. Routes and rates for summer tours . t AQUATIC LIFE AT THE THOUSAND ISLANPS. 65 ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. THE THOUSAND ISlvANDS. .-• ^ CATTERED in prodigal profusion along the noble St. Lawrence River, from Cape Vincent LJ and Clayton vo Alexandria Bay and beyond—the channel in some places being twelve miles broad—are the island gems, more than 1800 in number, known collectively as the Thousand Islands. They vary in size from a small mass of rock, seemingly burdened to lift its bosky crest above the clear, deepwater, to picturesque isl-ands miles in extent,overspread with a
. Routes and rates for summer tours . t AQUATIC LIFE AT THE THOUSAND ISLANPS. 65 ROME, WATERTOWN AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD. THE THOUSAND ISlvANDS. .-• ^ CATTERED in prodigal profusion along the noble St. Lawrence River, from Cape Vincent LJ and Clayton vo Alexandria Bay and beyond—the channel in some places being twelve miles broad—are the island gems, more than 1800 in number, known collectively as the Thousand Islands. They vary in size from a small mass of rock, seemingly burdened to lift its bosky crest above the clear, deepwater, to picturesque isl-ands miles in extent,overspread with a richand luxuriant every island,large or small, is thepleasant summer homeof its fortunate man) beautiful cot-tages, of quaint and ele-gant design, or the morepretentious and statelycastle-like structures ofenduring stone, resplen-dent in gay streamers andpennants of every color,add to the natural love-liness of the scene anattractiveness that isbewitching, yet inde-scribable. The refinedtaste which has trans-formed these island wildsinto pleasant haunts isnowhere more noticeablethan in the many pro-visions for com
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