American Resorts; With Notes Upon Their Climate (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. FRESH-WATER RESORTS. Lakes of New England?Lake Regions of New York and New Jersey?Thou- sand Islands?Lake Ontario?Niagara Falls?Lake Erie?Lake Huron?Lake Michigan?Lake Superior?Lakes of the Northwest?California Mountain Lakes?Great Salt Lake?Lakes of Florida. There are numerous fresh-water resorts in the United States, most of which are located upon lakes, the latter presenting every imaginable variety in shape, size, location, altitude, climate, scenery, nature of waters and kinds of fish contained therein. Lakes affect the climate of the locality in which they are situated by cooling the atmosphere, and in the case of large bodies of water, by purifying the air; moreover they afford much amusement and sport in the way of fishing, boating and bathing, and usually they greatly add to the beauty of the scenery. The larger lakes of the United States are located mostly in the northern section of the country, the exceptions being the lagoons in Louisiana and Florida, and the lakes in the highlands of California. We will give a brief description of the most important of these places, beginning with those located in the New England States and proceeding westward. Moosehead Lake.?This is the largest of the many lakes in Maine (thirty-five miles in length), and is situated in the northern part of the state among the hills on the verge of the great Maine forest. Its elevation is over one thousand feet above the sea, with which it is connected by the Ken- nebec River. Its waters are deep and clear, containingtrout and other kinds of fish, while the surrounding forests are inhabited by a variety of game. On the southern shore of the lake the small village of Greenville is located, where there are several hotels and boarding places; from this point a small steamer r...