Glimpses of America: A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic MarvelsBuel, James W. (James William)
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Glimpses of America: A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels
Buel, James W. (James William)
United States -- Pictorial works
Other famous falls in the vicinity of Quebec are those of the Scuzzie,
near North Bend, and St. Anne Falls, on the north shore of the St.
Lawrence, twenty miles below the city, where the river St. Anne, a small
confluent of that stream, breaks over a brink one hundred feet high, and
pours through crevices worn in the Laurentian rocks in a succession of
cascades of great beauty. While the scenery of Southern Canada is very
charming, it is the boundary outposts of very much more magnificent
landscapes towards the south, and it was towards the mountainous
districts of Vermont and New Hampshire that our artist bent his way
after concluding a tour of the vicinity of Quebec. The journey was,
therefore, by way of the Grand Trunk and Vermont Central Railroad into
the heart of Green Mountains. This route took our photographer by the
Enosburgh Falls, St. Albans and Essex Junction, from which latter place
a detour was made down the famous Winooski River to embalm some of the
remarkable scenery along that stream. Its source is in the spurs of
Green Mountains, whence it flows northwestwardly, cleaving the range
near its junction with Waterbury River, and then speeds through a chasm
until it empties into Lake Champlain. This wild gorge is particularly
wonderful some four or five miles from the lake, the walls rising at
places fully one hundred feet and exhibiting the same cleavage and
jagged precipices that distinguish Ausable Chasm, on the opposite side
of the lake. At the town of Winooski, the river flows over a dam two
hundred feet wide and twenty-five feet high, but before the dam was
constructed, to afford power for several mills, the river here was a
long stretch of cascades and cataracts, a condition which is still
continued below the falls and to its place of outlet. From Essex
Junction the Vermont Central follows the Winooski to Montpelier, passing
the beautiful town of Waterbury, which is the pass of Green Mountains
and the center of some of the finest scenery in the State. From
Waterbury it is only ten miles by stage to Mount Mansfield, which is the
loftiest peak in the range (4,389 feet), and from the summit of which a
splendid view is had of lovely valleys, gushing streams and battalions
of graceful mountains. In this same vicinity, checkered by many mountain
streams, are Peacock Falls, Bingham Falls, Moss-Glen Falls, Morrisville
Falls, and others of lesser note but equal beauty. At the base of
Mansfield Peak is a stage station, called Stowe, from which the crown of
the mountain is plainly observable, exhibiting the distinct features of
a giant, whose forehead, nose and chin are formed by two rents in the
summit, making the proportions, as well as the outlines, so perfect that
visitors are quick to discover the likeness even before a guide calls
attention to it. Camel’s Hump is another mountain, five miles from
Waterbury, the second highest in the range (4,000 feet), but its surface
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