RECREATION. 



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The 



Venice of 

 America 



PURE AIR, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, 

 DEEP, BLUE, COLD WATER, 

 PICTURESQUE, ROCKY ISLANDS 



Covered with cedar, spruce, pine and other evergreens ; 

 delightful rowing and sailing privileges; perfect quiet, 

 ideal rest for tired brains and nerves; 1692 islands within 

 a day's journey. 



SHOOTING THE RAPIDS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE 



Is one of the exciting experiences enjoyed by travelers through the Thousand Islands region. The 

 thrilling passage is made by daylight on the steamers of the Richelieu and Ontario Company's 

 line. The course is from the Galloups, through Lake St. Francis, the Cascades and the Lachine 

 Rapids until the feat is finished by sailing under the Victoria Bridge to the wharves of Montreal. 

 The Duke of Argyle said it was worth crossing the Atlantic to see the rapids of the Rivtr St 

 Lawrence. 



AMONG THE NOTABLE VISITORS 



to this far-famed region have been in the past many distinguished men. John Van Buren, Silas 

 Wright, Frank Blair, Preston King, Gov. Seward, Martin Van Buren, Charles Dickens, the Duke 

 of Argyle, George B. Warren, Rev. George B. Bethune, and Gen. Dick Taylor were regular pa- 

 trons in the early days of the success of this section as a summer resort. Later Gen. Arthur. 

 Gen. and Mrs. U. S. Grant, Gen. Phillip Sheridan, Gen. Starring, Cardinal McCloskey, Herbert 

 Sp3ncer. Charles Dudley Warner, Will Carleton and Ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland have 

 sojourned amidst the beauties of the scene. 



O. G. STAPLES, 

 G. DeWITT 



Owners 

 and 

 Proprietors ) 

 Write for rates and Illustrated Booklet. 



) Alexandria Bay. 



NEW YORK. 



Mention Recreation 



