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Gov ernor of Connect i cut C O N T E N T S PREVIEW OF N EW EN G LAN D Photogr a phs opposi tepa ge i IN TR ODUCIN G N EW EN GLAN D ALON G THE CON N ECTICUT SHORE Coastal Villages a nd Whaling Town s N ARRAGAN SETT BAY Clambakes a nd Regattas BUZZARD S BAY AN D THE I S LAN DS Wha lers to Motor - Cruisers CAPE COD Salty Town s a nd Sand Dun es PLYMOUTH AN D THE SOUTH SHORE Pilgrim Shades a nd Shrines AR OUN D THE GOLDEN DOME Boston a nd Thereabouts CAPE AN N AN D THE N OR TH SHORE From Witches to Captains Courageous ’ ALON G N EW HAMP S HIRE S SEACOAST Silvery Beaches a nd Storied Tow n s CASCO BAY Island- Studded Waters BOOTHBAY HARB OR Old Ships a nd N ew THE PEN OBS COT Salmon Runs a nd River Town s BAR HARBOR Lux ury by the Sea THE MAIN E LAKES AN D WOODS Fishing a nd Hun ti ng Con ten ts THE WHITE MOUN TAIN S A Coi l of Shining Pea k s THE LAKES OF N EW HAMPSHIRE Lo chs Amid the Highlan ds UP THE LOWER CON NE CTICU T VALLEY CollegeBoys a nd Indian s THE MIDDLE CONN ECTICUT VALLEY Moun tain Sen tinels a nd River Bends THR OUGH THE GREEN MOUN TAIN S TheBackbone of Vermon t THE N ORTHEASTERN LAKES OF VER MON T I n the Woodlands CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TheArcadi a of Vermon t THE BERKSHIRES An Aerie of HillTown s ’ CON N ECTICUT S WESTERN HIGHLAN DS Old Tavern s by Modern Roads IN DEX L I S T O F M A P S Along the Connecti cut Shore Ba r Harbor Narragansett Ba y The Ma i ne Lak es Buzzards Ba y and the I slands The Whi te Mounta ins Cape Cod The New Hampshi re La k es Plymouth and the South Shore The Lower Connecti cut Va lley Around the G olden Dome The Middle Connecti cut Valley Cape An n and the North Shore The Green Mounta ins ’ Along New Hampshi re s Sea Vermont Lak es s coa t The Cha mplai n Valley Casco Ba y The Berk shi res Boo H o ’ thbay arb r Connecti cut s Western Hi gh The Penobsco t la nds I N T R O D U C I N G N E W E N G L A N D E l ofi ers di WI THI N small compass, New ng and extraor nary diversity of l h l : hum landscape .