GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



MICHIGAN. 



Area 56,451 square miles, population 1,650,000. The State is 

 • divided into two peninsulas, the northern peninsula which comprises 

 one-third of the State is for the most part rugged and mountain- 

 ous. The Porcupine Range forms the watershed, from which on 

 either side an elevated table land slopes to thue lakes. The coun- 

 try is rocky, much of it sterile, near the lake shore often sandy 

 plains, and the remainder coverd by dense forests. The lower 

 peninsula, on the contrary, is level, with formerly great stretches of 

 marsh lands which have since been reclaimed and cultivated. This 

 region is now the garden of the north-west. The surface of both 

 peninsulas is diversified by great numbers of lakes, of all sizes, and 

 are "in the proper season the resort of great numbers of wild fowl 

 of various species. The forests of the northern section of the State 

 are the abode of much large game. The lakes afford good fishing, 

 and the streams of the southern peninsula are famous for their trout 

 and grayling. All these shooting and fishing grounds are readily 

 reached by the railroads of the State, on all of which the sports- 

 man will secure every attention, and from whose officers and em- 

 ployees all needed information may be obtained. 

 Alpena Co\inty — 



AiPena. City. Good duck shooting on Thunder Ba^. The route is via boat 

 from Detroit, or via the Michigan Central Railroad to Standish, thence stage. 



liarnga Counti/ — 



JL^Ance. On Fall River and L'Ance Bay, is found fine brook and salmon 

 trout, and white fish fishing. Reached via the Marquette, Houghton and Onton- 

 agon Railroad, Good hotel accommodations may be found. 



JSay County — . 



Bay City. Good duck shooting all along Saginaw Baj^, Reached via the 

 Miciiigan Central, the Flint and Pere Marquette, or the Saginaw Valley and St. 

 Louis Railroad, or via boat from Detroit. 



Charlevoix County — 



Boyne. The Boyne River and the w^aters in the vicinity afford excellent trout 

 fishing. Reached via the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. The Boyne is 

 navigable for small boats, a short distance from its mouth, but its rapid current 



grecludes their frequent use. Two and one-half miles from Boyne Falls, a small 

 ody of water called Deer Lake affords fine fishing, and five miles west of the 

 station, the Boyne empties into Pine Lake, an admirable fishing ground. 



Daily stages run between Boyne Falls and the head of Pine Lake^ there con- 

 necting with a small steamer, making daily trips to Charlevoix and intermediate 

 f mints. Charlevoix can also be reached by public highways passing around the 

 ake, or by steamer sailing from Traverse City. Horton Creek, a very fine trout 

 stream, flows into Pine Lake three miles from its head. Passing ten miles west- 

 ward on the south highway, or taking steamer from the head of Pine Lake, the 

 embouchure of the south arm of Pine Lake is reached. It is a narrow strip of 

 water nine miles long, varying from half a mile to a mile in width. Like Pine 

 Lake, it is well supplied with pike, pickerel and bass, thus affording very choice 

 fishing with the spoon. By continuing up the arm in boats, or by following the 

 highway one and one-half miles west, and then going south, the Jordan, which 

 6dws into the south arm, is reached. It is very swift, and grows swifter as the 

 Stream is ascended. It is navigable for small boats, and flows in a northwesteil}! 



