. Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" .. . y tribe. Leaving Alexandiia Bay, which is but twelve miles below Clayton, on oneof the fine steamers of the Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Company, the tourist 58 Summer Tours. enjoys g, view of most of the Thousand Islands, which, commencing near Clay-ton, end with the Three Sisters, near Brockville and Morristown. Although theislands below Alexandria Bay are not so attractive as those above, the scenerygenerally is of a wild and interesting nature. Brockville (thirty-six miles), the terminus of a branch of the CanadianPac
. Summer tours via the Michigan central, "The Niagara Falls route" .. . y tribe. Leaving Alexandiia Bay, which is but twelve miles below Clayton, on oneof the fine steamers of the Richeheu & Ontario Navigation Company, the tourist 58 Summer Tours. enjoys g, view of most of the Thousand Islands, which, commencing near Clay-ton, end with the Three Sisters, near Brockville and Morristown. Although theislands below Alexandria Bay are not so attractive as those above, the scenerygenerally is of a wild and interesting nature. Brockville (thirty-six miles), the terminus of a branch of the CanadianPacific, is a substantial tOAvn of 7,000 inhabitants, with numerous fine privateproperties along the rugged river front, and is the prettiest city between Mont-real and Toronto. Immediately opposite is Morristown. Ogdensburg (forty-eight miles), at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, is the largest and most affluenttown in Northern New York, and is the junction point of the Rome, Watertown& Ogdensburg, the Utica & Black River, and Central Vermont Railroads, and is. The Lachine Rapids. largely engaged in manufacturing and internal commerce. It has pleasantvistas through its beautiful maples, and an interesting history. The comming-ling of the deep brown waters of the Oswegatchie with the clear green of theSt. Lawrence is a curious sight. Opposite is the solid-looking little town ofPrescott, terminus of a branch line of the Canadian Pacific running to Ottawa,the Dominion Capital. Below are the first of a series of rapids, Les Gallopesand the Rapide de Plat, not particularly exciting, but serving as preludes tothe greater ones to come. Leaving Dickinsons Landing, the steamer turns oiit into the swift current,and a mile ahead may be seen the white stormy waters of the Long Sault,stretching from shore to shore. There is a sudden cessation of the enginespulsations, and we feel the strength of the current. We enter the vast expanse of TJie St. Lawrence River. 39 broken waters, and, glancing at
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