MINNESOTA THE MECCA OF THE CANOEIST. 



GO where he will, the canoeist can find no land equal to 

 Northern Minnesota. Maine, long the Mecca of the 

 canoeist, cannot offer half the opportunities that the 

 North Star state offers. The provinces of Canada, some 

 of them more like Minnesota, cannot excel in the maze of 

 lakes and river. The Far West has no place where the canoe- 

 ist will find himself as satisfied as in Northern Minnesota. 



The canoe trips to be taken in the north half of the state are 

 as varied as they are numbered. The hundreds of streams run- 

 ning through the most beautiful lakes in Artierica offer to the 

 man who loves to paddle a canoe unlimited pleasures. Wher- 

 ever he may wish to paddle his bark, there he can find the 

 fish biting. No region offers such possibilities for fishing. 



Scenery! The Adirondacks do not equal certain portions 

 of Northeastern Minnesota. Some people are under the im- 

 pression that there are no high places in Minnesota, that all 

 of the land, even the timbered portions, is rolling. In St. 

 Louis county the hills are worthy of the name of mountains 

 in many places and are exceedingly picturesque. 



The state forest service has prepared a map of canoe routes. 

 Information regarding routes can be obtained from the rail- 

 roads. Guides are obtainable at many points. Come to North- 

 ern Minnesota if you want real sport, you canoeist. If you 

 come once, you will not let another summer go by without 

 returning for similar experiences. 



WHAT ONE RAILROAD IS DOING. 



The work that the Canadian Pacific railroad is doing for 

 forest protection excites the admiration of everyone. Here 

 is a giant railroad corporation realizing that it owes it to itself 

 to protect the timber. Few railroads have realized what for- 



