Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY Villages & Hamlets |
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Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY Villages & Hamlets |
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VILLAGES AND HAMLETS Cape Vincent Cape Vincent is beautifully situated on the shore of the St. Lawrence river, about two miles below Lake Ontario. The streets are at right angles with each other, those of the north and south running down to the water's edge. The line of hills in the rear of the village commands a fine view of the river and the lake, with the shores of Wolf island, twenty miles in length, on the Canadian side. Three miles to the northeast are dimly seen the weird chimneys of the old fort on Carlton island. The sunsets are gorgeous beyond description, and well does it deserve the name of being one of the pleasantest summer resorts on the St. Lawrence river. The Rathbun House is fitted up expressly for summer visitors, being closed in the winter. There is no bar at this house. The St. Lawrence Hotel has likewise been full; both are under the same management. In this connection should be mentioned two large camping associations that annually spend the summer on their spacious grounds at the head of Carlton island; both are organized, and the ladies as well as the gentlemen do some good fishing. In 1852, and for three or four years after the completion of the railroad, there was every prospect that a wonderful growth and business for Cape Vincent, but those great expectations were not fully realized. The village was incorporated on the 14th of April, 1853, with a population of 1218.
The lawyers of the village are M. E. Lee and Ezra D. Hilts. The physicians are Martin Braun, Thomas Masson, O. S. Smith, H. N. Bushnell, and Philip Cole.
St. Lawrence Village St. Lawrence is a village of considerable local business, a little back from the railroad. The station is Rosiere. It has a temperance hotel, church, shops, and is in a good farming region.
The physicians at St. Lawrence are G. Mason McCombs, who is a graduate of the Bellevue Hospital medical college, New York city, D. E. Pierce, and M. B. Ladd.
Rosiere Rosiere is the name which was given to the first station on the railroad out from Cape Vincent. It is now but a hamlet, with a handful of buildings and a store. The parsonage of the Roman Catholic priest is here, and the question of building a new church at this place is being very seriously agitated. It is likely to grow.
Millen's Bay Millen's Bay is pleasantly situated on the river, about six miles below CapeVincent, and was named after one of the early settlers. It is also attracting attention as a summer resort. There is a Union church building, a hotel, shops, and a few dwellings. The post-office was discontinued a few years ago,--a transaction which had not been any source of gratification to the people of this vicinity. (Jefferson County History, by L. H. Everts, 1878)
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