Just as popular as Summer ones. Lake
Placid is So miles long and completely
encircleS chain OF three islands, Buck,
Moose and Hawk, which affords an ex-