30 NORTHERN LAKES. 



Wisconsin, thence up the Eagle Eiver and into the various lakes at 

 pleasure. 



Between Lac Vieux Desert and STATE LINE STATION is what 

 is called the ''divide," the highest land, where waters flow in 

 opposite directions almost from the same spring. The Ontonagou 

 River, flowing into Lake Superior, has its beginning only a short dis- 

 tance from the source of a stream flowing into the Wisconsin. 



At the south western extremity of Lac Vieux Desert, and where 

 the Wisconsin River first appears, the old military road leading 

 from Green Bay to Ontonagon, touches the lake. An old pioneer 

 trader still lives at this point, which was once a " station" on the 

 mail route aforesaid. There is no trading now, the Indians are 

 gone, but the good-natured back-woodsman keeps busy all the same. 

 He is always obliging and most happy when he can do a favor to 

 one of his fellow men. 



From the lake at this point to State Line Station, distance about 

 five miles, there is a very good road cut through the forest. 



Four miles west of State Line Station is Black Oak Lake, where 

 Mackinaw trout are found in great abundance. 



In this region there is no lack of brook trout, the various streams 

 are fairly alive with them. At WATERS-MEET, eight miles 

 north of State Line, a number of these small streams unite, a fact 

 which has suggested the pretty name borne by the town. '' Duck 

 Creek," and " Great Trout Brook," the latter the east branch of the 

 Ontonagon ; have already become quite famous for their finny 

 beauties. 



Seventeen miles further along the line and GOGEBIC STATION 

 is reached. LAKE GOGEBIC is four and a half miles north of the 

 station. Hotel accommodations, boats, etc., are provided at the lake. 

 Sportsmen who have visited Lake Gogebic loudly proclaim its praise. 

 It is a veritable paradise for black-bass fishermen, as the streams en- 

 tering the lake, are for trout anglers. Lake Gogebic is quite a large 

 sheet of water, extending twenty miles in length and reaching to" 

 within twelve miles of Lake Superior. It is bound to become a 

 great resort not only for fish and game, but for health and pleasure. 



Up to about the first of July, trout are taken in this lake almost as 

 frequently as bass, and by the same methods, and they are usually 

 of the largest size. Later in the season trout can only be taken in 

 the tributary streams, whose waters are sought by them on account 

 of their being colder than the lake. 



