. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . usually taken by the steamboat. Distances givenare air-line distances from Caldwell, unless stateddifferently. From the station landing look down the outstretching point extending from the westterminates in Tea Island, about a mile this is seen Tongue Mountain, and a littleat the right, the round top of Shelving two miles beyond Tea Island, at the right,is Diamond Island; beyond this, partially hiddenby it, is Long Island, at right of Long Island isAssembly Point. About two miles away on thelight is Plum Poi
. Lake George and Lake Champlain : a book of to-day . usually taken by the steamboat. Distances givenare air-line distances from Caldwell, unless stateddifferently. From the station landing look down the outstretching point extending from the westterminates in Tea Island, about a mile this is seen Tongue Mountain, and a littleat the right, the round top of Shelving two miles beyond Tea Island, at the right,is Diamond Island; beyond this, partially hiddenby it, is Long Island, at right of Long Island isAssembly Point. About two miles away on thelight is Plum Point; on the high ground, a littlencaior, is seen the summer place of the PaulistFatluMs. Xcarcr. showing as a headland is Cros-I)ysidp. 0\er the Beach at the east, rise thesloiies of Fiench Mountain and back toward thesouth, among llie trees, are the ruins of FoitHoome. Towaid the west is Prospect Mountain,nt its base on the west shore, the village of Lake(3(orge Tea Island is a little gem by the west shoresomewhat resembling the crater of an extinct. MAP OF LAKE GEORGE. Section No. I. LAKE GEORGE 61 volcano, with the rim broken away on the eastside, forming a beautiful harbor in says Abercrombe buried gold and valuables here. A little further north where the road runs wellup the side of the rising ground at the west is thesummer home of George Foster Peabody, philan-thropist of national fame. St. Marys of the Lake, on the east side, is thesummer place of the Paulist Fathers, who alsoown Harbor Islands, camping there occasionallyin the summer time. Plum Point, a half-mile north of the St. Marysreceived its name, it is said, because of the large
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