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Title: The New York central and Hudson river railroad and the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdenburg railroad ..
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Taintor, Charles Newhall, 1840-1920
Subjects: New York central and Hudson river railroad. (from old catalog) Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, Taintor brothers & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d bluffs of the islands, teemed with waterfowl that werenever disturbed by the report of a gun, it seemed appropriate that theIndian, in his half-poetic mood, should dedicate this beautiful regionto his Supreme Deity. It was emphatically a wilderness garden ; andto-day, although Alexandria Bay exhibits many phases of active life,the Thousand Islands are not in the least tinctured with the commonappearance of ordinary watering-places. There are hundreds, thou-sands of places, rugged, wild, and solitary, among which a boat canglide, while its occupant lies gloriously at ease; little bays, almost laud-locked, amid the resinous odors of hemlock and pine, where Naturecharms with resistless fascination, and solitude holds its captive spell-bound. Such scenes as these may be found in that beautiful, placidLake of the Isle, lying amid the piney hills of Wellesleys Island,reflecting their rugged crests in its glassy surface. Soon after leaving Cape Viiicent, the steamer touches at CARXJE!- 145
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ROME, WATERTOWX X OGDEXSIU-RG RAILROAD. TON ISLAND, t(!Ti miles down the river, and several miles fromAlexandria Bay, where several pretty club houses and cottages, ownedby residents of Rome, Utica, and Ithaca, are seen. Bluff Island, inthe Canadian channel, rises abruptly 80 feet above a depth of 100 feetof water at its feet, and affords a magnificent view of the islands ofboth channels of the river. The reader should note the huge stone chimneys which stand outboldly against the sky, upon the bluff at this place. They mark thesite of old Fort Frontenac, built here, during the Revolutionary war,by British engineers, and which is still well preserved, as it must be forcenturies to come, its trenches being cut in the solid rock. The sceneryfrom this point to the neighborhood of Clayton, where a stop is made,is very attractive ; several handsome cottages are seen upon ProspectPark, a short distance below, and immediately opposite are the notablesummer homes of ex-Lieut.-Governor Alvord

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