

TORRENT OF ST. MOREL 

 Looking up the lower part of the stream, showing how it will henceforth be kept in a stone channel 



KEENE VALLEY IN THE ADIRONDACKS 



Our frontispiece of Keene Valley in 

 the Adirondacks, from an admirable 

 photograph by George Parker, shows 

 the group of highest mountains, 

 Mt. Marcy, The Gothics, Wolf-jaws ; to 

 the northwest, Mt. Porter and Table- 

 top. Starting on Mt. Marcy, a large 

 stream, known as John's Brook, flows 

 down through the valley, emptying 

 into the Au Sable River at the fore- 

 ground. It is one of the most impor- 

 tant watersheds in that region. The 



Rogers Company of Au Sable Falls is 

 conducting a four-years' pulp job, tak- 

 ing every tree down to three inches in 

 size. Already the stream shows the 

 effect of it. In addition to their 

 work, the fires have run through this 

 region, so that there is a strip for about 

 two miles on either side of the brook 

 nearly bare. The company has built a 

 seven-mile road to bring down the 

 pulp through presumably impassable 

 country. 



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