Canoe Cruising 



THE rare delight of gliding down streams or over hill- 

 enclosed lakes, of shooting rapids, of making camp 

 for the night on some picturesque spot, of dining on 

 freshly caught trout cooked only as a woodsman can cook 

 them, of a nights sleep in the midst of the restful murmurs 

 of the forest none of these can be understood until after the 

 iirst trip is actually experienced. 



One Night Camp in the Big Woods. 



One of the most interesting of canoe trips is around the 

 loop from Ely to Tower. This is considered by many to be 

 the best in the country, taking the tourist as it does through 

 Fall Lake into Basswood, then following the boundary waters 

 from the outlet of this beautiful lake around picturesque falls 

 and through swirling rapids into the rapids of Crooked Lake, 

 thence into Lac La Croix, a lake long famed for its magnifi- 

 cent scenery and good fishing. On the shore of this lake, an 

 old Indian picture gallery will be found on the face of a cliff. 



Here the Indian artist of long ago painted scenes and drew 

 pictures of moose, deer, etc., that have withstood the storms 

 of centuries. Paddling along to the outlet, an Indian village 

 is reached, which is well worth a visit. 



The route from here swings to the southwest, crossing a 



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