. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . way of North Avenue and Heineburgbridge, or by way of Winooski—-a five mile ride. Going by wayof the Heineburg bridge a good way to return is by the same roadnearly to the Winooski river, then turning east keep along thenorth side of the river to Winooski. At Malletts Bay there is apleasant drive of two miles around the shores to ThompsonsPoint. To the lover of level, hard roads for driving or bicyclingthere is no more attractive place in A>rmont than the. Island Towns—GrandIsle, South and North Hero,two isla
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . way of North Avenue and Heineburgbridge, or by way of Winooski—-a five mile ride. Going by wayof the Heineburg bridge a good way to return is by the same roadnearly to the Winooski river, then turning east keep along thenorth side of the river to Winooski. At Malletts Bay there is apleasant drive of two miles around the shores to ThompsonsPoint. To the lover of level, hard roads for driving or bicyclingthere is no more attractive place in A>rmont than the. Island Towns—GrandIsle, South and North Hero,two islands originally calledla Grande Isle b}- tlie Frenchand later the Two Heroes, inhonor of Ethan and Ira are reached b}- wa}- ofWinooski, Colchester flats,so-called, Sunderland Hol-low, turning to the west atthe guide board of IodineCEDAn BEACH. Springs , across the Lamoille river by the new iion bridge, through the south-west corner of Milton and across Sandbar bridge—a driveof fifteen miles. Crossing the Sandbar bridge—which is nota bridge, but a substantial road built from the mainland to upon a prominent sandbar which in the low water seasonmade the lake at that point fordable and was the only means ofreaching the mainland—you come to the hard and le\-el roads ofthe On these roads days can be spent in drivingwith near views of rich farms, attracti\e villages, verdant forests,and, just beyond on every .side, the waters of the lake, while the I40 PICTURESQUE BURLIXCrTON. mountain
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