Voyage of the Paper Canoe

LAKE GEORGE, WARREN COUNTY, N. Y., JANUARY 1, 1878. - LIST OF MAPS DRAWN AND ENGRAVED AT THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY BUREAU, FOR THE "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE." - GENERAL MAP OF ROUTES FOLLOWED BY THE AUTHOR DURING TWO VOYAGES MADE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO - GUIDE MAPS OF CANOE ROUTE. - FROM QUEBEC, CANADA, TO PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK STATE - FROM PLATTSBURGH TO ALBANY - FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY - FROM NEW YORK CITY TO CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE - FROM CAPE HENLOPEN, DELAWARE, TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, TO BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA - FROM BOGUE INLET, NORTH CAROLINA, TO BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA - FROM BULL'S BAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA - FROM ST. SIMON'S SOUND, GEORGIA, TO CEDAR KEYS, FLORIDA

THE IMPROVED TYPE. — PAPER CANOE MARIA THERESA A CAPSIZE IN DELAWARE BAY DELAWARE WHIPPING-POST AND PILLORY BODY ISLAND LIGHT HOUSE CROSSING HATTERAS INLET RECEPTION AT CHARLESTON POST-OFFICE HOME OF THE ALLIGATOR THE PANTHER'S LEAP THE VOYAGE ENDED - CHAPTER I. THE APPROACHES TO THE WATER-WAY OF THE CONTINENT. - ISLAND OF ST. PAUL. — THE PORTALS OF THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. — THE EXTINCT AUK. — ANTICOSTI ISLAND. — ICEBERGS. — SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS. — THE ESTUARY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE. — TADOUSAC. — THE SAGUENAY RIVER. — WHITE WHALES. — QUEBEC.

A GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF 2500 MILES FROM QUEBEC TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, DURING THE YEARS 1874-5. - BY NATHANIEL H. BISHOP, - AUTHOR OF "ONE THOUSAND MILES WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA" AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY AND OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. - BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. 1878. - TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. ASSISTANTS, AIDS, AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY BUREAU, THE "VOYAGE OF THE PAPER CANOE" IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, - AS A SLIGHT EVIDENCE OF THE APPRECIATION BY ITS AUTHOR FOR THEIR INTELLIGENT EFFORTS AND SELF-DENYING LABORS IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, SO PATIENTLY AND SKILFULLY PERFORMING, UNDER MANY DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS. - INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER II. FROM QUEBEC TO SOREL - THE WATER-WAY INTO THE CONTINENT. — THE WESTERN AND THE SOUTHERN ROUTE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. — THE MAYETA. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE VOYAGE. — ASCENT OF THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. — LAKE OF ST. PETER. — ACADIAN TOWN OF SOREL

CHAPTER III. FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER TO TICONDEROGA, LAKE CHAMPLAIN. - THE RICHELIEU RIVER. — ACADIAN SCENES. - ST. OURS.— ST. ANTOINE. — ST. MARKS. — BELCEIL. — CHAMELY CANAL. — ST. JOHNS. — LAKE CHAMPLAIN. THE GREAT SHIP-CANAL. — DAVID BODFISH 'S CAMP. — THE ADIRONDACK SURVEY. — A CANVAS BOAT. — DIMENSIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN. — PORT KENT. — AUSABLE CHASM. — ARRIVAL AT TICONDEROGA.

CHAPTER IV. FROM LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN TO THE HUDSON RIVER. - THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE GEORGE BY FATHER JOGUES. — A PEDESTRIAN JOURNEY. — THE HERMIT OF THE NARROWS. — CONVENT OF ST. MARY'S OF THE LAKE. — THE PAULIST FATHERS. — CANAL-ROUTE FROM LAKE CHAMPLAIN TO ALBANY. — BODFISH RETURNS TO NEW JERSEY. — THE LITTLE FLEET IN ITS HAVEN OF REST.

CHAPTER V. THE AMERICAN PAPER BOAT AND ENGLISH CANOES. - THE PECULIAR CHARACTER OF THE PAPER BOAT. — THE HISTORY OF THE ADOPTION OF PAPER FOR BOATS. — A BOY'S INGENUITY. — THE PROCESS OF BUILDING PAPER BOATS DESCRIBED. — COLLEGE CLUBS ADOPTING THEAM. — THE GREAT VICTORIES WON BY PAPER OVER WOODEN SHELLS IN 1876.

CHAPTER VI. TROY TO PHILADELPHIA. - PAPER CANOE MARIA THERESA. — THE START. — THE DESCENT OF THE HUDSON RIVER. — CROSSING THE UPPER BAY OF NEW YORK. — PASSAGE OF THE KILLS. — RARITAN RIVER — THE CANAL ROUTE FROM NEW BRUNSWICK TO THE DELAWARE RIVER. — FROM BORDENTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA.

"THIS MONUMENT COVER5 THE REMAINS OF - ALEXANDER WILSON, - AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. - HE WAS BORN IN RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND, ON THE 6 JULY, 1766; - EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE YEAR 1794; - AND DIED IN PHILADELPHIA, OF THE DYSENTERY, - ON THE 23 AUGUST, 1813, AGED 47.

CHAPTER VII. PHILADELPHIA TO CAPE HENLOPEN. - DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER. — MY FIRST CAMP. — BOMBAY HOOK. — MURDERKILL CREEK. — A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY. — CAPSIZING OF THE CANOE. — A SWIM FOR LIFE. — THE PERSIMMON GROVE. — WILLOW GROVE INN. — THE LIGHTS OF CAPES MAY AND HENLOPEN.