Nepigon River Fishing: 



Certain natural landmarks divide the 

 thirty-two miles of the river's flow into 

 three stretches. Alexander Bay, about 

 ten miles up, limits the first, and in and 

 about it the fishing is so fine that many 

 visitors do not care to ascend farther. 

 The upper end of Pine Portage marks 

 about the close of a second stage in the 

 course, the ten or twelve miles below it 

 containing some of the choicest pools and 

 reaches, and detaining most of the anglers 

 who visit the river. Between this point 

 and the Falls, large fish have their haunts, 

 and the rocky walls and blue waters reach 

 their height of blended beauty and wild- 

 ness. The loss of five days spent in as- 

 cending and running down the full length 

 of the river is well repaid by the compar- 

 .ative solitude gained. 



The afternoon's voyage only clears the 

 fringe of Indian settlement, skirting the 

 river for some miles. Passing beneath 

 the fine railroad bridge, built on the 

 American side, and shipped in sections to 

 be put up here, the course turns into Lake 

 Helen, bending to its eastward shore, 

 where, under the shadow of the Mission 

 church, lies a village of huts. If tenting 

 here for the night is once tried, it will 

 not be repeated until visiting friends and 

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