148 THE SPORTSMAN'S AND TOURIST’S GUIDE. 
and between ever-changing and always | the dalles of the “‘ St. Croix,” or else- 
interesting bluffs, on to the great lake | where. . 
| The two branches of Bad River form 
a unction just below the falls, the 
forks of the river making a V with 
a cataract on each limb. 
A log has been laid across the 
chasm of the canon of Bad River, 
and any one with steady nerves can 
easily cross from side to side. From 
this romantic canon to where it emp- 
ties into Lake Superior, the river 
lias a tortuous course, now pass- 
ing throngh dalles across which the 
trees nearly interlace, anon foaming 
over rocks, always picturesque, often 
grand. . 
The trains from Ashland reach 
Bad River at 10 a. m., affording time 
to visit the interesting points in a 
day. This section should be visited 
with a guide, as more beautiful 
scenes are hidden from view. 
Silver Creek, spanned by an iron 
viaduct six hundred feet long and 
ninety feet high, is three hundred 
and thirty-three miles from Milwau- 
kee, and only eighteen miles from 
Ashland. Trout are not found to 
any extent in the streams or lakes 
south of the Penokee Range, but 
Silver Creek is a trout stream liter- 
ally alive with fish; and near by are 
others— Trout Brook, the Bruns- 
weiler, and the Marengo, which af- 
ford most excellent sport. The 
early train from Ashland will land 
the angler at one of these streams by 
half past eight or nine in the morn- | 
ing, and the whole day, until five | 
o’clock in the afternoon, is before © 
the fisherman. | 
is exceedingly interesting, and affords a Trout Run bridge is where you leave | 
series of views richly deserving to take | the train for Harriet Lake, the bass fish- | 
rank with the finest to be seen among | ‘ng nwhich is thus described by John WwW 
only a short distance away. The spot 
THE CANON OF THE BAD RIVER. 
