. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . it is reached all points can bevisited from it and the return can be made to Burlington by wayof Plattsburgh. Many people who visit Burlington and have never crossed theline into the great dominion on the north, take the opportunity ofgoing from here to Montreal and Quebec. The city of Montreal is aboutthree hours ride by rail from Burlington. It has a population ofabout 200,000, is situated on an island in the St. Lawrence whichis reached by the great Victoria tubular bridge 9,184 feet is an inter
. Picturesque Burlington : a handbook of Burlington, Vermont, and Lake Champlain . it is reached all points can bevisited from it and the return can be made to Burlington by wayof Plattsburgh. Many people who visit Burlington and have never crossed theline into the great dominion on the north, take the opportunity ofgoing from here to Montreal and Quebec. The city of Montreal is aboutthree hours ride by rail from Burlington. It has a population ofabout 200,000, is situated on an island in the St. Lawrence whichis reached by the great Victoria tubular bridge 9,184 feet is an interesting old city situated at the foot of MountRoyal. It has seventy-nine churches, among them Notre Dame,the largest church on the continent,accommodating 10,000 can be reached by rail or by steamboat from Mon-treal. This ancient and quaint old city was founded in 1608 andits present appearance carries one back almost to that time. Nocity on the continent so impresses the traveler by the startlingpeculiarities of its site and its general medieval aspect. Both these. PICTURESQ UE B URLING TON. 151 \ \ .-?1 J|^ are both well worth a visit. The White Mountains arein direct communication withBurlington by vestibuled ex-press train through a mostinteresting country. Lake George, the Islands,the St. Lawrence are within afew hours ride and easy ofaccess. During the season the reg-ular line steamers and the excur-sion .steamboats offer manyattractive trips on the water—excursions for a day on thelake to one or more interestingpoints at low rates of excursions give residentsof Burlington daih- opportunityfor a few hours or a days vaca-tion on the water, in the enjoy-ment of cool breezes, amiddelightful scenery, on comfort-ruE STAXXARD MoxuMEXT. able boats, away from the crowds and cares and dust of the city, and they are patronized by an increasing n
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