Re: Ferries and Cliff House Railway - Segue to Rangeley Lake House

tgbcvr Wrote:
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> Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> > reminds me of the Rangeley Lake House which also had
> it's own narrow gauge spur to bring in supplies and
> > passengers.
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> Stewart, is this the Rangeley Lake House today?
> [www.therangeleyinn.com]
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> Those old railway hotels were really cool, and fun
> to visit the ones that still exist. Like El Tovar
> (Santa Fe/HarveyHouse) at the Grand Canyon, Prince
> of Wales Hotel (Great Northern Rly) in Waterton
> Nat Park Alberta, Montebello in Quebec, and of
> course CPR’s castles like Banff Springs and
> Chateau Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies. I’m
> sure a comprehensive list of them would get very
> long, but they’re certainly worth visiting when
> vacationing in their respective areas.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph

Ralph,
The Rangeley Inn is from the same era but is much smaller than the Rangeley Lakes House. The RLH was on the other side of Main Street on the knoll about an 8th of a mile in the woods. It was a large Victorian style hotel that was mostly wooden framed, it no longer stands. I have a photo of it somewhere. The depot for the RLH survived and sits on the shore of Rangeley Lake, it was known as "Marbles" named for the builder/owner of the Rangeley Lake House. The RLH was where wealthy passengers from New York and Boston stayed after riding in the parlor car Rangeley from Farmington.