THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREST RECREATION 



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waters of the lake or loiter over fishing grounds that hold 

 fighting game fish of large size. 



What a grandeur of mountain scenery you will find if 

 you visit the forests of the Western States! Every- 

 where there are peaks and pinnacles, cliffs and chasms. 

 I cannot begin to enumerate the great mountain climbs 

 that are to be found here. The highest peaks in the 

 United States are within the borders of these Western 

 forests and each 

 presents a picture 

 and an appeal that 

 is nowhere found 

 quite like it is 

 present in these 

 great playgrounds 

 of the West. 



Did you ever 

 climb Mount 

 Hood? You have 

 a treat coming if 

 you plan your 

 vacation so you 

 can visit this great 

 king-like peak of 

 Oregon. There 

 are camping spots 

 galore in this re- 

 gion and good 

 trails lead through 

 the tall boles of 

 the forest trees 

 which look for all 

 the world like the 

 columns of some 

 majestic cathedral 

 of Nature. 



In the same re- 

 gion are Mount 

 Jefferson and the 

 Three Sisters, all 

 of which are 

 mountains of ex- 

 ceptional beauty. 

 Good trout 

 streams abound, 

 waterfalls glisten 

 in the settings of 

 greenery and the 

 lure of Oregon 

 and her forests 

 soon gets hold of your fancy. If you want to become 

 one of the enthusiasts who yearly spend their vacations 

 in the National Forests of the Pacific Northwest write 

 the District Forester at Portland and tell him you plan 

 on coming to his forest country this season and ask him 

 where to go, how to get there, what to see and all about 

 it, and he will give you that information. You will not 

 be crowded for space there nor will you have a dearth 

 of places from which to pick your vacation camp. Oregon 



A FINE CATCH HAS ALREADY REWARDED THIS DILIGENT FISHERMAN, WHO IS 

 FISHING OFF SHORE IN ONE OF THE LAKES OF THE WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST 



has seventeen National Forests and Washington has been 

 blessed with ten. 



The home of the heron, the land of the big bull moose 

 and the greatest canoe country in the world are found 

 in the Superior National Forest of Minnesota. There is 

 no place that will appeal more to the lover of canoeing 

 than the unequaled canoe land in that great National 

 Forest playground. The forest contains more than a 



million acres of 

 land and within 

 this are 150,000 

 acres of lake sur- 

 face and hun- 

 dreds of miles of 

 streams. 



There are more 

 trips wrapped up 

 in the Superior 

 National Forest 

 than any other 

 great National 

 Playground which 

 can be easily 

 reached by the 

 people of the 

 Middle West. 

 There are canoe 

 trips that take 

 one only a few 

 hours on a lake 

 and there are 

 others which test 

 the grit of a 

 sport sman and 

 will engage his 

 time for weeks or 

 even months. If 

 you wish to spend 

 your vacation in 

 the land of the 

 old voyageur 

 where today the 

 canoe is the only 

 sort of transpor- 

 tation that will 

 reach many parts 

 of this untram- 

 meled country go 

 to the Superior. 

 There are the 

 gamiest of northern lake fish, big game and stately for- 

 ests. But remember in picking on this forest as a place 

 to spend a vacation that it is a country best suited to 

 real outdoor lovers and that there is a good lot of hard 

 hiking to do over portages and some steady pulling on 

 canoe paddle if you get anywhere. Write the Forest 

 Supervisor at Ely, Minnesota, for information about this 

 greatest playground for the middle west and the par- 

 amount canoe country of the world. 



