86 NORTHERN LAKES. 



The bay is a beautiful sheet of water, and is remarkably clear, so 

 that a stranger is always deceived as to the depth in which he is 

 fishing. The bay contains muskalonge, white-fish, bass, lake trout 

 and pickerel in great abundance, and the adjoining small lakes are 

 similarly stocked, with the exception of lake trout. These lakes are 

 situated at a distance of from three to twelve miles from Traverse 

 City, as follows: Cedar Lake, three miles; Long Lake, six miles; 

 Bass Lake, eight miles; Carp Lake, eight miles; Traverse Lake, ten 

 miles, and Betsie Lake, twelve miles. The Boardman River, which 

 here empties into Grand Traverse Bay, is considered to be one of 

 the finest trout streams in Michigan, and all its numerous tribu- 

 taries are stocked with thousands of this delicious fish. 



This portion of the State is not only a rich field for the sportsman, 

 but, if he times his visit in the early autumn, he will find the orch- 

 ards laden with luscious fruit, the peaches of this section being 

 especially fine in appearance and flavor. Camping-out is preferred 

 by many sportsmen, but good accommodations can be had at the 

 country inns and farm houses, and at trifling cost. 



From Traverse City to Petoskey the country is broken, its hills 

 covered with magnificent maple forests. Nestled in its valleys are 

 some twenty pretty lakes, varying in size, some twenty miles long, 

 others of lesser note, all clear as crystal, and abundantly stocked 

 with the finer varieties of fish. There are six quite large rivers— 

 the Boardman, Cedar, Rapid, Boyne, Jordan and Bear. These, with 

 their numerous tributaries, are alive with brook trout. Eight years 

 ago this was an unbroken forest, known only to lumbermen. To- 

 day there are probably two hundred summer cottages and quite a 

 number of comfortable hotels. Five summer resort associations 

 have been formed — three on Little Traverse Bay, near Petoskey, and 

 two at Charlevoix, eighteen miles down the coast. 



Returning by rail to Walton Junction, Fife Lake, four miles north 

 on the main line, is reached. Bass, pike, and pickerel in the lake, 

 grayling in the Manistee, five miles southeast, and brook trout in 

 the Boardman, six miles north, are the attractions of this locality 

 Continuing north, the traveler next finds himself at Kalkaska, on 

 the Boardman River, already referred to as an excellent trout 

 stream. Three miles northwest is Rapid River, one of the finest 

 trout waters known. 



Still farther north the railroad passes within a few miles of the 

 head-waters of the Intermediate, Grass, Jordan, Deer, and Boyne 



