. 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 GLEN. •9 ferson, Adams and Madison from this point, are probably the finestto be had of this range. Not only are these peaks remarkably im-pressive in themselves, but they are rendered doubly grand andbeautiful by the si
. 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 GLEN. •9 ferson, Adams and Madison from this point, are probably the finestto be had of this range. Not only are these peaks remarkably im-pressive in themselves, but they are rendered doubly grand andbeautiful by the singularly striking cloud effects, for it must be re-membered that the Glen is 1,650 feet above the sea level, and thatthe fleece-like clouds often float between it and the mountain the hotel veranda is seen the Summit House on This is reached by the famous Carriage Road whichstarts at the Glen, and for eight miles winds its course up themountain side. The views from the road are varied and remark-able. From no other point can one obtain such impressive andawful views of the great ravines, the Great Gulf and Tuckermans. GLEN HOUSE, WHITE MOUNTAINS. Ravine; from no other point can one get so accurate an idea of theextent of the White Mountain region. There are many points of interest in the Glen, of which the bestknown are Glen Ellis Falls and Crystal Cascade. The Falls arethe finest in this region, and have been rendered famous by artistsfor whom they have always had an especial attraction. The fall isabout seventy feet. Crystal Cascade is a tumbling torrent, eightyfeet in height, and in early summer, when the streams are full, isperhaps even more beautiful than the Falls. Tuckermans Ravineis a stupendous chasm in the side of Washington, and is a favoriteobjective point for hardy tourists. The walls of the ravine riseabruptly on three sides, and thus shut out the rays of the sun ex-cept at about midday. The consequence of this is that the snow,which col
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