LAKE SUPERIOR. 



Surrounding the Great Lakes, especially Lake Superior, as nearly 

 every one knows, there are vast tracts of territory upon which the 

 foot of the white man has never trod ; and it is only natural that 

 these primeval forest-lands should shelter immense quantities of 

 wild -game, the same having been so far, in a measure, protected by 

 the distance and inaccessibility to civilization. Within a very few 

 years nine different railways have tapped the great "Northern Sea,'' 

 coming from the commercial centers of the east, south and west, 

 thus facilitating travel and transportation. It is of recent date 

 comparatively that the ordinary sportsman could reach these virgin 

 hunting grounds without consuming much time and strength. 

 Now the railway companies land him almost in sight of his game. 

 Indeed, it is no uncommon sight to see from the train, besides the 

 myriads of wild fowl, deer and even bear. Once the writer while 

 passing in a train near Long Lake witnessed the shooting of a bear 

 from the baggage-car. 



In sketching points of interest along the southern shore of Lake 

 Superior, we will begin at the western extremity and work east- 

 ward. Hence our opening sketch will relate to 



Duluth. 



Proctor Knott's "Zenith City of the Unsalted Sea" is not so much 

 of a mushroom as some would like to believe it. Its booming days 

 are over and it has now settled down to solid substantial facts. In 

 wealth and material beauty, but one city on Lake Superior overlaps 

 it. In population and .enterprise it outstrips all its rivals. It has 

 not less than 12,000 inhabitants, and is growing rapidly. Its massive 

 elevators are overflowing with the cereal products of the great 

 west. Its vast mineral and lumber interests, almost undevel- 

 oped as yet, bode a grand future for the bustling city on the hill- 

 side. In the immediate vicinity along the North Shore may be seen 

 some of the finest scenery in the world; and to the west are the 

 famous "Dalles of the St. Louis." Indeed this is a good point for 

 sportsmen to make headquartei s. Game and fish are near at hand, 

 and (here is no lack of boating accommodation. 



