Identifier: touristtravelvia00granuoft (find matches)
Title: Tourist travel via Grand Trunk Railway System : and connections, including Niagara Falls and Gorge, the Highlands of Ontario, comprising Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes ; St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay River, the Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and the Atlantic Sea-Coast
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada
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Publisher: (Montreal) : The System

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ii iifleecy vesture, eniliroklered willthe gold and tinsel uf the lij^-htnings flash, and anon, toucluiwith the fleeting rays of brukLisunlight, still another majeMi,and gorgeous scene is presentSo that with all the var\iii^moods of mountain atmosphere,the changing scenes, and th.new groupings presented fr.iii)different localities, coupled witlithe many attractions to be foundin the immediate vicinity, thrGlen is a most delightful spni.A walk or ride of about amile from the Glen brings u:.to the Emerald Pool, a view ofwhich we present, and whichcannot be improved upon liy adescription. It is a most restfi 1place, the river itself here seeming to pause in its madly men \race toward the ocean, as ifresting for the long, long jounn\to the broad Atlantic. Anotlv ;mile, and a guide-boardreached, which points the w,i\,by a diverging path, to Thoni I isons Falls. A short walk up tin-lower slope of Wildcat Mountain, and we reach a brookwhich rushes down the mountain side on its way to Peabodv
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River. Over ledges of graniteit comes plunging in a series ofcascades, to which the name ofThonipscjns Falls has been giv-en. From the upper height ofthe Falls a view is afforded ofTuckermans Ravine, while highabove, the summit of MountWashington looks frowninglydown. The view thus affordedis declared by experienced tour-ists to be one of the best in themountains, and it has been re-produced in Picturesque .Amer-ica. The wildness of the sceneamid the seclusion of the for-est, the glistening of the cas-cade in its journey among theleaf) surroundings, with its mu-sical cadences falling softly onthe ear, all conspire to renderthe spot most exquisitely charm-ing to the lover of nature, andthe visitor feels well repaid furthe trip. Returning to the road, an-other mile brings us to the patliwhich leads to the Crystal Cas-cade, said to divide with GlenEllis the honor of being themost Ijeautiful waterfall of. theWhite Mountains. The pathextends some three-eighths of amile through the wood-. G

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