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NORTHERN LAKES. 



Indiana, and the Michigan Central Railways, the staunch steamer, 

 Algomah, connects with all trains for ST. IGNACE, the eastern ter- 

 minus of the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette R. R., and for MACK- 

 INAC ISLAND, the far-famed "Wonderful Isle," the " Gem of 

 the Straits." A description of the island seems hardly necessary, as 

 its beauties and attractions have so often been dwelt upon by many 

 eminent writers. 



For the sportsman Mackinac offers ample facilities for reaching 

 desirable fishing grounds, and for obtaining outfits. 



Twelve miles to- the northeast, scattered along the southern shore 

 of the Upper Peninsula, are the Chaneaux Islands, an enchanting 

 cluster of some seventy-five or eighty beautiful islands, varying 

 from two miles in length to mere green spots a hundred feet across, 

 dotting the crystal waters which rush by, twenty to forty feet deep 

 in the narrowest channel. Here, truly, is the home of the gamy 

 black bass, the voracious pickerel, the delicate white fish, the 

 beautiful lake trout, the muskalonge and the perch. 



JORDAN RIVER, M'CH. 



