…Not far beyond,…at the "Narrows," lies Rowe's Landing, where, almost since the "discovery" of Sunapee a quarter of a century ago, has been located the now famous "Kamp Komfort." the alluring summer home of the Kamp Komfort Klub of Springfield, Mass. The camp today, with its modern accessories of private theatre and roof garden, dining hall and other conveniences, presents a rather startling contrast to the original camp of '75. Another camp ground, Cilley Springs, adjoins it, a little to the north,… Rounding Echo Point, the steamer parts the waters of Blodgett's Bay with its prow and soon ties up at the wharf at Blodgett's Landing. This remarkable resort has been aptly termed a summer city. Its scores of cottages almost jostle each other, and once within its environs the visitor finds himself gazing with surprise down the long vista of a veritable main street, which is patriotically named after the Father of his Country. A board esplanade also runs parallel with the lake shore, affording easy access to the wharves and boathouses and summer pavilions. Blodgett's Landing was founded about 21 years ago, and for the past 18 years the annual camp meetings of the Sunapee Lake Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association have been held within its leafy domains. These meetings begin usually about the first of August and last four or five weeks. Crowds of visitors are attracted by the exercises, which are held either in the grand open-air auditorium in the adjoining grove or in Association Hall. The view from the lake from here embraces Sunapee Harbor on the opposite shore and distant Mt. Croydon. Idlehurst, a new and ambitious settlement, immediately adjoins Blodgett's Landing, and is noted for the possession of an excellent mineral spring. Much more might be said in description of this interesting portion of the Sunapee shore, but the impatient little steamer has her "schedule” to make, just the same as a railroad train, and is quickly making the foam fly as she heads west again toward Sunapee Harbor….
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