. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . the falls of Ammonoosuc, de-scending more than 5,000 feet, m a course of thirty miles. From the base of Mt. Washington an ordinary railway bringsus to Fabyans, from which excursions may be made to Twin Moun-tain, Bethlehem o
. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . the falls of Ammonoosuc, de-scending more than 5,000 feet, m a course of thirty miles. From the base of Mt. Washington an ordinary railway bringsus to Fabyans, from which excursions may be made to Twin Moun-tain, Bethlehem or Francoma Notch, the latter celebrated as thehome of THE OT^U MJLN OF TUB MOUJ^TJkXS. This gigantic profile is seen from a point of observation downthe Notch from the Profile House, and is strikingly suggestive inits grimness of the enduring inflexibility of the granite hills ofwhich it forms a part. In this vicinity are also Eagle Cliff, Echo Lake, Mount Lafa-yette, and the Flume, in which was formerly suspended the greatboulder, since fallen in a spring flood. The ascent of Mount Lafayette, which is the highest peak ofthe Franconia Range, may be made on foot, but preferably onhorseback, a bridle path extending from near the Profile House tothe summit. The view from the crest of the mountain is veryfine, second only to that from Mount Washington, SUMMER RANGELEY LAKES, 23 Of the other attractions, Echo Lake claims a large share ofattention. The little valley in which it is situated has remarkableacoustic properties, and as the visitor sails over the surface of thelake, his voice, or the blast of a trumpet, is returned in oft-re-peated echoes, growing fainter with each repetition, and finally dy-ing among the more distant cliffs, and with an effect surprisinglybeautiful. Mark! how the gentle echo from her cellTalks through the cliffs and murmuring oer the stream,Repeats the accents we-shall-part-no-morc.
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