Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
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OPEN TO TOURISTS
New Roadway Leading to
Montreal Passes Through
Historic Territory.
The opening this Summer Of the new

The opening this Summer Of the new
road between Lake George and Lake
Champlain provides the motorist with a
different approach to Montreal, and one
both picturesque and historical. For 1t
passes through territory that is ia
nous for the part it played In Revolu-
tionary days, and there are innumerable
historical monuments and markers to
be seen on the Saratoga Battlefield, at
Schuylerville, at Fort Miller and Fort
Edward, and Ticonderoga and all along
the shore of Lake Champlain.
Any OF the conventional routes from
the Capital to New York City will suff1ce
to bring the Washington motorist to the
real starting point of this tour. If the
tour is to be leiSurely one, there may
be a stop for O day or two in the big
city for a peep at the new shows, a
round or two on the Great White Way
or some other activity as typically New
York.
Albany Post Road Recommended.
From New York City, the Automobile
Club of America suggests that the mo-
torist will find the best approach to this
Hudson Champlain trail, which Is route
No. 80, will be over the Albany post
road, route No. 8, leaving the city via
Broadway and passing on northward
through Yonkers Hastings, Dobbs Ferry,
Tarrytown, Croton. Peekskill, Pough-
keepsie. Red Hook, Hudson, East Green
bush and DefreetSville to Troy. Con-
tinue northward out Of Troy for short
ways and then cross over the Hudson
into Waterford and still follow route No.
until Mechanicsville is reached. Here
we pick up route No. 80. which runs
through saltwater, Bemis Heights,
through the Saratoga Battlefield, VIC
tory Mills, to Schuylerville and Nor
cumberland.
Here we leave route No. 30 to cross
over the Hudson Canal and run via Fort
Miller. Fort Edward to Hudson Falls.
Number 80 is picked up again and fol-
lowed through Fort Ann, Comstock
Whitehall, Dresden Station, Putnam
Montcalm Landing, to Ticonderoga
This stretch Of road from Whitehall to
Ticonderoga runs over the narrow neck
of land that lies between the upper end
Of Lake George and the lower end Of
Lake Champlain.
The old fort at Ticonderoga Is on to
the right from the main part Of the
town and 1t is we'll worth q visit.
Continuing nOrthward from Ticonder-
oga. along route No. &c. we come to
Crown Point. and a short distance be-
yond here is the entrance to the new
bridge across Lake Champlain which
goes over to Chimney Point in Vermont
and which was only opened week or SO
ago.
Route Bordering Lake Champlain.
Still following route No. 80 alongside
Of Lake Champlain We pass through
Port Henry, Westport, WadhamS, Essex
and Willsboro and then inland to Reese
will M 30
Plattsburg. At KeeSeville we leave route
No. 80 to follow route No. 9, as this
takes us through Ausable Chasm, which
Is one Of the wonders Of this section;
route No. 80 passes through Peru int
PlattSburgh
After leaving Plattsburgh we continue
on along No. through Chazy,
Rouses Point. Lacolle, Napierville, La
prairie and st. Lambert to Montreal, on
most popular detectives for q motor trip
In the eastern part of the country.
The American customs Office Is locat-
ed at RouSeS Point and the Canadian at
Lacolle. Motorists should be sure to
stop and report at both places. For the
return trip back to the United States,
for use when reporting at the United
States immigration Office, located at the
international boundary line, motorists
proof of their legal residence in this
country. such as birth certificate, their
citizenship papers or a letter from some
political authority stating they have the
legal right to re-enter this country.
For the return trip from Montreal
the club advises that the route down
through Vermont and thus into the
Berkshire hills, in Western Massachu-
sets, would be an ideal one. From La
prairie. instead Of running southwark
through st. Philippe and st. Jacques,
go eastward instead to St. Johns and
then over the bridge to Iberville, in the
Province Of Quebec, and thence south
through Henryville. and Pike River to
Highgate Springs. in the State Of Yer
mont.
Road Leading TO Danbury.
This is route No. and this one will
carry the motorist all the way down to
Danbury, Conn.
In Vermont, the State of the Green
Mountain boys, who played such an i'm
portant part in the history Of Fort
Ticonderoga, visited on the outgoing
route, we run through st. Adams, WI
nooski. Burlington, Vergennes, Middle
bury, Brandon, PittSford, Rutland, Clar-
endon. Wallingford, Manchester, Ar
lington and Bennington. Here again Is
another. famous battle-ground of the
Revolutionary War. The battle monu-
ment here is we'll worth a visit, and SO
also is the site of the Catamount Tav-
ern, which was the headquarters of the
committee of safety.
We enter Massachusetts, at Williams
town. that fine old college town located
at the western end Of the Mohawk
Trail and the eastern end of the Ia
comic Trail Williamstown has often
been called the Village Beautiful" and
it we'll deserves the name. Motorists
who wish to take the Taconic Trail over
to Troy and thence to Albany to take
the night line down to New York will
find the turn for the trail right at the
Greylock Hotel.
Continuing southwark from Williams
town, we run past Pontoosuc Lake into
Pittsfield, another Of the famous Berk-
shire towns and the business center Of
the region. Next comes Lenox, then
Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Shef-
field and Ashley Falls, and then we
cross over the State line into Connect
icut.
Canaan is the first town and then
down the Housatonic River Valley,
through Falls Village, Cornwall Bridge,
Kent, Charlottesville and New Milford to
Danbury. From here, while we may
continue along route to Norwalk and
thence along the post road back to the
city, the prettiest road will be found by
way of Ridgefield, Cross River, Bed
ford and Armonk to White Plains,
thence over the Bronx River parkway.
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