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IN THE ALGOMA WOODS AND 

 BEFORE 



T AVE you ever taken the Georgian 

 ^ Bay trip?" asked the General 

 Passenger Agent when we sought 

 his advice as to our annual outing. 

 " The scenery is beautiful and the 

 fishing all that heart could wish." 

 So it came to pass that we boarded the steamer 

 at Sault Ste. Marie for the round trip of Georgian 

 Bay, our tickets including generous stop-over privi- 

 leges. Undoubtedly " palatial " is the proper term 

 to use in describing a passenger steamer, but having 

 never lived in a palace we are unable to judge of 

 the fitness of the appellation as applied to this 

 particular boat. We can affirm, however, that we 

 were very comfortable, and that the scenery quite 

 equalled our high expectations. So many people 

 have made this trip and it has been described so 

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