The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . ffer such advantages—never threatened by tempests and always within reach of someof natures most glorious beauty spots. Landing places suitablefor camps are easily found, from which short inland excursionsmay be made through alpine meadows by winding trails to thesummit of some mountain or to the shores of some peaceful lake. Those who are not fortunate enough to have their own craftare not necessarily deprived of enjoying these waters; for regu-lar passenger steamers, of ample capacity and stately appear-ance make regular trips t
The Beauties of the state of Washington : a book for tourists . ffer such advantages—never threatened by tempests and always within reach of someof natures most glorious beauty spots. Landing places suitablefor camps are easily found, from which short inland excursionsmay be made through alpine meadows by winding trails to thesummit of some mountain or to the shores of some peaceful lake. Those who are not fortunate enough to have their own craftare not necessarily deprived of enjoying these waters; for regu-lar passenger steamers, of ample capacity and stately appear-ance make regular trips throughout the year from every city onits shores to nearly every other part of the Sound; while specialsummer time excursions are made from the metropolitan cen-ters to all the principal points of interest on Puget Sound andto the cities of British Columbia and Alaska. HOOD CANAL. The waters that put one in closest touch with the mountainsare in the narrow channel, or fiord, known as Hood Canal, ex-tending southwesterly and bending back into the heart of the. Q o Koq & zp o o I—IOh o MH p <l PQ H Oi—i O M H uw mP W . State of Washington 31 Kitsap Peninsula. Tourists riding over these waters for thefirst time are elated with the splendors, and the frequent visitornever tires of the inspiring scenes that everywhere greet theeye. The eastern shores reveal the neat farms and settle-ments in Kitsap and Mason counties, while the western edgeis at the very foot of the Olympic range, whose white serratedridges are continually visible from the deck of a passingsteamer. Easily distinguishable also are the deep canyonscut by the several main streams working their way to-wards the canal, plunging over rocky cliffs and creating fallsof exquisite beauty. The Little and Big Quilcene, the Dusewal-lips, the Duckabush, the Hamma Hamma, and the Lilliwago, aresome of the mountain streams whose canyons with rugged trailsare familiar to those making frequent pilgrimages thither. Other attrac
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