PASSENGER DEPOT, CENTRAL VERMONT R. R., ST. ALBANS, VT.

Through the Champlain-Hudson Valley there is an important water-way connecting the St. Lawrence River and New York Bay. (See maps on pages 8 and 19.) By means of lake, river and canal the ports on Lake Champlain receive merchandise from New York City, coal from the mines of Pennsylvania, and lumber from the Canadian forests.

One of the railway routes between Montreal and New York City passes through Vermont. Its course is near Lake Champlain till it reaches the Otter Creek, then it follows the Southwest Valley, passing out of the State just north of Mount Anthony. The passenger for New York may leave this route for a more westerly one at Rutland or North Bennington, or for a more easterly one at Essex Junction or Rutland.

From the vicinity of Lake Memphremagog the route by rail to New York passes through the valleys of the Barton and Passumpsic rivers to that of the Connecticut, thence along the Connecticut, mostly on the western side of it, to the southeast corner of Vermont, from which point there are several convenient

routes.

From the northwestern part of the State the passenger for Boston, starting on the route to New York will leave it for a more easterly course at Essex Junction or Rutland; while from the southwestern portion of the State the passenger will first go north to Rutland, or will go south on a New York route beyond the border of Vermont before turning eastward.

From the neighborhood of Lake Memphremagog the traveler for Boston will start on the New York route and leave it at Wells River, White River Junction or Bellows Falls, or pass beyond the southern limit of the State before turning eastward.

A railroad from Montreal, Canada, to Portland, Maine, crosses the northeastern part of Vermont. And a railroad connecting Quebec with Portland, Boston and New York, touches a corner of Vermont and skirts its eastern border for a long distance.

From Newport, on Lake Memphremagog, one may go by rail to Swanton, on Lake Champlain, or to St. Albans.

From the Connecticut River at Lunenburgh, one may go by rail to Swanton, or to Burlington on Lake Champlain.

From Wells River and from White River Junction there are direct routes by rail to Burlington.

From Bellows Falls to Whitehall, at the head of Lake Champlain, is a direct railway route.

Besides these there are railroads from Shelburne Falls in Massachusetts, along the Deerfield River to Readsboro; from Brattleboro by the West River to South Londonderry; from White River Junction to Woodstock in the valley of the Quechee River.

In the southwest part of the State is a railroad from Bennington to Woodford, and about midway on the west side there is one from Leicester Junction to Ticonderoga in New York.

RAILROAD JOURNEYS.

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Take the shortest route by rail unless some other is mentioned. Name the important towns one will pass through in going by rail:

From Swanton to Bennington; to Brattleboro through Rutland, through Northfield; to St. Johnsbury; to Newport.

From Newport to St. Albans, to Brattleboro.

From Woodstock to Rutland through Burlington, through Bellows Falls.

From South Londonderry to Fair Haven.

From Montpelier to Highgate Springs, to Newport, to Brattleboro, to Bennington.

From the station nearest your home to Swanton, to Bennington, to Ludlow, to Brattleboro, to each of twelve other places chosen by yourself.

Draw a railroad map of Vermont.

Name the railroad junctions in Vermont.

Compare this map with the map of mountains and rivers :

Name the lakes or ponds and rivers near which one will pass in taking each of the journeys named above.