. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . for many Canadian families come here annually andfraternize with their American cousins, united in the cordial bond of religious fellowship. The many improvements and large mumber of new cottages in process of erection thisseason, promise well for the future prosperity of the enterprise. Y/ ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. WESTMINSTER PARK. Some of the most prominent gentlemen of the Presbyterian denomination, noting the won-derful beauties of the lower portion of Wellsley Island, and with the idea (which has proved sotrue) that where natu
. Routes and rates for summer tours ... 1888 . for many Canadian families come here annually andfraternize with their American cousins, united in the cordial bond of religious fellowship. The many improvements and large mumber of new cottages in process of erection thisseason, promise well for the future prosperity of the enterprise. Y/ ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. WESTMINSTER PARK. Some of the most prominent gentlemen of the Presbyterian denomination, noting the won-derful beauties of the lower portion of Wellsley Island, and with the idea (which has proved sotrue) that where nature had done so much, art could easily produce perfection, met together in1878, and effected the organization of the Westminster Park Association, which association isregularly chartered under the laws of the State of New York. The association purchased the lowerportion of Wellsley Island, directly opposite Alexandria Bay, which is only one-fourth of a miledistant. The portion of the island included in the park grounds consists of five hundred. WESTMINSTER PARK, NEAR ALEXANDRIA BAY. acres of ground, in formation an irregular neck of upland, rising to a mean elevation abovethe water of about forty feet, with rounded heights lifted to extremes of one hundred and fiftyfeet. From these summits, which are reached by easy slopes, either in carriages or on foot,the whole group of the Thousand Islands, extending along the river for a distance of twentymiles, are brought into full view. Nothing of the camp meeting enters into this large portion of the park has been subdivided into building lots, which were quicklypurchased by people from different sections of the country, and tasteful cottages erected thereon,making delightful summer homes for their occupants. The association being formed under theauspices of the Presbyterian church. Sabbath services are held every Sabbath during the hotel erected by the association is very popular. A perusal of the advertisement
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