The lower portion of Wells Island is also under the control of a
religious association, being owned by a regularly chartered society
called the Westminster Park Association. With the usual conservatism of
people of the “orthodox” faith, there is nothing of the camp-meeting
order here, although services are held in Bethune chapel every Sunday
during the season. The Park comprises about five hundred acres,
occupying an irregular neck of upland, rising in some places to a
commanding height, overlooking the scene for miles in extent. Tasteful
cottages occupy the building lots into which a large portion of the Park
has been divided. An elegant hotel, called the WESTMINSTER, under
excellent management, is kept in first-class style, at from two to three
dollars per day. Directly opposite from this park, on the New York
shore, is