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I 1 » ^* ' » 4 * / \- A- ) tf^ , ^- ' - ' ^ • \ A. .. ^N '*L., r. ,■. •' \. • '., . . , N ^ % f' K E-LRNCE lit AT. THE h FAtoUS LAKES »• ' J , AND 6tH^R SPORTING RESt)RTS" ON THE Ukm T^UNK RiltWAY. WITR A SUMMARY OF FISH AND GAMt LSiW'S. / By ARTHUR G DOUGHTY. ^ GfiANO Trunk Railway Passenqei* Department MONTREAL. 1898. •{^ u-.;' '''&i-^i&!iJi^'z^.^fi-,-'t£- / ■ ■ .. J ■ Introductic Muskoka^ A Trip frdi lyake Josep Region of ] Lake of Ba Midland Li Niagara Fj I,ake St. J< I^ake Temi Androscog: Fish and G Ontari Quebe Maine ' New I Vermc Michi^ The Grand General Ol Pointers fo To whom 1 Index . . .> #- 1% : Canoe Lak Old Isaac On Bala L XHkCreek On Georgi War like I K,, I'j .HI. -fi ^' V, Tifi.,. 1 A • CONTENTS. PJIOC. Introduction ' . . 5 Muskoka^akes .... , 8 A Trip frcim Gravenhurst*^, . . r4 Lake Joseph ....../ 21 Region of Parry Soun4 and Georgian Bay *. . . 25 Lake of Bays 30 Midland Lakes 35 Niagara Falls jm| 42 Lake St. John District . . . W 46 Lake Temiscouata 49 Androscoggin Lake I .... . 51 Fish and Game Laws 54 Ontario 54 Quebec 54 Maine 56 ' New Hampshire 57 Vermont 58 Michigan 58 The Grand Trunk Railway ' 60 General Offices 61 Pointers for Traveller ............. 61 To whom to apply 64 Index 3 I ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. S. H. Canoe Lake 7 Old Isaac 18 On Bala Lake 20 "XJakXreek On Georgian Bay 27 War like Indians 29 INDEX. Alumic Lake 28 AndroscuKgin Lakes. 51 Burks Falls 28-29 Byng Inlet '.'.'.'.'.. 28 Bracebridge -j, Belleville !'. i".'.: 33-40 Beaverton 36 Bowmanville ,, 37 Bobcaygron ' " ' ' 36 Buckhorn Lake .'." 38 Bf y ^LSiii"'" 37-40-41 15 PAOi • 3 36 26 28 36 38 39 4» 49 30 4'' 49 BeaujKafis Bakam Lake Brule, Etienne 25 Black Bass, Kit Clark on tj Champlain (visit of) . . . . ; 2-j Chri.vtian Island (The) Cecebe Lake Coboconk Chemone Lnke Clear LsHce Coehill Cebano Lake Duffin's greek Edw^ard Lake . ^ -Eagle Lake , Fairy Lake 30 Fenelon Falls 39 Kiih and Game Laws 54 Falls Oiiiachouan 48 " Niaaara 42 " Muskoka 3, " Rosseau 17 Gravenhurst g-,4 Grand TrunK Railiway 60 General Offices 61 Georgian Bay a; Giants Tomb How to reach the Muskoka Lake Hemlock Point Hiawatha Huron, (the Home of) . 22 Highlands of Canada 2a Huntsville 28 Horton Lake ...[^[ 49 Introducti.on 5 Indian Struggles 35 Indian River 15 Joseph Lake 15-17119-21 Jesuit Missionaries 2a Kit Clarke .... 5 21 -Winder ti> ere. . . . :7t-—~: rr. — TP ^^•»'">y •■'34-35-36 % Ontario Scugog Jj;. '^K: ^ _J - ■ " ■ill • uM iti *,SA. , „ \?- t&t ■• '^ . «'l(W'H<*., ^h i. PAOI •• 3 AT THE FAMOUS •39-4! %$\q1^ La\e^ I othei< I^e^oi'fi^ l^BnOHHO BY THH GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY § ITS CONNECTIONS. net INTRODUCTION. "Like a virgin goddess in a pritnevaL world, " Canada still walks in unconscious beauty among '^^ her golden woods, and along the margin of he, " trackless streams, catching but broken glances of ^^ her radiant majesty as mirrored on their surf ace. ^^ HE description of the scenic beauties of Canada has formed the theme upon ^ which many a talented auth- or has lavished his intellect- ual powers, and still the sub- ject is not half exhausted. The territory of the Dom- inion is so vast, its natural advantages so colossal,.,the material upon which to dil- ate passing before the vision as a vast train of meteoric splendour, that the most comprehensi>ye_n arrati ve / •34-35-J6 has failed to enfold'within its pages more than a little of the charms which belong to Canada by right, and which will be acknowledged before she takes her place ■^% . '?i'^Ci^ -. - -^^-x, \ HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN \l in the g onous future awaiting her in the "Olympus of^ ■ ""TT. ^^^^^^^t «f these few pages is sL^y by ^ a brief de^nption to point out some of the most famous hunting, fishing and pleasure resorts, and to direct the ' -attention of the tourist or sportsman in his selection ot a summer trip. " tn 1,T ^l^T^l"^ °^J^' springtide sun, which warms to life the tender oflfspring of the kingdom of Flora and under whose genial influence our ice-bound rivers a and snow-clad mountains seem glad to return to their . normal condition, is also the first signal to the sports- man, the tourist, the seeker after health or pleasure to be on the alert, and to determine where to spend ihe nohday season. To a very large number, both in this and the sister country, the holiday season is looked forward to as the one bnght spot in the year, when, for a brief space the cares of business are cast aside and life is given up to enjoyment^; and there are also many more untram- melled and free to seek out pleasure wherever it may be obtained. To either class these pages will not appeal m vain, for the daily increasing facilities of travel, the ease with which places, until recently remote may be reached, rehde. it constantly more diflScult to determine which place will prove th«. most enjoyable. Experience, and the testimony of tho^ands has proved that in the Ontario Uke district isXb^ found the Elysium of the sportsman, the MecJof the tounst. ' / \ £ rf r f"' 11 11ill )'• I [ '"'"ii'^"i|l| y ,li «* 7ST ' i ' f - -"rr^' rVi iiiinfr^i'illn ■ ound rivers urn to their ' the sports- pleasure, to ) spend the id the sister rd to as the if space the jiven up to re untram- ver it may s will not "acilities of il' recently intly more e th^. most thousan z\. is/to be scca of the ■ff"'., ^ HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN. THE MUSKOKA tAKES. '. For Woodland auiet a«^ -i *"** **«»»» •V '/^.w t. 'ff^':,-,i^. Ill y^'~ VII ,>^-;: ,•:■-(/■' ;;^; ^.j?' waters dedoveravastarea, like crystalline gems set with emeralds in one of those gorgeous pictures of nature, which defy the pow- to depict, and baffles fl,. IT /l"^^ ''''^^^'''^ ^^^"^"s ■•s. 'ndee. t,. ,;^, *e sj^. o^n^Mes. imitation ; -ad romes'f'"™ .S 'T;^"* ">• '"^ various rail- , & North- Western n" • ^' ^ "'™'* ^^ *« Northern way to mJZZw^ZTg:! '^''""'' ^""■'^ «^"- ^1,^ 1- , ^"^"' CGravenhurst Station ^ .. G Jl: t4*hVr- ^™» ^"sJm^oe to «. thence north toTateN nLf^'""/ ^'"^ ^ound and historical inl^st a/teln^t^'i"™" '* -^Plete with ' ^^ **'"« ">« home of the ill-fated iurons. ,nd it is I he name ►f soflie '. hapes of The 5 "ore it. C light be [roquois, ;fore the land now t lis the mus (or the mo But a f merry lau(j jofthefinn I becomes a plebeian ( which at 1 Thep which the which are may make jU^st to taj decides on will meet a in all that 1 out under With have been ing here a many blofc reality cha to the tour most wonc iierels th let it wand mind, for rracs^il^a^ .11. » 4N. ON THE MUSKOKA LAKES. undred noises eel and steam very voices ystal Stream." HIS in - com- par- able ran- ge of Iters stud- a vast area, illine gems meralds in « gorgeous >f nature, J the pow- 've genius imitation ; urons. Now all is forgotten, the scene is changed, ind it is only uqw and then, in a reflective mind, that [he name of a village or lake will awaken the riiemory ►f sopie Indian legend, "dark with phantoms and Shapes of wild enormity. " The swift current of civilization has swept all be- fore it. Once, over the peaceful lakes and placid waters light be heard the echo of the savage eloquence of the roquois, or the dying yell of the Hurons as they fell fore the ferocious valour of their implacable enemies; 'and now the only sound which usually disturbs the air, is the musical ripple of the waters, rufilei by the winds,' or the motion of some pleasure craft, . But at times, also, the I^ake re-echoes with the merry lai^gh of the Angler, as some aristocratic member of the fini^y kingdom sporting itself in delight, at leijgth becomes a dupe of that insignificant simulacrum of the plebeian order of diptera— " the fur wrought fly!^'— which at first it disclaimed even to notice. The point for " up the lakes" is Gravenhurst, from which the passenger can take his choice of many places, which are within an easy distance of this spot, or he may make up his mind to take a sail on lake Muskoka, just to ta^e in at a glance the surroundings. If he decides on this place, on some bright afternoon his eye will meet a picture which it would be difficult to match in all that vast panorama which Dame Nature has spread out under many climes. With a capricious hand the solid earth seems to have been scooped out into numerous lake beds, leav- ing here and there what looks at a distance like so many blots on a clear crystal surface, but which are in reality charming islands,— sylvan gems,— a very Eden to the tourist. Of all inorganic substances water is the most wonderful, but here also it is most beautiful. Here is^tfre ^poTtn wHicE td^indiilgelh^ or to ~ let it wander ih the endeavor to fix indelibly upon the mind, for the purpose of transferring to canvas, the ^i»r:i. I , i>M,»!v ■. :>■«»;/*,.=.. :. f:, '^il^i^sSimi^ktfim!iif:^Ji -MA. lO HAUNTS OF TJfE SPORTSMAN. reflection on the surfnrH* r^r ^i, , shadow of countIeLS?nd/- """"' '"'■«'* '"e ' where even, rippk a^if " " ""™'^ *» '^^ ^^Pths, "pidly alteniatimrTX ; ^ sunbeams, presents a Lake Ontario islL7ery"°^T '^"'^^ *^ '*^^' "' physical nature p ^ '° '"v.gorate exhausted a few"Sestr„rtr f r r '"^ ^ ""^"^ surroundings n^rfc/L^^ tTake"' ^ ' *' 4.1. . . ~Sf>n, hemmed m by forests wTiioi, ^ «. • their pristine ptj4iiH*»„^ ; i ^"^esis wnich retain H^isune gmndeur, is solemn peacefulne« t «« -i and water, barren rock »nA t^«f {f''**^^^"iness. I,and rock«i wV.;^i, 4. -^ ^ ^^^ ^ succession of whp toysiifh°::kif„rn:o:';i?tr:h'^ ^f ^"■"' ^nd top, ,, feathers^rd t'tr«>tde'l;t other the token of ^^a^^ithirth"'"'''? ™' *^ which seems to have^n s^,n """"""^ '"^'"'• delectation of mankinrpi™s''as^'"'"H' '" '"* scenes may be teali^eH ^T^'"^^ ^ ™ned as the I^kespre^n^J^^Xfaa^irfo/Zlt °' ""= camping. The snirit leT ^^ ^*"'e and rises w^l, ttr,^^^ ""^ ""«' enthusiastic angler jvlty e^s«ngCe«hrtLS^L"s^r^- ^T these mntniii^oo * «««w»ng trauspaitnt^^om requirenK that thoi are away they are centres e arranged detail. 1 1 1 [' :!^ff.i'$jt^'^v''\ 'f- rs, where the] in its depths,] ayed upon by j IS, presents a' titudinous in auty no more \ hile those in for the pure, the level of ^e exhausted I lake during tid study the - a trip upon •istic of the ivhich retain less. I,and ^red with a ^ ih delight- ccessiou of have been s of nature, allows the de, may be ^s of grass, il war, the sing arena, ed for the ed as the ion of the shing and tic angler le, for his ising acti- srbosoni the finny : summer ON THE MUSKOKA LAKES. II ibnths, what time is not taken up with the pleasure ►f feasting the eye on the charms of nature may be well ►pent in camping and fishing, walking, driving and isiting, for the utmost good-will prevails all over these islands, the very atmosphere being inducive to such a )pirit ; and in the autumn, when the "sere and yellow leaf" reminds one that the sun is hasting to gladden >ther climes, the disciples of the gun, the lovers of the ;hase take almost entire possession of the field. On either shore of the Lakes are studded villages, [which apparently have risen up with the increasing [demands of a special class of visitors, at which those who decide to make their quarters on the main land, will find every convenience for the suppl y of thei r requirements, and which ^11 indeed make them feel that though when only a few miles from shore, they are away from the world "with its hundred noises," they are in reality at home. From these various centres every conceivable form of excursion may be arranged, which, it is perhaps well to mention, in slight detail. \ I I n HAUNTS OF THk- SPORTSMAN. I^j' as before remark- ed, the region of the lakes is dotted over with countless islands and there are . hundreds of small streams and lake- lets, there are 6nly three sheets of wat- er which fiom their size andprominence stand out distinctly. These three are Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau and Lake Joseph. Many of the isl- >. ands, on which have been erected handsome dwelling, are the private pro- perty of wealthy Canadians but ihere are hundreds of choice little spots on which^ Wy party is at liberty to" take up their abode for the season, and with their camps reign lords of a miniature kingdom. It is pleasing to note the good-will which prevails ' dunng thesummer season on. these Islands, where it is the custom for camping parties in the evening to pay a visit to some sister island in their canoes, wher e hos- pitality is sure to be extended, ltd by the light ofa"' camp fire, music and dancing terminates many a pleas- ant day. ' -, , / ON THE MUSKOKA LAKES. '3 The radiant and ceaseless loveliness of nature's pver changing panorama is seldom more appreciated than in the midst of these lakes , \ » " cojinterchar]^^' with diamond plots of dark and bright:'* Who- is there, after a refreshing slumber ih this pure atmosphere could gaze unmbved at the glones of the heavens as mirrored in, these Lakes. ? The sun- beams have driven far from the field aerial cloud flocks, Lflocks of Admetus under Apollo's keeping-leaving It iridescent with the morning light. Or again at sunset, when nature seems to be exert- ing her utmost to exhibit her manifold charms ere the clo^ng of the day, when the swr-bathes the whole heaven in one mantle ^pf crimson, gold and amber hue.; or yet once more, whdii the whole scene is hushed in the silence and calm of night, a parallel effect may b^ produced. I , r i Removed, as^ it were, from the midsiof human labor and life, surrounded by, a feeling oftkep and tender desolation, the powers of contemplation ^re awakened, when presently from behind some^ dark cloud the moon will burst in all its glory, shedding its silvery halo over island and camp, over lake and river, z^ a glorious mantle of peace. '^ \ ^ «' Dark blue the deep sphere overhead, Difetinct with vivid stars inlaid Grew darker from the under-flame : - So leaping lightly from th* boat ^ With silver anchor left afloat In marvel whence that glory came Upon me, fis in sleep I sank ' - xin cool soft turf upon the bank.' I» .~^Ss/-^*^iii'!, .».^-i.j ,mif!!»a*-*m& ^ ^ .!■ fl' <^ ! i i > HAUNTS OF THF SPORTSMAN. "X^ >t TRIP FROM GRAVKNHURST iftROUGH .^ -UKEROS^SEAU TO THE FALLS. CJXOR those not having very much time at their ^r disposal, a profitable Way to spend it. is to Muskoka and' P.? """ ^ "^^"^ ''^^^^''^ ^^ ^^e Muskoka and, Georgian ^^y Navigation -Comoanv . wh.ch leaves twice a day o^ the arrival of the traLs^f the Grand Trunk Railway. grains ot .; Iveaving Gravenhui^st, the ^teamer«on which there IS every accommodation and cLfort. glidrthroul vLTfre^^-^'^H-'^ "^"^^^^^ afforlinga itndM. firJ ^^.^^^^^^"^^^""diiig scene. If it is the p^ngers' ' fi^ visi^. the,, will be mi^at will attrSe^ remind h" >''"''' ^^^^^"— d rusticity wUl remind him of many a Highland scene soon h' !?' !?T '^^^''' ^'^^^^^^^ ^'^ attention will soon be diverted towards a series of views defyingThe power of description, and He will begin to wishThf t he couldjust step off to explore some little -sykannook'' ^at apparently has no excuse to 6ffer for theppsitL It occupies. Fromthe inside of some picture ^''^ above which is floating somlfchosen color t . voices of the campers will be borne to his eLrUmmh? stealer passes on and in it^ course are manv of thoJ ^^''""^^^^^^^ - ^^- ston/C'ag^ MlyS*?!' ^^' "^8:ged shores, the little ch^i^^ f^l''"!;', *^^ ^<^l"d-d scene; is JS^^^M ^fM^^j^^^ ^^on i > sub urban fo«*i ' t- '*• . And ISO th¥ view is cons- tedtl, changing until the fi,.t halt of importan^^ made at that now well known -plac. i^um^! I time at their ipend it, is to teamefsofthe »n. .Company, f the trains of ,-fe. ^t BEAUMARIS. ■Ii^ 15 ■f „auiiiariiM^ situated ^right in the heart of Lake >f us- ;okg, has splendid hotel accommodation, and is pre- ,miti«ntly the place for headquarters, if the visitor does not wish to ;pamp out. After leaving Beaumaris, the teamer glides tiipu^ a number of islets along the (Indian Riv^^f^^ifg! Garling lock. Port Carling Ijtself is , «invi"W '"place »«" summer, and many thoroty^lySk^lKable excursions by land and water irAy^ffi|fanged therefrom. On the-other si^e of the Ibc^S:^|Pmid ouiifeelves in L,ake Rosseau. What a gorgeous spectacle ^greets the eye! Like soSe rosy finger tipped AurorafgodcIess~Wl^ mora,' these Lakes have appeared in the tourists horizon, by the side -oi w.hich the far famed beauty of the Thousand ft*- -1-1*3* jf ' E'.f'* ft?- 3i*.«H. V . ^. 4*1 .Vsi«>ti. : \ ■ 1 !■ n I ■T^ry ^w^ ■% w^ * s ^ ■J' *■ * » ■ >■ ; - ^ .1 :i6 HAUNTS OF.THE SPORTSMAN. Stslands p^ es. The more this scenery is studied tJ inore convinced one becomes that thT L^s whld .are spread out under a Canadian sky can v^wit^ tf sTil /"■- ""''""'""8^ • hammocks swung rthe shade of m,n,ature groves, reminding onfep/PMvnlL,! happme^ rather than of a place wit\i^few mfe „ our great metropohs. This is the lower end ofW. Rous^au, Which for beauty is only rivall^ by thl^^l on the opposite side ^ ^ I - ^ '^. ■^ .';y. ■ "'•■^^-Ff^l ry is studied, tin ie charms which can vie with the 2r distant climes., id over witii pic-j ly growth which heat. On these artistic looking ntrast agreeably 5 swung in the QCJ?/ Polynesian a a few miles of i^erend offtake Hed,bythel,ake A ''FINNY NOBLEMAN". ^7 Her than I^ake rht more within 3t pass on and n island in the favorite spots y requisite for )tained at the respect. ERHAPS here it may be as well to state that though every form of pass- ive enjoyment may be realized in this district, Lake Rosseau is essen- tially the haunt of those in search of active sport. Fishing and shooting may be indulged in to the heart's content. Trout may be found in adj acent streams,- bydliere the black bass hol3s sovereign sway. Al- though not to be compared to trout, the black bass is by no means to be espised, he is in the words of Kit Clark, "a nobleman jamong the finny nobility. He is an aquatic terrier, tenacious as a bulldog, and a three-pounder on a light rod will fully compensate a man for a days vexation." Red deer are to be found within a radius of two or three miles while duck, partridge and hares are to be obtained in abundance. But we must return to Windermere. After leaving this place the steamer passes Rosseau Falls, touches at Maplehurst and from thence proceeds to its destinat- ion, Rosseau. The village of Rosseau is situated at the north of the Lake, and the run from Gravenhurst occupies about four hours. There are many interesting spots within easy access ; the Shadow River, and delightful drives. At about one mile distant a rugged promontory stretches out Its neck into the^i ake^^om wh ic h aa^ exquisite view of the surrounding country is possible, but aa it is all on about the same level it is not very extensive. ' / * iii6«ijBS^'S&ii«?sS.ijfeJrfa n;Mia^4iiK.:fi. i p : ! m;'! ! I I ■> (i' ' /8 HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN. Onil inding virgin icted at ist acro! at ovei umerou lay 1^ t !n outpi :is!€.tb icinity. eturn t vaters The region of these lakes ha been compared to the Highland of Scotland, but here "nohaughl peerage of attendant mountains ' keeps guard over these loveli 77--—- -.^J waters as jealous sentinels, buff^^ *^ still they are nof left defenceless, for all round th( >und bt staunch though lowly members of the kingdom of Flor ^^ ^^^"^ keep a faithful watch. ' ature, a Round about Maplehurst and Rosseau are many ^ a gre beautiful walks and drives, and if one cares to venture to the limit of civilization, a trip to Burleigh Falls will well repay a visit. Here one may witness the raft^ descending the rapids and watch the skill and dexterity with which the^aftsmen conduct their heavily freighted burden on its perilous^«>tirse. " Love-sick Uke " i also worth *a visit, cast iA the midst of a trackless wil derness, to which a romantic interest is attached 1^^^^''® Around this district numerous woods and lakes abound '^^ ^^^^ which are plentifully stocked,, and which offer to the sportman's a zest which can now be found in but few places in Canada. E^Ccellent sport may here be found deer and partridge are unmolested, so that those who are prepared to rough it, pushing their way through unbeaten tracks may be sur^ of ample reward. To the nght of Shadow River is a pine grove, the fragrant scent of which borne on the summer breeze is delighful and exhilarating. A sail down the Shadow River, one of Canada's choicest gems, should not be omitted while in this neighborhood. Take a bright afternoon when the sky is free from darkened stains, and |^e sun is shining out in all his splendour ; when the air is soft and genial and only a gentle breath is stirring. What a lovely scene of un- sophi stica ted nature greets the eye ! Here^is the disp lay ^ofOTture^saft,uhaddriiedby the clumsy hand of man. ' In otnni re vincit imitationetn Veritas! " -4V/- > " ^It-, '"i. t. MAN. THE SHADOW RIVER. r9 t-4 *■ of these lakes h to the Highland ^ere"nohaughl lant mountains ' rer these lovel IS sentinels, bu On its placid reflective bosom glides the little'craft, inding its way through an avenue of vegetation, set virgin soil, presenting at every turn a scene ofunex- icted and evanescent beauty. Broad are the shadows ist across its crystal path, for every branch or shrub .. .C..UU..S, Du ^^t over-hangs its shores is mirrored thereon. No r all round th. '^«<1 ^"^ ^^^ ^^^^^°^ *^^ ^ ^^^^ ^'^ ^^ ^ ^ :ingdomofFlor ^^ alone witH the primeval grandeur of the works of Jature, and yet only a few miles off from the turmoil a great commercial city ! Doubtless there are umerous other spots equally as enchanting which it lay Ije the good fortune of the tourist to explore, but he g|i|tes enumerated in this trip are sufficient to give :n o^ne of the kind of pleasure tc^ derived from a is'lt^tothe fat»0iis Ivake Rosseau and the immediate icinity. fiut we must reluctantly leave this lake and eturn to Gravenhurst, and wend our way over the vaters as far as Port Carling and there diverging to he left enter I^ake Joseph. )sseau are man) cares to venture rleigh Falls will ntness tfie rafts ill and dexterity eavily freighted 2-sick I,ake" i.*^ a trackless wil- st is attached, id lakes abound ich offer, to the •und in but few '■ here be found, that those who r way through eward. To the e, the fragrant eze is delighful dow River, one e omitted while ky is free from : out in all his ial and only a '' scene of un- e is the djsp la^y ' hand of man. /as/ " /a^Ufc^^ W>i«V ^1 ^h .a.-t, // \: .; '^'■^•^iF- HAUNTS Of THE SPORTSMAN. LAKE JOSEPH. 21 LAK£ JOSEPH l.^M I ..'/If i'\ ' Q many res- 1 1 pectslake ■^ ^Joseph is the most attract- ive of the Lakes Its waters are clearer, and as it is' less fre- quented it is more thorough- ly a sportman's kradise It is entered by a but through the sand-bar [t Port Sandfield, which separates it from Lake Ros- eau The run thence by Steamer to Port Cockbum at the head of the Lake is enchanting. The same alternation of moss covered islets and wooded island m setting of silvery water is noticeable as in the sister lakes. Here, however, there seems to be a wider .expanse of living verdure, and under the shade of the bea^T growth of some of the islands the stately flower crowned prince" osmunda regalis, spreads its graceful fronds. The bays atid channels present bewildering attractions to the camper and tlUe angler, while here and there though not so frequently as in the other lakes may be found the summer 4bo4es of busy profess- ional men or metchants, picturesquely placed, showing that the delights of the region are not unappreciated. 'Beauttftil is this place in bud diijg springtime, lovely m the middle of summer, but what must it be when alT the woods are ablaze with the coloring of a Canadian " X 22 HAUmS OF THE SPORTSMAN. :fi !! ■ i!i ill I ii lili % ;! I autumn ? Simply indescribable. Here the hemtSIi, mass .up with an effect that would ravish an artiJ soul, their lighter colors and more graceful forn] rehevmg the spmbre character of the unbending spruce and pine. Such is Hemlock Point, in particula] where the lake begins to broaden and enclasp in ii crystal embrace a galaxy of islands, a summer sojour] upon which mu^t be as a perpetual and delicious dreanf On some of these islands may be fouhd the head-qiiatei of a local organization of sportsmen, and its memberl have tastes of delight which, carried away to thei mland homes, will while away many an hour of fire side t^fk in the long winter evenings. Both PorJ Cockburn and Port Sandfield at either end of the I^akd have fine accommodation for tourists. Along the shore of this lake wild rice abounds and it is one of the favorite feediiig grounds of wild fowl, hence some of, ^the best duck shooting in Canada may here be enjoyed It IS safe to say that though travellers may boast of Italian Ukes, the Scottish, lochs, and the beauty of he English Windermere district. Canada surpasses them all in the wild natural beauty of Muskoka. f For some invalids the invigorating air of the sea-j side may be recommended, but it i? doubtful whether I they as well as the tired and busy workers of the city the fatigued in mind and body, could do better than try the pure air and lovely scenes of Muskoka; and with returning Vigor enjoy its delightful activities. If the pleasure seeker is a student of history it will be enteresting to him to dwell upon the fact that here on this vefyr g1-ound the all i4«verful Indian tribe the Hurons, had their head-quarters, and there when Champlaiir visited them and incited them, to the ill- fated attack upon the Iroquois they numbered over twenty thousand souls. It was in this settlement that ^heroig Je suit mi ss ionaji e a Bfebeeuf^i^llemattt and Garnier labored for the redemption of the aborigines and laid down their martyred lives in testimony of the ■*(' LV .V '-*V Krjfc( .m „ \i ''dhfi A HINT 10 BOTANISTS. 23 ■t.>. th of Christianity. After the destruction of the Iron the forest resumed its away for many years til n^w the energy of the Alglo-Saxon has ^scovered [ advantages as a pleasure ground. To those of a ologTcal turn of mind, the formation of the rocks and e Indentations in the rugged shpres wdl present Ids fdr investigation, while the botanist will find any choice specimens of the Floral kingdom in Ules through sylvan groves and along the margin crystal streams. , ^ ,, ^ With this brief description we must leave the strict of Muskoka, with " Bowery hollozvs Crowned with summer seas." the tourist, who taking in the matchless grandeur . the ^ene with his own eyes will readily pardon this ■eble attempt to descri^ a tithe of its charms. J • ;i B^Hi^^^i A - - , 1 'T • - ■"J , • * --ja ^'rt . "^ihli^i^ta ^^^^^^^ Bi^BIH!^^^^^ \ HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN. ■7--r.-'5>^!f^' PARRY^SOUND AND GEORGIAN BAY. 25 THR REGION OF PARRY SOUND AND THE GEORGIAN BAY. I The route to this'i^^rii^s nearly the same as to le Muskoka Lakes, excepting that passengers use the &Tr«nk Railway as far as Penetangu.shene or Cand,and there connect with the ~- "^ *«/ Lkoka and Georgian Bay Navigation Company, C through the Georgian Bay into the Harbor of byCnd. Both Midland and Penetang from th«r Pon are important termini for parties desinng to Iniov fishing and sailing on the Georgian Bay. / rCtangnishene is the scene of r^^^jj^^^^^ Liniscences. It was near here, in one °f ^^ '^'^^ nilagesthatEtienneBmletheinterpreterofChamplam Met 'lamentable fate being treacherously "urfe^d by L Hurons in 163. and years after when the Huron Lntw was ravaged and half depopulated by an EX, the Indians believe that it was caused by the Cch in revenge of his death ; -"".---""f ^t,] Icerer declared that he had seen the sister of the «nur Etan flying over L -ntry breathi„g^s«kn« and death. Several ySrs previous the ^ame unf^ unate man had in this same vicimty been horribly tort. nrS by the Iroquois who bound him to a tree some pnU Hng out handfuls of his beard while others burned him r^ firebrands. Now however it is a beautifu harbor stirrounded by terraced banks, and the centre of a busy —rce and much frequented by those spending the "oroktheislandsoftheBay.Thes^mcgr^^^^^^^ U islandTof all shapes and si^es, some 'h.ckly »'^^ with trees, others comparatively bare are to be met * jt>«A. i>t%»^ «y.i-ii<.<-j. jJtiiJ'^is ?'&. t-fji ,-■, \kt\.iiii.V^>^m \. >^ 26 HAUNT^ OF THE SPORTSMAN. ' i .**«►,* i \ ■ 'Mi scattered over the coi|irse from Midland to Parry Soiinl a distance of some sixty miles. . Near PenetanguisheJ is a beautiful wooded island, which from its peculil formation has gained the appellation of the "GianJ Tomb". The whole of this region is historical] interesting. To the| north 'may4)e seen the Christia trio, or " three sisterS of the Christian Islands" Faiti Hope and Charity. On one of these islands'i§ the hor of a band of Indians of the Ojibway tribe. The fishii all round these islands is excellent. In the summer iTonths hundreds of visitors aA themselves of the ojiportunities oflforded for campffll and the scene is enliv/ened with the picturesque dwellin] and tents of the campers. The steamer rounds Mpoi* Point, which is aboi halfway between Midland and Parry Sound. Tl scenery near the Sound is very picturescLue, the islanc being allmost entirely covered with veg:^ion. Dra\ ing up nearer, ttie town of Parry SotJm appears i| sight and soon its land-^oeked harbor is entered, glance at which will convince the visitor that he is ii the centre of a great lumber district. But sailing ouj of the immediate vicinity of commerce, a ~^eJcomi picture greets the eye. The activity of commercial lif^ is replacedijy the calm and repose of rural isolation, Here in the vicinity of Otter I^ake may be found some of those little country dwellings which seem to belong to OLD world villages rather than the new, in the frontl of which may be found the clinging tendrils of the vine] the thorny branches 6f the briar. Th^ beauty of Ot'terl Lake is scarcely les^ than that of the Muskoka District,! as it is dotted over^With pretty little islands that make) tempting overture^ to the camper. The further shore is bordered by high, rough and rugged granite rocj^s,! almost hidden by a magnificent growth which massesj up t heir ^ides> From the foot of the lake is a pretty sail of about eight and a half miles, through and among lovely islets and gorgeous scenery. riii .> / r i.liii i.i..l.,iU»ip'Jl!f."a,".!(P|a,| ^SMAN. ON GEORGIAN BA Y. 37 id to Parry Sounl ir Penetanguisheif I from its peculi] ►n of the "Gianti ion is historicali seen the Cjhristia m Islands ' ' Faiti slands'i§ the hot :ribe. The fishii is of visitors a rded for cam cturesque dwellinj it, which is aboi rry Sound. Tl f-esque, the islanc ^eg^ettgtion. Dra> Soiiad appears i| rbor is entered, isitor that he is 11 But sailing ouj nerce, a wejcomi of commercial lifej of rural isolation j lay be found some ch seem to belong NEW, in the frontl indrils of the vine,! tid beauty of Ot'terl Muskoka District,! islands that make! The further shore fed granite rocj^s.J «rth which masses] etty sail of about mong lovely islets 1 I' r ill ill \\ ^1 ^ ,■%■'>■■■■>'.■ w^ 28 . \ HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN. 'M\ I I ii; i! Fishing 11, the lake and adjacent streain is excellJ .^^ t ?' ^u '■^^'°" '^^'^ ^^" ^ "^^"y P^a^es that J a^P^al to the taste c^^the sportsmen and the pleast M A^l^V]^'^ Ndt^em country known as the ''Hid 'lands " of CanadaV the tourist unles^time is amplyl bis disposal will find his.greatest difficulty to be ' embarras de Mxi So mucl; has been heard of M^ River that be will long to visit this winding strej and see for himself the wealth, of riches nature h ^vished there. But be .will be naturally anxious . see the Magnetawan district, whose loveliness at sport are famed the world over. He pushes on up t^ line of railway, past Huntsville, itself a capital holida centre, to Katrine, the starting point of a splendid lal country, ahd here connection may be made with tl Magnetawan lake chain. The^^ailway continues nortll wards following the banks for four miles, during whicl the riyer is crossed four times, and Buric's Falls I reached, whjch is the true key to the Magnetawa distnct^ This -region is just equidistant from th Muskoka and Nipissin^ chain of waters and drls surface of ^bout 400 square miles. It has hitherto beel r.'nr Tu '^ '^^ ^''^ ^°^P^^ ''"^^ ^"<1 ^-M so sport IS still very abundant. The river winds! J W westward from Turk's Falls through almost un] broken forest, its bajiks lined to the waters edge witJ Maple birch and o^er Tiard-wood trees thickly inter! and hemlock and t|ie feathery fronds of the tamarack The river average a hundred f^t in width, but is sj narrow in places ^hat the leaves can be plucked by the| passenger on thesteamer's deck. Cecebe lake is filled with islands. l/ake Alumic reached by a lock is an- other^heet of v^rater. charming m its wild nat*r«tnts.,| ^^e^am rea^e^eorgianBay at Byng inle^^ partndge aboiind, and the camper out can live like a u?»f^ •'l^ \l A , li BURKS FALLS. ^ in this district. Even the steamer passenger ire a shot at passing wild-^uck, while the river 3St an unexplored ^Idorado for the lover offish- depths hiding swarms of finny beauties, in its ierable winding turns. lurks Falls is beautifully situated/but the wonder \ its quick prosperity. In its summer hotels all the rn cbnyeniences are to be found from the electric [to the polite negro waifer. Pushing in thence, id of the- railroad line is reached at North. Bay, thel visitor can be gladdened by a sight of the Ity, of Lake Jjipissing, the very distance and less of whose situation will for decades to come be 3me q^the sportsman's prey. |n all this region ample sport abounds. Hunting ained within a radius of fifteen miles of Parry J, fine deer and bear shooting,, besides partridge, Er, Qtter, mink and piusk-rat. While writing of pstrict, mention should be made of the magnificent from Parry to Port Cockbur^ andRosseau which erve to connect the other places described and blete this northiem circle. m:~ t ' ^-^ \^ ,}ti^ 30 HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN « LAKE OF BAYS. (Muskoka.) ; 1 1 / / This interesting place, situated in the heart of the hunting grounds of Muskoka, is rapidly com- / ing into prominence, and / already vies »with the ^ost famous resorts of the west. It is divided from the Muskoka Xakes by the Grand Trunk Railway and the Muskoka River, on either side of which _ for. a radius of many miles-splendid hunting groul for deer, partridge, duck and bear are found. | XT T^ M,^^^ °^ Bays may be reached from anypoin Huntsville, (which is ^capital place to take in suppl and IS within easy distance of the famous hunt grounds round Burk's Falls) and thence by steaJ over the beautiful waters of Fairy and Peninsular u] to Grassmere, where every facility exists for reach] different parts of the lakes by means of the steamei the J^ake of Bays Company. Besides the Unrivalled hunting grounds, it is « paradise of the angler. The watere of Ukes Vem Fairy, Peninsular, Mary, Uke of Bays and tributl streams are all plentifully stocked with salmon, trol speckfed trout, perch and small fish. There is no lin _to the number offish which mav be tnlr^n fr^iti tbfi -yaters, it is entirely at the discretion of the~^7l3 Many and many a battle has been waged upon tU waters by giant members of the genus Salmo and t| ,-*gtj. ..■V, PORt%MAN ON LAKE OF BA YS. 3' p homo in the endeavor of the former to assert fright of absolute freedom from molestation, when Ld over again the strategy and diplomacy of the Jle angler might have taught them that their most ling struggles for supremacy, their heroic resistance once attacked, only intensified the delight of , enemies. Still, "like the moth for the star, " seem attracted by the beauty of the surroundings even increase their armies rather than beat a retreat are secluded spots. It seems an injustice, a slur the memory of that devotee of the rod, the patron of anglers, old'lsaac Walton, not to mention his p when speaking of piscicapture. But things have [ged so much since his day,. fresh fields have been tnually opened up by the strides which civilization Uade ; waters, where for centuries the finny and Ld tribes have held undisputed sway, have been )duced tQ the sportsman, afibrding him unceasing .loyment and activity; thus the entirety of the old I's sayings is not often realized. "No hfe my Lt scholar so happy and so pleasant as the life of tu governed angler, for, when the lawyer is swal- ed up in bilsiness, and the statesman is contnving preventing plots, there we sit and hev the birds r, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these nt streams which we now see glide so quietly by us. " True, at this remote period we-can hardly form an jmate of the old man's appreciation of a "^s^ell lemed angler", but it would require wonderful self- amand to simply muse upon the loveliness of the pe to listen to the warbling of the birds, beautiful [ugh they are, to the exclusion of the animation and thrill of delight which will course through the ,iis during the contests with some valiant champion heset rgnsparent w tito s. -Bta i sometimes. therei i La. ), and then the trUth of the old man's words may be le good in part. It is not necessary to point out to the sportsman •s. . '^■.ut^t/j. 1 ^*v'i '^t*^; J' HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN in this district where to pitch his tent. A rfa. rfhe countor which cannot be taken in.otht h actual vision, will aUow him to detemke at ^ where are the most desirable camping ^^ds^' sitaati*^L''r' '^^"'''^^*"°" °" *« Muskoka ri, situated the thnvmg town of Bracebridge which convement place to take in supplies Mdl't U ,S centre for Muskoka Falls. TK^tti^'d the district, but South Muskoka Falls iTthV frequented by tourists and picnic parti ThfJ ^y^m'Z^ '^ ««-*ngly beautilul a^ ■X2^. ^Ve''^krff'cr;s-M commended. There is no difficult ^^^i^J commumcation from one end of the diTtn'rttd ilUfjivA^ 1r2tt£« E SPORTSAfAlf ,,.^,.^..*.^J:,,»'. THE MIDLAND LAKES, S3 »t\ THE MFDLAND LAKES OF ONTARIO. JMyfootsteps ^ess where centuries ago The Red Men fought and conquered lost, and won : l^ole tribes and races, gone like last year's snow, Have found the Eternal Hunting Grounds, and run The fiery gauntlet of their active days, Until few are left to tell the mournful tale ; j And these in^re us with such wild amaze, TJiey seem like spectres passing down a vrie ; Steefted in uncertain moonlight on their way Towards some bourne where darkness blinds the day And night is wrapped in mystery profound. ; We cannot lift the mantle of the past : We seem to wander over hallowed ground We scan the trail of thought, but all is overcast." Sangiter. ISTORY has authenticated the story of the struggles for the possession of Canada that centred round Louisburg, Annapolis, Quebec, the valley of the Richelieu, Montreal and Niagara,while there are men still living who can speak le fights at Chateauguay, Queenston Heights, Idy 's Lane, Lacolle and Ridgeway. But perhaps the 5st, bloodiest and most relentless battles of all are ^corded in detail and largely shrouded in myster>'. are the battles that took place among the Abo- inada. The territory was well worth fighting for. It is fabled happy hunting ^und; deer, blacl; bear, ''f^'J.'i'M \'ViK' ^ V*. Xi»^!pr i:. 34 HAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN \ i i I: lake salmon, bass, sturgeotTand trott^ were here abundance and still reward the sportsman's patien Wild rice and maize grow in abundance; no wonl then that Huron and Algonquin struggled valian/ though hopelessly, to retain possession again^ attacks of mighty Iroquois, that race of athletes- ' lorded it over half a continent, and whose allianc^ eagerly courted by France and England. This country speaks too of Champlain wb visit only intensified the bitterness of the ancj struggle, and whose interference was savagely ret later on by the slaughter of the French Missionari repeated attacks on French settlements and on Mont Itself; by the death of many an adventurous " Cbuil des bois" and by the atrocious massacre of Lachi Whitby was once an Iroquois village ; GaneraskestJ where now the pleasant villas of Port Hope look on the blue waters of o^ Ontario, and Napanee coa the site of the Iroquois Ganneious. But the natior, the five renowned tribes did not retain possess! Destiny came out of the Nortl^. ^e Mississagas c J thence in overwhelming numbers, and the battlefiei with tragic evidences of the desperate fighting were I clearly traceable when English pioneers first bro ground. Colonel Strickland, in his explorations of t County of Peterborough, foiyid near the Otona^ River the field that gave the Mississagas the lords! of Rice Lake, Stony Lake and other lakes beyor These old tragic scenes are fast fading into the twilie of homeric legend. With propriety, probably uncc scious, a township on the lower edge of Rice Lake I been named Asphodel, no unfit name for well water, meadows, where the shades of Indian heroes may st linger and hfear, at sunset, the ancient elms "repeati/ their old poe tic legends to the wind." picraf^lhe^^Indian stniggreTfor'^(,ss^s23 the Coundy of the Midland lakes. No less real w| the combat of the hardy pioneers of civilization w( ..# A^*i**3fe! W..V ^,i^V iV .-vj ^ /.*'S*. J,>. '. >i *,«; i^«1 SPORTSMAN THE MIDLAND LAKES. 35 settled by these lakes, and pierced the primeval ses of the forest land. With greatness^of soul, Entered upon the task, and carved out houses for iselves round which now the ripenkig cornfields lad, and picturesque hamlets, villages, ami towns But who can tell of the privation suflFered, the Id fever andlague that desolated, the isolation that klled, the struggle for existence itself that had cons- iy to be kept up. Bravely did hardy men and [le wonien perform their tasks, and grand is the It; an ancestry like this is more to be envied tlian I that poiuts to feudal barons or warrior chiefs, and not to be wondered at that their descendants prize fly the land which wHnessed such noble efforts. I 'file visitor to this lacustrine paradise of sylvan ity may smile to think of hardship and rough living [eath the pleasant shade of these murmuring branches side the laughing ripple of yonder Shining lake. Ihing indeed could seem moi;e incongruous. But I conditions have changed. The frail canoe, the sole ms of transport of the early settler, has been replaced |the giant power of the steam locomqtive, introducing companionship of numbers and the comforts of ilization ari^ carrying back to market the harvest of farmer. The Midland district is now penetrated t^ke Ontario by four branch lines of the Grand mk Railway, starting from Toronto, Whitby, Port and Belleville. The solitudes which formerly [re startled by the savage war cry of the Indian or a shot from the rusty fire-lock of .an iadventurous Inter are now accustomed to the jollities of pleaisure ekers, canoe associations, and well equipped sports- £n from kll parts of the continent. The beauty and ae of the district have even attracted Europeans who ^d nothing in the fiords an4 mountains of Norway, ^ fe highlands orScotland ahd^witzesrlaiid, m In ther—p alian lakes to excel the delights of this fevored land nature— a land which its inhabitants justly regard -t't % 36 iyi 1 1 l,4-:i I I ' 'I' hill i ' III !'j DAUNTS OF THE SPORTSMAN 'as more largely dowered 'with all tT,«f .. centre of the Bakam Ukel^^S^ h!^^' '" '^ Where a,y one wearied witi ir^^tiSTf IL^Tl humantwrh«e' 'TT"^ ^""^ ground Tort «d 4ed islands, he intj^nktltl'S", pnstine oveliness, or select lis ..nnrf t -.^ , *" ' as pleases him best .T ^^' '""' ''^ °' "' Whijtby, on LakeOntarid wsk a .tw,f <• • j j the gr^ati warrior sportsmen, iT^uoTl ^"^ aejossth^ lake („« the so.^thlnZ^'^'ThtCj whith. htrhetSst- .ti'ta:; s.c- '^ known niw to modem yachUrrwentsT^rfTi fishmg and deer-stalking there to he h J ^ \ 1 determine their choici p 1. 5 ' ""'''"'btedl branthTn ttetr^'T''' "^''*^ "'"' *''™* »'° « forkeJ 4 a^es >?cugQg 4ind ^meoe, atit tdpatiflgTheT^lf^v^^l jjMl£(«U;m.'< SPORTSMAN / tHE MiplAND LAKES. 37 In "Oshawa" the name of the busy manufacturing m between Whkby and Bowmanville there is still /ilight meinory of the ancient days and of the old [•tage that led froiia this shore to Scugog Lake ; for ikwa means the caVrying place.' At Port Perry the seller takes steamer Or canoe, and can shape a course jt will display and discover to him all the feeauties and lights of the Midland lakes, and take him away Up [the north, or^ the Muskoka lakes, and Georgian r, or back to tEeV' greatiQake" by the exquisite Bay iQuinte. Scugig^land\and lyindsay, pleasantest Inland townSj will succesah^ijy claim his attention. At I^indsay, if he fears his endurance or the flight ^ime, he can take train to Haliburton, the northern linus, in a wild lake and fofest country. Haliburton [the centre of the great lumbering region of, the ^glish Colonization Company. Here lovers of the itle art can meet with the best of sport, while there lo section of country where deer are more plentiful. iere are important stone quarries at this place while )unt Snowden may be regarded as a solid mountaiu iron. Starting agfkin from lyindsay by steamer or loedown the Scugog River* Stui*geon I^ake is reached. Sturgeon Point is located one of the best sucpmer )tels in Canada, with capital fishing and s)iboting near North of this point are the famous F^ue^on Falls, lich command the admiration of all who see them. They are named after thfe heroic Sulpifcian, brother the famous Archbishop of Cambray, who over two mdred yeaf^ ago forsook the " salons " of Paris and le refined luxury of tl\e ancestral home al Perigord teach the Indians at Whitby and Pickering, thus :oming the forerunner of the successfijil Collegiate istitute^ now there established, and to carry the good iws of Chiatiaaity among the lodges or|he No f thv^ Passing through Sturgeon I^ake, the charming and )mantic village of Bobcaygeon (" Rocky portal") is iached. The name of the steamer that plies betwien 'k4i^^^> ^' ' fvi •^,«*t.".J*,li&-«ia.H">".'{ i -m JS \ i i 1 ;ili Mm ' ! n ' I ,11 -T HAUNTS OF. TIIE SPORTSMAlf. ■\ ;e, Wndsay and Bobcaygeod .well describes the sho, past wh.ch we have been travelling • it is^nl,! soTOunded lf|S,ater and the ripples of the Falls be plainly heard. Without doubt the fishing t^ be m this neighborhood is of the very finest- ducl-sW IS also excellent; deer, too, abound, and tuw'i from Which descends the Oto/ate,i::'„t;hW' t^f for' tLt"'^ '^™'°"^' -"- " «"rn sXtd to ptrair" °^ ^^'-'»™««'>. the ««.u ro ±-ort Hope or eastwards to Bell»mi Such a tnp will display a noble panorama of b^ treamswoodedheadlandsandchainsofCLtsv, en?tS"Sr^ *™"^'' "='^^°^ majestic fotT send th^tor away refreshed in mind and Wv his commuriion with natniv. i„ i, ^ varying foX "^ ""^' *'"^«'^^ » granrma::;rfi~r -A: is^"? ?'^"° - ^" ^ trip into tie inteToV .If ;LnsTorlli'^' " '^^ may be called «t fi,o fu ^^K^ons, a preliramar5^f town of Po^Ho^' thmmgand beautifuHv sit^t. wn oi I'ort Hope. Where the ivied toWr of tft^ei an cieTlJ''^' "'" '^^'^^^^ upon Port Hoi^ fla. ZnT ?f ^P/^^^° missionaries ,have no doubt ortfl^i^ stood and looked out over the ereat lake La 2 landscape, of which the neigKri„g pfne-^ tZl Jo^,^^'- ''"' °*'™»« how altered t scene I For the silence and romantic gloom of .„i„. '^^ ^^'^'""^'^^' " " ^^ th e bustle ai circumstance of a young city through who«^« throbbing the trade of the Midland lakes ^^S^flJ" < of frail canoes crossing fi„„. the southe,; Z^^y « iau| re ItOU! lort allc A 1 J V -.5. J , i ' ,!■ s ft •.<. f ^ '- - V n « 1 i'i^

• I ,' I ' ' i 1,1 :l '-^.^'■.!,,r,:~iij ,^'>4MM.4nn^9miHi ¥0 npiPi HAUNTS OF THM SPOKTStlAN. and they fought him, not like Hiawatha with iasi headed arrows, but with the woodman's axe. L ke , a^dT^''!;"'"'''''""*' "^'"''^» "wounded wel and de^ndmg with his mittens torn and tatteSlI A ihendly yr ood-pecker cheered on Hiawatha tH contest, and'by his timely hint to aim at rma^^ J head, wm a tuft of crimson feathers as his share of cmel sparts which followed. And we k^ow frj many a pioneer how, when alone in the wilderness 3 ague s„,tten, his labor has been cheered and uj^ ^the compan,onship of this friendly bird, the "S Officer" as he h»s often been called. . t ^r^'^^'s^n-PtiedintotheBayofOulWebv. Z"TT- ?■ '"= '^"^^ '"x^ "ver, Champlat ' 16.5 did some hunting and found spori plentifol 1 SofZd""''' """ ""p'-' "fl^'-wri beauty of the dying summer. The water was dee J fnnged w,th wild rice, ove.r'which hove,«l douTsT w.W^fowl whom the presence of str^gttr/^J From Belleville on the Bav nf n„i«4.» u rt™co^irt?' ""^'^ ^^^^^^:\ ana to Coehill : this country oosse«4fiA« c««>o* : * J fr<»n^he p^ibiliHes of its L^^^S^C nT H As a conclusion to this Midland tour, the travell cannot do better than take a morning exoT^^do^ iHountam. He will find in it some of those delicrkf f,r summer memories that one likes to lay ^ ft 3 use Among these winding and romaatic^^ .J of the primitive beauty survives. And then the ch J of this wonderous bay is in slight measure due 3 t^. „, T^ ?°"* ' '='°"^' ""^ even now "he firj the proud, tops of the eastern pines " but wesiav l3 SPORTSMAN. Hiawatha with jasf )odman's axe. I^ike , often "wounded wei tens torn and tattered] ed on Hiawatha to t| to aim at the magici^ thers as his share oft] And we know frc le in the wilderness, a] a cheered and lighten] iendly bird, the "Fii illed. leBayofQufHteby tj 1 river, Champlain id sport plentiful. . ith its beautiful conic aples, aflame with tl, The water was deep] lich hovered clouds of strangers did nl ' of Quinte, a brancj has been discovered ssesses great interes] g developments, and tour, the travell^ ming excursic^tio^ on and the lake on th] ae of those delightft^ to lay up for winte^ romantic shores, thl spared, so that mucj And then the chai measure due ioclouJ f thegiiti. A n t 1 even now "he fire »!' but presently h(j ^ik the clotid veil THE BA Y OF QUINTE. 4' broken shafts of light, and in the aheraoon we J have a delightful season of dreamy, vaporous line, like sweet hours stolen from Indian Summer. These inlets arid the wooded headlands and the ig barley-fields; beyond, keep time like old Polo- f to the fitful humour of their Prince. Sometimes, the joyous sunlight, their wrinkled coves break _>eal on peal of mirthful laughter, as though they |not assisted in laying the veik foundation of the at other hours they answefr th^ uncertain sun no more than a sad smile-, While iik^ his hours of 1, you may hear these ancien^ shores grieving in Ic sorrow. ^^^^^■..-. T / •r'- •>^ .,4 J^i4.>A m the annals of Canada h,f?if "^*^ ^^ ^ >J portrait gives „s but a faint L ?°" «"»?'«'« P^ S^-dest of all Nat°L./l°i'.''^ 5 ""'^ Perhap, ^ \fiiarol the MdSofsrnvL • ■ '^*'''«'' HS[nmi5~J™ ^a I^SaUe, ha^left iJ^r ""^ ^»« to C^:^dl°.! •> *=" US m the account of his voyagd .■a»-;;-,-n^ ^£ SPORTSMAN. FALLS. ^ * foundering sound: ^ HIS awe spiring w( der of New W( which fi, the behol with a se of the i density Nature ai inks into insignifickn 5 beside its worid-wi tone memories, -jne he lovely river whi ^ It flows and whii ation had changed tl 'f^Parible grander d Wori4, and yet td aye broi^^ht the mo] . It stan^ out as a] ne and kwful in it I handed ad^n to most complete peii of this, perhaps ihj ^ther Hennepin" NIAGARA FALLS, . H 43 pression made upon him when this mighty aval- e of water first appeared in view. ime has left the impress of its hand upon this in- licable wonder. Slowly but surely the inassive ite is being worn away by the' unceasing turmoil activety of the waters. Probably it is much chang- nce the daysjiof Father Hennepin. Even in our days, as late aS 1850 a large portion of the Tabk Ik was suddenly precipitated into the gulf wijtli a h which was heard miles away. It is hardly pos- for us to conceive, say^ a gifted writer ' ' the awful mysterious splendour of virgin beauty which must have enveloped the great cataract. In those early s, Nature reigned supreme and then no puny work an dared to invade her sacred precints. " Then overwhelming grandeur of the sight came suddenly n the traveller, as he emerged from the narrow In- path which 1^ to it through the forest, his imag- tion gradually rising in excitement m the muffled lling, vibratirig harmony which seemed drawing ards it grew neai^er and nearer.** " Then it was be^M in the fitting environment of solemn woods, theNstately pines and ced^*ta«d- on its banks like faithful sentinels; and the rythmic ence of its voice filling the silence, that seemed shed to listen. No wond^ that it was an object of Iperstitious fear and awe to\he Indians who made grimages thither at st;ated times to propitiate its gry waters with wild and crueK rites. To appease wrath an o£fering was made everj^year of a beautiful ung girl who was first bound in a ca^^oe and then set rift in the rapids, the singers chanting hfer death- ng till her frail bark was swept over thi^^ataract and allowed up in the whirlingibam and spray ' ' . Charles also g^vcn usaMwid^ictu r e of the im pressg^ ho came to Canada »unt of his V, W a£ )n made by a first glimpse of the Falls. "I could see immense • torrent of water tearing headlong down bm some immense height, but had no idea of shape. "^ft^t- 'ri*v>SAvr ' *, aUi^ -^Si- \ f :' ;l hill!! f ' '"''' n; ¥¥ '^^mrs oj. THB sj-ojirsM^^ ■ngtheswollen river i„i."^ '*^'. and wereo I bejaa to fe^I^'tUw'T^ '*'■<'« "^tlT^a stunned a„d miaUe to 'ol^^^ ^' ^ '^'^ » a me '<»ked-Great Heaven i J! S, f ^ '*'""* Rock :"!«•' 'hat it cam^up^"^^'■''"°^ bright J majesty. Then, when J^J^.T "" "" ''''" ""ghtl was standing, tie IZ Iff^t Z "'" '" "^ M ■nstant and Iasti„g!^f!^ *■«• the enduring o P^ace. Peace of mh^ , tremendous spectacle 1 °^the dead. greauCghuS"""; -» ^olt'J -■'"thmg of gioon, and tS^l''""lf.'*»tand happij f tamped upon my he«t !n '^ '''^^^"a was at J the«, changeless ,n^J°;»^e of beauty, to re J to beat forever. " '""^hble, until its poises J here also is the favorite W,? ^^""''ian side, J "o"*"- Claseto th!JEr '^*°"*''. the "CI J Niagati. Falls staudK^u?'' ^"'«= '' '"^ 'owJ the river. Every cXfon^rT''^ '"' ""^ han J from this centre uX^T",. *^ ''^"^ ^ obtained J "■ay indulge in s^^'^^'" T*^ *«^pM a radius of a few^lks "^ ^"^ ^on-d witl^ fcndscape, .^hich form ^tt^ '?"«''«'"' stretches ^e^ing turmoil of the Z^^^ ^""""^ to the J '» a triumph ofengin^^' J^S«PensionBridl water's aystalline^u^* f '«■ '«'«=ath which . Sw' Tf » '^i'p*Sdi:srtheV;"H ^£ SPORTSMAN. ^t vague immensity .feny boat, and were c Irately before both catar '; butlwasiname ^rehend the vastness o came on Table Rock what a fall of bright J "^ in its full niighti /^ow near to my Creal and the enduring oj remendous spectacle.] l"»hty. calm.i^oUectJ '*^"lf/^«tandhappi„ • J^iagara was at ol ^a^e of beauty, to ren, le. ufatil its pulses c ■A 1 ftheriverisexqeediJ 1 the Canadian side " 3f tourists, the "ciift y Bridge is the towDl '^^^^\y on the banks! here be obtained J to vary their pleasd ng being found witl mediately surround! dehghtful stretches ble contrast to the J 'he Suspension Brid] ^ beneath which \ >rs the overhangiJ '& the fierce currel ^w World ". N iagaj fJrthe transformati? * still holds its owj ^7; CLAIR fUNNEL. ^5 For age cannot wither or custom stale. Its infinite variety. The Southern Division of the Grand Trunk Railway, (ding from Windsor opposite Detroit and from |a opposite Port Huron, between which two latter ; the St. Clair Tunnel has been built, is the favorite bf travel to the Falls, which may also be reached any point in the globe to Suspension Bridge. If *6 :>i I i ^AKE St. j„h„ , ,^ ^^^^^ I h^ . fer the most .famous headqto J for &hi„g i„ tt, J^l 2"<*«- "i« reached from^ Hudsou Railways, to MoDtri "d Quebec, and Uke St"j.' The line aloncr n"^^^ '" •'«««'»tioi.. through the openirg°^f"/'"^'*''f water, as se, to attempt to transfiVr^ar""'^ """"^ "■" H ^ords good fishing and * " ^- °.''*"^^- The la d-ck and partridge Wh°t att " "'*' " '"' ''Wy «'me fivemilesin^a^riL , ;'*".°'**'"''"»H I-ake St. Joseph is lr.'^''°"""""«*>-3 dation and is 1 dehgh J'^f """ •"««' ""o-"! holiday. Uke Edwfrd „„ i ° "'^'"^ " ^"'"H journey to Roberval^t ha^^ """' ""^ '»*'"» 'J "ceedingly pictures^^d Lr''- Z*^ »""-«o» splendid specimens ofTut^.,^ waters teem wiJ overage ten pounds. Th ' If^^'*''' "'"Woh wi] 'ake an^d^are much soughrtft™" '" '^""" '» «"l -d I.keTt.'";:^'^. :^s° Mr° M^ " ""l""" Q-^-^Pon there cannot be many Zoon,',.,T^T ■"" ««ainll^, -*^derQr andesnes.^nSr^ '^" '^' '^^'■1^ ^^ ^ward. l^.si^uZZZT:^T^"'±-^ ^JJjU^Lit * 'k'iU'jC'JX ^Mt i A't %i i '■'l/J-M,: ^i r,'^ ■^^J'-v'-^^-Jf « ^j*. "rV^TSWT V^f^^i?*- ^'SPORTSMAN. KE ST. JOHN. 47 u.'^A IS p^ Quebec ^ REGION. ' tributary waters ost/amousheadqu^ 3g in the province It is reached from the New York Cent ermont or Delaware Railways, to Mont i by G. T. R. to Que ec\and I,ake St. j > destination, embraces the fam etch of water, ass avited many an ar on canvas. The la »also a fair supply ■earofthemountai ariboumaybefou_ '^^ith hotel accommi to spend a summi »ame line breaks t ay. Its situation waters teem wi catch of which wii are peculiar to thJ ces between Quebe "^but certainlj y beautiful as till naps and scheduled t to rank it amonj \; . '*h hiefest of the region, for it is over twenty miles in h, and at its widest section six or eight in breadth. But it is in fact far larger than these figures suggest, is characterized by islands of great size, some of miles in length and width, and also by wide and bays, which penetrate far in between the adjacent some with broad unobstructed entrances* and rs with such narrow openings lakeward that one t search closely to find them, and which, when you a little way within,- become lost to the eye, so that seem to be in some other lake^ without outlet ; for circle of the green end^uH seems perfect, and the ounding hills shutJjHnas completely from the Id beyond, as wer^HH who lived in the happy ey of Rasselas. Passing the line at a distance of nearly 200 miles Quebec, Roberval, the northern terminus of the ebec and Lake St. John Ry. is reached. The hotel, his place has of late undergone considerable alterat- and has now first rate accommodation for 300 guests. s naturally the headquarters of visitors to this famous trict, the * ' home of the Ouananiche ' ' . Kit C^rke in excellent little book " Where the trout hide " thus aks of I^ke St. John and the ' ' Wininnish ' ' . The rist who may venture into this wilderness, will be freshed and invigorated by the ceaseless grateful eezes, and gazing upon the broad expanse of white later wil} conceive the impression that he has seen ke St. John. He has done nothing of me sort. He has merely d a petty glimpse of the least important and least teresting part of it. He has glanced superficially pen the outward boundary of one of nature's most Dipterous and uni^gue Kingdoms. _k& every man [onceals within himself a hidden life, so Lake St. John lolds within its bos^m a life multitudinous and won- lerful. Two or three Ameiican l>kes to which this •^ '^1 i.l" *s , ( fAOj^rs OF me sPo^rsdAN. Pie>ald champion has been fr.„ , i ^oes hFdispiay ST:;1"! 'iiit^*- Jo"- H his marvellous /?««„ h,!?^ °^ obstmate strengt? c.ose'^^rn^ 'J-,f ™;«on bea. - e.ceedij ^»hnon. HeisXSvwUteT/t'-- 'he ""''«H irregular black spite o^V^^ T^'^' '^* P^-ouiicJ with vers' Iar«^^ ° ^ ' ''** »"« opercle, ad . -"-hisTmmSe "Crr^^ - 'he c^J «>"«* of his inordinate s^en^t"" t'."'"* "^^^l 'H -ight, whilelS::^"'^ ^-^^^ *-" PO-'-d^ ij »iles due north fr^Lot^^f.-^^^""^^ "'«>« 4 above the sea. aid now W f ,? *'"*""'* ''^^oo feS . than xoo feet." Sx^Iw, "' V^* "^^"te "■nan streams emp^ S^^'""*^/'''^ """^'M among then, the MistaiTniTif "■*" ^^^ St. John a mammouth mySasTake h??H '°"™ ''' »*'<"<' ^ . •'"^■«"™ north often vagndv nil ^? T"^ '■> 'he din, whK^h nothing anthenhSa'Tfc^! ^** t^Sarding cunons that this vast iL??^ *" ** "'"own. It is •oo feet, compaitivelv^r,,^ '"' «^^ depth tha« ^hich forms its ontfet1he°:,v^^ ^"'^ "«= rive ?agiienay, reaches a depth of%^>. *"'' marvellous '» but 300 feet below Uke St Thr' ""' "" "^ '*''^' But though from the atoVld^„,. • ««» that the region of Lake ^11^?^^''"' " *>« be paradise of the Angler it af^; •'ii'"*.'**»«ally the 'hooting .nd the siSounding ™n^'"'^\» ^"'lent an. .?'',*'°""'=houanRrv«r^s^TiP' 'L''"«'"«"- «^the famous Oniatchou^X"1,?i^"' *"'«"»'. »>er quotes J. M. Lemo.>>» " .. "'' "• ^>y «<»^- dovm ^th full ba nktrre mus t ^° ji'^"^^ t ins finer sight than the whii^L!! ! "^^HTff-to-fiiJ-^ clouds," *'"'*"*«'>' tumbling as fi,M,^e '■"v '' 'St'' ■ • ' f > "-\ ^ ^ft^ '>RTSAiAN. >laiit^d. knoVhifii^ Uke- St. John aloj I obstinate strengfi lous somersaults an >ears an exceeding]! «'',". the illustriot or, with pronouncei k and opercle, anj aUy in the caudd at once reveal th] «^hile his daantles s species. ds seven pounds ih reach five pounds] m lies about 200I Ititudeof3oofeeJ ' depth of greater! besides numefousf »I