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home-like dwellings, and _ tidily-kept 
yards are pleasing to residents and stran- 
gers alike. In keeping with the general 
character of the town are its accommo- 
dations for travelers and pleasure seek- 
ers. Chief among its hotels are the 
Park Place, Bay House, and Front 
Street House. Traverse City is one of 
the best sporting centres in the far-famed 
Grand Traverse Region. The bay af- 
grayling stream, is easily accessible, 
while the whole surrounding country is 
marked with brooks and smaller streams, 
every one of which appears to ‘be the na- 
tive home of the speckled trout. Among 
the principal lakes in the immediate vi- 
cinity are, Cedar Lake, three miles; 
Bass Lake, eight miles; Betzie Lake, 
twelve miles; Long Lake, eight miles; 
Carp Lake, seven miles; Boardman Lake 
SMITH’S LANDING, INDIAN RIVER. 
fords the rare sport of trolling, and the 
still rarer sport of deep water fishing for 
Mackinac trout. 
The inland lakes in the vicinity are 
numerous, and are well stocked with 
black and rock bass, pickerel, muska- 
longe, &c.; the Boardman River, empty- 
ing into the bay.at this point, is one of 
the finest trout streams in Northern 
Michigan; the Manistee, the famous 
half mile, while a dozen of smaller lakes 
or ponds within a radius of twelve miles 
furnish easy and excellent fishing. At 
Traverse City, tents, boats, teams, 
guides, fishing tackle, bait, and all the 
etceteras of camp life or for a day’s fish- 
ing, can be procured at reasonable 
rates. | 
Two daily through trains, with ele- 
gaut coaches by day and sleepers by 
