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Notes of a canal boat trip taken in the summer of 1895Description
'Notes of a canal boat trip taken in the summer of 1895. ; Augusta Woodruff Brown was born in December 1840 in Brooklyn, New York. She lived with her parents into adulthood, working as a housekeeper for wealthy families. She was also an accomplished traveler, as well as an artist and writer. She died in Elsemere, Albany County, New York, in October 1937; A narrative of the journey Brown and three female companions had taken during the summer of 1895 primarily on waterways from New York City to Quebec City. Much of the journey was completed aboard the "Bertha M. Bullis," a freight canal boat, which began its journey as part of a 72-boat chain towed by three tugs up the Hudson River, to Troy, New York, where it entered the Champlain Canal. It was then pulled up the canal by mules and the length of Lake Champlain into the Richelieu River by tugboat. After reaching St. Jean, Quebec, they boarded a train for Montreal, where they spent a couple of days sightseeing. From Montreal, they continued their journey by boat down the Saint Lawrence River. The return trip was made primarily by freight boats beginning at Sorel, Quebec. Not only did she describe the people and places she encountered on her journey, but also the workings of the canal boats and those who operated them. Throughout her trip, Brown also sketched scenes of the boat and the surrounding landscape to provide a visual as well as a written record of her experiences." - New York Public LibraryLexicon
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canals (waterways)Publication Details
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Augusta Woodruff BrownLCCN
HE396.C338 B76 1895Relationships
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Canal
Champlain CanalState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America