Field Notebook: Maine, New Hampshire 1925
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BRITISH COLUMBIA Campbell Lake FORBES LANDING STRATHCONA NATIONAL PARK COURTENAY Buttle's Lake COMOX CAMPBELL RIVER UNION BAY CUMBERLAND GULF Great Central Lake Cameron Lake QUALICUM BEACH VANCOUVER CITY TO HOPE → SPROAT LAKE ALBERNI PORT ALBERNI PARKSVILLE FERRY OF LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS DUNCAN COWICHAN BAY BELLINGHAM BLAINE VICTORIA-BELLINGHAM RRY. SAN JUAN ISLAND FRIDAY HARBOUR FERRY SIDNEY ANACORTES PORT TOWNSEND EVERETT SEATTLE TO PORTLAND LOS ANGELES OLYMPIA STATE OF WASHINGTON PACIFIC OCEAN BARKLEY SOUND JORDAN RIVER SOOKE Lake Shawnigan Lake COWICHAN LAKE JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT VICTORIA FERRY PORT ANGELES SEQUIM PORT LUDLOW TO SPOKANE AND EAST WHAT TO SEE IN SEATTLE The “Charmed Land of the American Continent” Alki Bathing Beach, West Seattle; Boulevard Drive, including Queen Anne Hill Sky Line Drive and Mt. Baker Park; Chamber of Commerce Exhibits, Arctic Bldg.; Lake Washington Canal Locks, can accommodate ship 780 feet long, next in size to the Panama Canal; L. C. Smith Bldg., 42 stories, tallest in the world west of New York City, Observation Tower open to the public; Mammoth Piers, Pier B, Smith Cove Terminal, is 2580 feet long and 367 feet wide, the largest commercial dock in the world. Public Parks— Volunteer Park, here a remarkable view of Elliott Bay, Lake Union and Lake Washington is obtained from the Observation Tower. Woodland Park, zoological gardens and athletic grounds. Public Markets, foot of Pike St. Travelers pronounce these as America’s finest markets. Totem Pole, Pioneer Place, First and Yesler, landmark. University of Washington Campus, spacious buildings with landscape gardening, forestry building, and Stadium seating 30,000. Mt. Rainier, Mt. Rainier National Park, is nature’s greatest monument on the American continent, towering 14,408 feet from sea level to the clouds, eternal snow banks and gigantic glaciers, wonders surpassing the Alps, 365 varieties of wild flowers are found in the Park. Trip can be made in one day, but a longer stay is recommended.