. To Ottawa, Ontario via the Rideau Lakes and River from the Thousand Islands and the territory of the New York Central Lines . ce, which owed its original settlement to the excellentwater power afforded, is a noted manufacturing center, and withinthe past few years has made rapid strides in wealth and popula-tion, as a result of its advantageous position on the main line ofone of Canadas principal railways. It now has a population ofabout 6,000, and is growing rapidly. It is situated about mid-way between Kingston and Ottawa on the Rideau. The hotelsare large and well conducted. There are two
. To Ottawa, Ontario via the Rideau Lakes and River from the Thousand Islands and the territory of the New York Central Lines . ce, which owed its original settlement to the excellentwater power afforded, is a noted manufacturing center, and withinthe past few years has made rapid strides in wealth and popula-tion, as a result of its advantageous position on the main line ofone of Canadas principal railways. It now has a population ofabout 6,000, and is growing rapidly. It is situated about mid-way between Kingston and Ottawa on the Rideau. The hotelsare large and well conducted. There are two very large first-class hotels about to be erected this summer. Four-Track Series No. 34. There are no less than four locks at this point and they areused to lower us thirty-four feet. We are now about half waybetween our point of departure and destination, Ottawa being62^ miles distant and Kingston 63^. OLD SLYS is our next port of hail. It is only about one mile from our laststopping place. We run under the bridge of the CanadianPacific Railway at this place, pass through two locks, and dropdown fifteen feet six OLD MOATED BLOCK HOUSE, MERRICKVILLE LOCKS. RIDEAU ROUTE-REACHED BY THE NEW YORK CENTRAL. LIST OF HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSESON THE RIDEAU ROUTE. POST OFFICE. NAME OF HOUSE. PROPRIETOR. RATE PERDAY. RATE PEK U IKK. Burritts Rapids, Lock, Lock, Grove, Simcoe Island, Falls. Ont ONeill House Boarding House Idyl Wild—. D. ONeill Mrs. Simmons Win. Larshley Mrs. Briggs Tiios. Kenny J. S. Randolph McCue Bros John McCabe. $ I. OO 1 50 to 2 00 to 2 OO to to 2 00 2db to 1 50 to 2 00I-SO tO 150 to 10 00 to 00 to jo 00 Hotel Briggs Hotel DeKenny The Randolph The Windsor McCabe House Hitchcock House Boarding House Kingston, Ont Merrickville, Ont Marysville, 7 00 to tO 7 co to Marysvi
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