POINTS OF INTEREST 



ALONG THE ROUTE TO 



MARaUETTE, OVER THE C. & N. W. RAILWAY. 



For many miles after leaving Chicago, over the " Shore Line" 

 one passes an almost continuous line of charming villas, elegant 

 mansions and delightful vistas ; presenting a scene, with the 

 broad blue lake in the background, most beautiful and entranc- 

 ing. Waukegan, Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee, all pleasant and 

 prosperous cities, follow in succession and help to make this 

 favored route all the more delightful. Beyond Milwaukee, this road 

 passes through a rather thickly settled region until Green Bay is 

 reached. At Green Bay the sportsman fairly begins his work. Only 

 a few miles from the city either east, north or west exist some of 

 the finest game haunts to be met with anywhere short of the 

 ''Lake Superior Forests." Almost any of the numerous towns 

 bordering the bay are desirable points from which the sports- 

 man may ' ' take to the wood " in search of that which stimulates 

 but does not intoxicate — game. 



The Oconto, Peshtigo, Menominee and Escanaba Rivers with tlieir 

 numerous tributaries are all noted streams for sport. The usual 

 modus operandi for working these streams is to first make an over- 

 land trip to the headwaters of some one of them, and then float 

 or paddle down, fishing and hunting along the way. In order to 

 do this comfortably a party of tnree to five should go together. 

 Two or four carriers should be employed to transport the camp 

 equipage, boats, etc These carriers will also act as cooks and do 

 the rowing or paddling on the down journey. 



A favorite route for this kind of a trip is to go by rail to some 

 point near the head w^aters of the Escanaba River, and from thence 

 follow the stream to its mouth, at the city of Escanaba. 



For the sportsman, Escanaba furnishes every attraction that the 



