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ANY thousand 

 motorists from 

 the Middle West 

 speed through 

 Central New 

 York each sum- 

 mer bound for the 

 A d i r o n d a cks, the 

 mountains of New 

 England and the At- 

 lantic Coast Resorts. 

 Similarly the New^ 

 Yorkers and New Englanders motor to the 

 north and west to hnd a playground. Penn- 

 sylvanians have dashed through the lake ccrimtrv 

 bound for the Adirondacks and the Thousand 

 Islands ; many without stoi)ping to admire the 

 beauties on every hand. The Finger Lakes of 

 Central New York — a region wdiich has more 

 glens and gorges than any section of its area 

 east of the Rockies and a waterfall fifty feel 

 higher than Niagara — are at last demanding re- 

 cognition. . - 



The Beauty Spot 

 Man Forgot 



Why has the region been overlooked? The 

 reason is a good one. Before the openmg of the 

 Adirondacks and many New England resorts the 

 lakes of Central New York were very popular. 

 The trade was sufficient to warrant the erection 



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of handsome hotels on the banks of these inland 

 waters and to maintain adequate steamboat ser- 

 vice. The coming of the automobile and the 

 desire of tourists to get farther from home for 

 vacations brought about the change. Distant re- 

 sorts seemed to have greater attraction. Other 

 resort sections w'ere developed commercially and 

 the lake country w'as forgotten except by a few 

 of its faithful friends. But now^ the pendulum 

 is swinging back; people are realizing that the 

 natural beauties of the region are unsurpassable. 

 There has been a re-discovery and today the 

 Finger Lakes of Central New^ York are calling- 

 lovers of the open country. 



Nature has been lavish wath her bounties. 

 Geologists tell us of only four other sections ot 

 the world w^hich have the same formation and the 

 same type of beauty as the Finger Lakes of Cen- 

 tral New York. These are the Lakes of Switzer- 

 land, the Lochs of Scotland, the Lakes of 

 England which have been immortalized by the 

 poets and the Finger Lakes of Patagonia. 



Good Roads 



Everywhere , 



Good roads make the Finger Lakes Region 

 easily accessible. W'ith the exception of a few 

 short stretches it is possible to encircle each oi 

 the six lakes on macadam pavement. Variety is 

 the keynote of the region. One can never tire 

 of the country. It is a land of grand and gloomy' 

 gorges with tumbling brooks, crashing cataracts 



