RECREATION 



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In All the World No Trip Like This 



TO tour the Great Lakes and 

 their connecting rivers 

 would, under any circumstances, 

 be a journey full of charm and 

 interest ; but to make the round 

 trip from Buffalo to Duluth by 

 the magnificent steamships of 

 the Northern Steamship Com- 

 pany is to experience the most 

 delightful 2,000 miles of travel 

 it is possible to take. 



Starting from Buffalo at 9.30 p. m. on any 

 Tuesday or Friday during the summer sea- 

 son, the route is through Lake Erie, touching 

 at Cleveland early the next morning, and at 

 Detroit that afternoon, passing through the 

 "Straits," the beautiful Lake St. Clair, and 

 the St. Clair River by daylight, then into 

 Lake Huron and through the great inland 

 sea, reaching historic Mackinack Island at 

 10.30 the second morning, thence up the ex- 

 tremely picturesque St Mary's River, dotted 

 with full 5,000 islands, and passing through 

 the " Soo " and its world-famed locks, all by 

 daylight. The following night and day are 

 spent on the vast expanse and in the invigor- 

 ating atmosphere of Lake Superior, Duluth 

 coming into sight as the evening shadows 

 fall. After three quarters of a day in the 

 Zenith City the return trip is made in the 

 reverse order, so that the entire route is seen, 

 going or coming, by daylight, and Buffalo 

 reached at noon of the seventh day. 



" Seven halcyon days of blessed rest," 

 worth a month's ordinary vacation to the 

 weary brain and tired body. 



While to this unequalled cruise for rest 

 and health and pure enjoyment Nature has 

 contributed so much that is grand and 

 beautiful, nineteenth-century progress, as 

 evidenced in the flourishing cities, summer 

 resorts, and the immense commerce of the 

 Lakes, has added that requisite so necessary 

 to interest one, and so noticeably lacking in 

 a mere ocean voyage. But it remained for 

 the Northern Steamship Company to bring 

 all within the experience of the tourist by a 

 fleet of steamships which are to the Great 

 Lakes what the finest hotels are to the most 

 celebrated summer resorts. 



The North and The North West are, indeed, 

 nothing less (and at the same time a great 

 deal more) than great summer hotels afloat. 



Banish from your mind at once any idea 

 of the 



" cabined, cribbed, confined " 



quarters of the ordinary steamship, and re- 



place it with the picture of private parlors 

 en suite, with bath, brass bedsteads, couches, 

 easy-chairs, electric lights, etc., with si 

 rooms finished in Cuban mahogany. 



No freight is carried. Every precaution 

 and every appliance known to marine archi- 

 tecture of the very latest type, for the safety 

 and the convenience of the passengers, are 

 provided. 



The cuisine is equal in every respect to 

 that of the finest hotels, while the appetizing 

 air gives a zest to the enjoyment of the meals 

 peculiar to this ozone-ladened atmosphere. 



The price of the round-trip ticket from 

 Buffalo to Duluth and return is $29, less than 

 1^ cents per mile. The price of berths, state- 

 rooms, and suites of rooms varies, according 

 to the location, capacity, and elegance, from 

 $9 round trip. Meals are served a la carte, 

 so that their cost can be regulated by the 

 passenger. The menu prices are moderate, 

 and, liberal portions being served, two or 

 more persons traveling together can materi- 

 ally reduce the cost of each. 



Passengers wishing to make longer stops 

 at Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinack Island, 

 Sault Ste. Marie, or Duluth than is made by 

 the steamship, can obtain stop-over checks 

 good for the entire season. 



Connections are made at Duluth with the 

 Great Northern Railroad, Northern Pacific 

 Railroad and diverging roads, for all points 

 farther west to Yellowstone Park, Great 

 Falls, Helena, Butte, Pacific Coast cities and 

 Pacific Steamship lines. 



Further particulars will be furnished by 

 addressing 



I. M. BORTLE, Gen. Pass Agent, 



Northern S. S. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 

 W. C. FARRINGTON. Vice-President. 



Or any railroad ticket agent, or the follow- 

 ing agents of the Northern S. S. Co. : 



Boston, Mass., 211 Washington St., W. A. Seward, Gen'l Agt. 

 Chicago, 111., 220 S. Clark St.. W. M. Lowrie, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. 

 Cincinnati, O., Fifth and Walnut Sts.. W. J. Byrth, Gen'l Agt. 

 Cleveland, O., 239 Superior St.. D. J. Collver, Ticket Agt. 

 Detroit, Mich., Foot First St., E. B. Clark, Gen'l Agt. 

 Duluth. Minn., 432 W. Superior St., C D. Harper. X. Pass. Agt. 

 Minneapolis, Minn.. 300 Nicollet Ave.. V. D. Jones, City P. & T. Agt. 

 Montreal, Quebec, 1761 Notre Dame St., W. G. McLean, Trav. Agt. 

 New York, N.Y., 375 B'way, E. D. Spencer, Gen'l Agt. Pass. Dept. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., 42 So. Third St., A. C Harvev, Dist. Pass. Agt. 

 Pittsburg, Pa., 405 Fifth Ave., Delano Luce, Pass.'Agt. 

 St. Louis, Mo., 505 Olive St.. W. J. Evans, Gen'l Agt. 

 St. Paul, Minn., 109 East Third "St., W. ]. Dutch. City P. & T. Ag». 

 Toronto, Ont., 2 King St., East, H. G. McMicken. Gen'l Agt. 



