House, for instance, at Fort Carleton, 
or at Battleford, the new capital of the 
Northwestern Territory—the gentleman- 
sportsman will find hospitable reception 
by kindred spirits, good accommodations, 
and offers of every facility and assist- 
ance. 
Returning to the mouth of the Sas- 
katchewan, if there is any time to spare, 
a trip is recommended to the north end 
of Lake Winnipeg, which is not distant. 
The sportsman will then find himself in 
the landof the caribou and the willow 
grouse. The former is very abundant in 
the timber belt, which toward the north- 
west extends in the direction of Lake 
Atabasca, and the latter, perfectly reli- 
able parties say, is swarming on. the 
open barrens, which toward the north- 
east stretch out all the way to Hudson 
Bay. Those who have tasted the plea- 
sures of partridge shooting in Newfound- 
land or a grouse hunt on the British 
moors will not hesitate to go a good dis- 
tance out of their way to enjey once 
more this delightful sport, and here it 
can be had to perfection. 
For his homeward trip the traveler 
had better take the same route that 
brought him within the dominion of 
Queen Victoria. There is, 
from Winnipeg another route, known as 
the “ Dawson road,” by way of Lake of 
the Woods and the Rainy Lake Region, 
along the boundary between Minnesota 
and the Province of Kewatin. But the 
first one hundred and twenty-five miles 
of this road, from Winnipeg, is overland 
and will entail more hardship than all 
the journey from the Atlantic seaboard 
to the outmost post on the Saskatche- 
wan, It is simply horrid, leading over 
corduroyed swamps for a great part of 
the way. Once on the Lake of the 
Woods, however, you are amply repaid. 
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Nice little steimers provided by the 
Canadian Government will carry you 
‘over the most enchanting lakes, and at 
the several portages are good camping 
grounds, The 
rocky, the waters, clear as crystal, are 
filled with fish—pickerel, 
bass, whitefish &e.—and the surround- 
banks are high and 
pike, black 
ing country is well stocked with game 
of the same found in 
Northern Minnesota, excepting the pin- 
varities as are 
uated and sharp-tailed grouse; but the 
ruffed grouse is found in goodly numbers 
and now and then the spruce partridge. 
Lake Saganaga, near the eastern termi- 
nus of this remarkable expanse of water, 
is one of the most beautiful lakes in the 
whole Northwest, surrounded by enchant- 
ing scenery. The end of this route will 
put the traveler down at the mouth of 
Pigeon River on the shore of Lake 
Superior, 
A correspondent of a weckly cotem- 
porary thus describes some of the hunt- 
inv and fishing points along the main 
line of the First Division of the St. Paul 
& Pacific Railroad that are taken in 
on this route : 
For sportsmen visiting Minnesota in search 
of health, recreation or amusement, no part of 
the State offers better opportunities than the 
region traversed by the ‘‘Main Line of the First 
Division of the St. Paul and Pacifie Railroad, 
with its extension in the Valley of the Red 
River of the North.” 
Leaving St. Pauland Minneapolis, this road 
runs in a northwesterly direction for 216 miles 
to Breckenridge at the confluence of the Red 
River and the Bois to Sioux, and thence nearly 
due north, parallel with the first mentioned 
watercourse, from 120 miles more through the 
beautiful and fertile Red River valley, and will! 
doubtless, before the end of next year, be com- 
pleted to the boundaries of Uncle Sam’s 
possessions on the confines of Manitoba, con- 
necting there with the railroad system of the 
British Dominion, This is in every respect 
a first-class road, running Pullman’s sleeping 
