. The routes pursued by the excursion steamers upon the St. Lawrence River from Clayton and Gananoque to Westminster park and Alexandria Bay. Fifty Miles of Gorg-eous Scenery. WINGING away from the RailwayWharf, at Clayton, where thegreat New York Central Systemdischarges its thousands of eager sight-seers, the steamer Islander, of the Thou-sand Island Steamboat Company, beginsher magnificent ramble among the fa-mous island group. We touch for a mo-ment at the wharf of Round Island Park, with its magnificent Hotel Frontenac as a fit center-piece for its coastline fringe of elegant cottages. Yo
. The routes pursued by the excursion steamers upon the St. Lawrence River from Clayton and Gananoque to Westminster park and Alexandria Bay. Fifty Miles of Gorg-eous Scenery. WINGING away from the RailwayWharf, at Clayton, where thegreat New York Central Systemdischarges its thousands of eager sight-seers, the steamer Islander, of the Thou-sand Island Steamboat Company, beginsher magnificent ramble among the fa-mous island group. We touch for a mo-ment at the wharf of Round Island Park, with its magnificent Hotel Frontenac as a fit center-piece for its coastline fringe of elegant cottages. You will probably visit the Frontenac, andwhen there, if you desire it, the clerk wUl furnish you with a list of cottage-owners, so that itis not necessary to take up our space with the list. Round Island Park is one of the mostdelightful resorts among the islands, and will well repay an extended visit. On our left isLittle Round Island, and beyond that lies Colbornes Island, Bluff, Jefferson, Maple andRobbins Islands. Thousand IslandHouse. Cor. of Ontario and Brock Sts.,KINGSTON, ONT. CON. MILLAN, Proprietor. Commodious, Comfortable, Reasonable inPrice. Nearest all the Landings for Steamers, and notten rods from R. R. Depot. Fronts the Great City Hall. Open Dayand Nip^ht. Information cheerfully given. in the midst of the Hunting and FishingGrounds of the Upper St. Lawrence. The Rambler. 13 There was a ti-agedy on Maple Island in 1865, a very mysteriousone: and it is only within two or three years that any clue to themystery has been found, and even now, though circumstances seemto point out a reasonable solution, the evidence is incomplete, and inall probability the real facts in the case will never be brought tolight. I have only space here to give you a brief outline of the mainfacts, referring you to Major John A. Haddocks InternationalSouvenir History of the Thousand Islands, where you will find fulland complete — The Mystery of Maple Island. In the summer of 1865, in the
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