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named the village of fountains. Many 
of its gardens and lawns have beautiful 
fountains, throwing jets high in the air. 
These fountains are fed from springs that 
have burst from the hillsides, the water 
being conducted by pipes to every public 
building and dwelling in the town. Many 
of these fountains contain brook trout 
that have been captured and placed in 
them for exhibition. 
catching and packing gives employment 
to a large number of men. 
Montreal River is thirty miles east of 
Ashland. At this point is a fine water- 
fall eighty feet in height. Pleasure par- 
ties visit these places frequently by means 
of steam or sail yachts. 
The Apostle Islands, a group of is- 
lands which line the coast of Wisconsin 
for about forty miles, are twenty-four in 
Lone Rock, near Bayfield. 
Bayfield contains three hotels — 
‘‘Smith’s Hotel,” kept by Capt. P. W. 
Smith; ‘‘ The Fountain House,” by J. B. 
Bono. It has many attractive features. 
Red Cliff is four miles north of Bayfield, 
and is the present home of the Red Cliff 
band of the Chippewa Indians. It is a 
beautifal place, well worth visiting. 
The principal business is that of man- 
ufacturing lumber and fishing. It ex- 
ports largely of whitefish and trout; their 
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number. Some of them are large and 
covered with lofty trees. They are fa- 
vorite camping grounds, and every Sum- 
mer the light of the camp fires after sun- 
set give ample evidence that sportsmen 
are there. 
Isle Royale, lying a little south of the 
entrance to Thunder Bay, is one hun- 
dred miles from Ashland. The ancient 
copper mines and implements of the pre- 
‘historic race of men whose traces are 
