1883 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN OBSERVANT, CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN EXPLORING THE 1000 ISLANDS BY YACHT AND SAIL

On offer is a super, original 30 page manuscript travel diary dated August 1st 1883 through September 5th 1883. The unidentified young woman who authored this diary details in a charming fashion her trip through the 1000 Islands of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. She mentions both "The American Islands" and "The Canadian Islands", boating, yachting, sailing over to the "oldest city of Canada, Gananoque," visits to other Canadian cities, Bluff Island, Wells Island, lots of fishing, Island Royal, Alexandria Bay, Victoria Bridge +++. The 8 x 5½ inch book has flexible cloth covers, splitting a little with a couple of pages loose but complete and legible. Overall G., ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, THOUSAND ISALNDS, 1,000 ISLANDS, TRAVEL, LAKE ONTARIO, GANANOQUE, ONE THOUSAND ISLANDS, THOUSAND ISLANDS, CANADA, CANADIAN, CANADIANA, YACHTING, SAILING, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, AMERICANA, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel,