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GAME AND FISH J^ESORTS. 



The remaining fourth, comprising the section where the Missouri 

 and the Red River of the North have their sources, is hilly and 

 densely wooded. Minnesota is remarl<able for the great number 

 of lakes, of all shapes and sizes, which everywhere dot her surface. 

 It has been estimated that these lakes make up one-thirty-fifth of 

 the whole area of the State. On all these waters are found great 

 flights of wild fowl, while the prairies abound in pinnated grouse 

 and other game, and the forests are full of deer, bears and elk. The 

 means of communication are good ; the sportsman may strike out 

 from any of the railroad lines, with good assurance of success and 

 will find either hotel accommodations, or courteous entertainment 

 among the farmers. 



A.ithin Countij — 



Aitkin is twenty-eight miles east of Brainerd, on the Northern Pacific Rail- 

 road. A delightful trip is to launch your bark canoe on Mud River, following 

 that crooked stream a mile, enter the Mississippi River, and thence down stream 

 a hundred miles to Brainerd, getting fish, duck, grouse, and perhaps a shot at a 

 deer or bear. 



Hecker County — 



Detroit City, near the shores of Detroit Lake, a tine sheet of water, and on the 

 borders of the " Park Region," is becoming a popular place of resort by those 

 who admire beautiful scenery, and enjoy the sports of hunting and fishing. 

 Reached as above. 



Blue JEarth Comity— 



Eagle Lake is in the centre of the Big Woods. Excellent fishing and wild 

 fowl shooting on the lake, and in the vicinity. Reached as above. Hotel accom- 

 modations will be found. There are many large lakes in the county, in all of 

 which the sportsman will find fish and game. 



Mankato. Fish and game abound in the vicinity, offering rare sport to the 

 hunter and fisherman. Route as above. 



Jiroivn County — 



Sleepy Eye. Geese, ducks, pinnated grouse, and other game abound in the 

 vicinity ; pike, pickerel, and other varieties of lish in the lakes. Reached via the 

 Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Hotel $1.50 per day. Country rolling 

 prairie. 



Carleton County- 

 Northern Pacific Junction, on the Northern Pacific and the Lake Superior and 

 Mississippi Railroads, one hundred and thirty-one miles from St. Paul, and 

 twenty-four miles from Duluth. Island Lake, two bodies of water, are full of 

 fish, bass, pike, perch, and pickerel, and where the lakes join at the south end, is 

 a large field of wild rice, a splendid place to shoot ducks as they fly back and 

 forth. 



Moose Lake. Bears, deer, ruffed grouse ; pike, pickerel, and bass. Reached 

 via the Northern Pacific Railroad. The sportsman will find no accomrandations 

 here ; should provide camping outfit. Indian guides, $2 to $3 per day, birch bark 

 canoes can be bought for $5 to $10. The country is rolling and densely wooded, 

 with many lakes in the vicinity. 



Cass County- 

 Leech Lake is seventy-five miles north from Brainerd. Among the animals 

 are deer in abundance, and occasionally a moose. Otter, mink, muskrat. bear, 

 black and cinnamon ; foxes of all kinds, wolverines, weasels and wild cats, are 

 the principal fur-bearing animals, of which the muskrat is the most common. 

 They are sometimes of enormous size, and will fight savagely when wounded or 

 cornered. The swamp wolf and the prairie welfare also very numerous. 



Of the feathered tribe, there are wild ducks of every kind in abundance ; it is 

 Mot uncommon to shoot from fifty to one hundred in a few hours. 



