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LAKE CHELAN 



lower, its summit being only about 100 feet above the present 

 lake level. 



Lake Chelan is not difficult of access. The traveler leaves 

 the Great Northern railway at Wenatchee, on Columbia river; 

 thence twice a week a little steamer stems the swift current of 

 the Columbia for forty miles, to the mouth of Chelan river, and 

 a stage covers the remaining three or four miles to the outlet of 

 .the lake, where is situated the little town of Lakeside. On the 

 days when the steamer does not run on the Columbia the jour- 

 ney from Wenatchee to Lakeside may be made by stage. The 

 lake is traversed by a small steamer which, leaving Lakeside in 

 the morning, reaches Stehekin, at the head of the lake, where 

 there is a hotel, late in the afternoon, returning the next day. 

 On the shores of the lower part of the lake there are numerous 

 ranches, but within the mountain portion the only signs of 

 habitation are a few landings, and above Stehekin there are no 

 settlements, and travel in this region must be upon horseback, 

 with pack train. 



TYPICAL VIEW FUOM A BOAT OX LAKE CHELAN 



