174 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



' the State. Take the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad to Portage City. 

 Thence all parts of the county are easily accessible. 



Dane County — 



Madison. On the lakes, geese, brant, wood-ducks, mallards, teal, canvas- 

 backs, redheads, pin-tails, bluel)ills, spoon-bills, grey whistlers, bald-pates, ruffle 

 heads ; on the Nine Spring Marshes, Wilson snipe, several varieties of plover, 

 sand-pipers, and rails ; ruffed and pinnated grouse and quail. The fishing includes 

 pickerel, black bass, catfish and a variety of whitetish. Madison is one hundred 

 and thirty-six miles from Chicago on the Chicago and North-western Railroad, 

 and eighty miles from Milwaukee on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- 

 road. Hotels, boats, etc. See Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa. 



Norway. Deer, bears, etc. Reached via the Wisconsin Valley Railway. 

 Board $1.50. Hilly country. 



Dodge County — 



Beaver Dam. Quail, snipe, ducks, squirrels. On the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 and St. Paul Railroad. 



Fox Lake. A good ground for ducks. Take Chicago and North-western 

 Railroad to McHenry. Stop at Harry Durnell's Hotel. A wagon ride of six 

 miles from there will bring one to the shooting ground, which forms a part of a 

 system of alternating ponds, lakes, marshes and swamps. 



Burnett. Fine siiooting grounds in the immediate vicinity. Ducks, geese, 

 brant and swans are found in countless numbers. Reached via the Chicago and 

 North-western Railroad. There are two hotels. 



Horicon, on Horicon Lake, is a favorite resort for anglers. The lake contains 

 a variety and abundance offish. Reached as above. 



Mud Lake. Twenty-eight miles east of Madison. An excellent shooting 

 ground for ducks. Take the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad to Hub- 

 bleton, whence the lake is four miles down the river. Boats can be had at 

 Hubbleton. 



Door County — 



Sturgeon Bay. Excellent fishing for mascalonge, pickerel, black bass, sal- 

 mon trout, whitefish, etc. Deer, ducks, water hens^pigeons, etc. Reached via 

 steamer. 



Douglass County — 



The Brule River, thirty miles from Superior City, abounds in large speckled 

 trout. Reached by steamer from Superior City. 

 Dunn County — 



Menomonee is reached by rail from Chicago over the North-western Railroad 

 and West Wisconsin Road, in a twenty-four hours' ride. At Menomonee are the 

 famous " Tea Gardens," on Wilson's Creek, ten miles from Menomonee. This 

 place is fast acquiring reputation for the number more than the size of its trout. 

 The Tea Gardens have an established hotel that is devoted to sportsmen who 

 visit there. Aside from this, many other streams, all tributary to the Chippewa 

 and Menomonee Rivers, are to be found in this locality — and chicken hunting in 

 season cannot be surpassed. John H. Knapp of Menoiiionee will gladly give" in- 

 formation concerning future developments. Tire hotels are : The Menomonee, 

 The Merchants, and The Central. Board $2; teams $4; guides $1.50; boats 

 $1.50. Camp out for best sport. Bears, deer, elk, ruffed grouse and other game is 

 to be found in the vicinity. Hilly country. 



Dunnville is headquarters for duck and goose shooting. Reached by stage 

 from Menomonee. 



JEau Claire County— 



Augusta. Sharp-tailed, pinnated, and ruffed grouse. Reached via the West 

 Wisconsin Railroad. 

 Fond dii Lac County — 



New Cassel. Lake Fifteen and Long Lake contain a variety of fish. Game is 

 found in great abundance in the adjacent country. Reached via the Chicago and 

 North-western Railroad. 



Van Dyne. Ducks, pinnated grouse. Lake Winnebago is within one and one- 

 half miles, and furnishes good fishing. Reached as above. Hotel $1.50; guides 

 $1.50 ; teams $1 ; boats 50 cents. 



