174 GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



►he State. Take tte Chicago, Milwaukee and SL Pai.1 Railroad lo Portage City. 

 Thence all parts of the county are easily accessible. 



Dane County — 



Madison. On the lakes, geese, brant, wood-dudcs, mallards, teal, canvas- 

 backs, redheads, pin-tails, blnebills, spoon-bills, grey whistlers, bald-pates, ruffle 

 heads: on the Nine Spring Marshes, Wilson snipe, several varieties of plovei , 

 sand-pipers, and rails ; ruffed and pinnated grouse and quail. The 6shing includes 

 pickerel, black bass, catfish and a variety of whitefish. Madison is one hundred 

 and thirty-six miles from Chicago on the Chicago and North-western Railroafl, 

 and eighty miles from Milwaukee on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- 

 road- Hotels, boats," etc. See Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa- 



Noru/ay_. Deer, bears, etc. Reached via the Wisconsin Valley Railway. 

 Board $1.50. Hilly country. 



J>odge County — 



BeaTjer- Dam. Quail, snipe, ducks, squirrels. On the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 and St- Paul Railroad. 



Fox Lake. A good ground for ducks. Take Chi«igo and North-western 

 Railroad to McHenry. Stop at Harry Dumell's Hotel. A wagon ride of six 

 miles from there will bring one to the shooting ground, which forms a part of a 

 system of alternatin"^ ponds, lakes, marshes and swamps. 



Burnett. Fine shooting grounds in the immediate vicinity. Ducks, geese, 

 brant and swans are found in countless numbers. Reached via the Chicago and 

 North-western Railroad. There are two hotels. 



HoricoTiy on Horicon Lake, is a favorite resort for anglers. The lake contains 

 a variety and abundance offish. Reached as above. 



Mud Lake. Twenty-eight miles east of Madison. An excellent shooting 

 ground for ducks. Take the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad to Hub- 

 Bleton, whence the lake is four miles down the river. Boats can be had at 

 Hubbleton. 



Door Cottnty — 



Sturgeon Bay. Excellent fishing for mascalonge, pickerel, black bass, sal- 

 mon trout, whitefish, etc. Deer, ducks, water hens, pigeons, etc Reached via 

 steamer. 



Douglass County — 



The Brule River, thirty miles from Superior City, abounds in large speckled 

 trouL Reached by steamer from Superior City. 



Dunn County — 



Menomonee is reached \yj rail from Chicago over the North-western Railroad 

 and West Wisconsin Road, in a twenty-four hours' ride. At Menomonee are the 

 ^mous " Tea Gardens,'' on Wilson's Creek, ten miles from Menomonee. This 

 place is fast acquiring reputation for the number more than the size of its trouL 

 The Tea Gardens have an established hotel that is devoted to sportsmen who 

 visit there. Aside from this, many other sfreams, all tributary to the Chippewa 

 and Menomonee Rivers, are to be found in this locality — and chicken hunting in 

 season cannot be surpassed. John H. Knapp of Menomonee will gladly give in- 

 formation concerning future developments. The hotels are : The Menomonee, 

 The Merchants, and The Central. Board $2- teams $4 j guides $1-50; boats 

 $1.50. Camp out for best sport. Bears, deer, elk, ruffed grouse and other game is 

 to be found in the vicinity. Hilly country. 



Dunn-znlle'xs headquarters for duck and goose shooting. Reached by stage 

 from Menomonee. 



JBau Claire County — 



Augusta. Sharp-tailed, pinnated, and ruffed grouse. Reached via the West 

 Wisconsin Railroad. 



FonA du Lac County — 



J^eTv Cassel. Lake Fifteen and Long Lake contain a variety offish. Game i 

 found in great abundance in the adjacent country. Reached vm the Chicago and 

 North-western Railroad. 



Van Dyne. Ducks, pinnated grouse. Lake Winnebago is within one and one- 

 naif miles, and fiimishes good fishing. Reached as above. Hotel $1.50 : guides 

 f 1.50 \ .teams $1 - boats 50 cents. 



