Fire Island : beach resort and national seashore / Shoshanna McCollum ; foreword by Gerard Stoddard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCollum, Shoshanna., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire Island (N.Y. : Island)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Fire Island (N.Y. : Island).

Fire Island (N.Y. : Island)--History--Pictorial works.

Fire Island (N.Y. : Island)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Lake Sunapee in southern New Hampshire is one of the gems of New England. It is 10 miles long, and at 1,100 feet in elevation, it is the highest large lake in the state. It is dominated at its southern end by the magnificent Mount Sunapee. The lakeshore has an unusually interesting history, traced here in postcard views, many from the start of the 20th century. They tell a story of large resort hotels, steamboat travel, and trains, all in the era before the automobile. The lake itself has been a major center of sailing, powerboating, water skiing, fishing, and swimming. Today, the large resorts are gone, and the shore is dominated by thousands of cottages along its 32 miles of waterfront. The towns on the lake as they were a century ago are also fully illustrated--Sunapee Harbor, Georges Mills, New London, Blodgett Landing, Newbury, and Burkehaven.

Contents:

A barrier island

Lighthouses, lifesavers, and lodgings

Rise of the resort communities

Icons

Wrath of storms

Fire Island National Seashore

Nature in the balance

The building beach

A beach heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125) and index.

OCLC:

885208034