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SMITH, WOODCRAFT 



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woodcraft leader last summer at the boys' camp, Manitowish, main- 

 tained by the State Y. M. C. A., on the north shore of Boulder lake, 

 at Boulder Jet., Vilas county, Wisconsin. The camp is in the heart 

 of the famous fishing grounds known as the Manitowish waters, twen- 

 ty-four miles northeast of Minocqua, on the Milwatikee road, or three 

 hundred and twenty- four miles by auto road from Milwaukee. Fig- 

 ure 110 shows some of the Norway and white pine on the camp 

 grounds, but is only a poor sample of the great tracts of virgin timber 

 in this neighborhood. The Trout Lake Forest game preserve is but a 



Fig. 111. — Morning flag salute at Camp Manitowish. 



short distance to the southwest, while the northern end of High lake 

 is the start of virgin forests reaching across the Michigan line. High 

 lake is the source of Manitowish river and the most northerly point 

 in Wisconsin where Muskies are taken. Above High lake the waters 

 drain to Lake Superior and the great northern pike is paramount. High 

 lake drains through the river to Fish Trap lake, thence into Boulder 

 lake, thence into Island lake and Manitowish and Spider lakes. In a 

 twenty-mile circle from the boys' camp, over five hundred lakes may be 

 found, ranging from a hundred yards in diameter to several miles 

 wide. 



