AMATEUR PHOTO -BY JAMES MCDONALD 



TROPHIES OF A DAY IN THE HILLS. 



THROUGH GEORGIAN BAY. 



J. D. JOSLIN. 



If any readers of Recreation desire a 

 fine vacation trip, that will make them 10 

 years younger, I can tell them where to go. 

 Last July my wife and I took the steamer 

 from Collingwood, Ontario, a few hours' 

 ride from Niagara Falls, for a voyage along 

 the North shore, through the islands of 

 Georgian bay. The scenery is magnificent. 

 Flocks of wild ducks and geese rose as the 

 boat passed, and we felt we were in a 

 sportsmen's country. Killarney, on the 

 North shore of Great Manitoulin island, is 

 approached through a deep narrow chan- 

 nel. The scenery here surpassed anything 



1 had ever seen. The place is inhabited by 

 Indians and fishermen. We saw tons of 

 fish ready to be shipped to market. Tied 

 near the dock were some little black bear 

 cubs, recently caught; also some young 

 foxes. At the Indian stores all sorts of 

 Indian finery, mounted heads, skins, etc., 

 were on sale. Our boat touched at several 

 Indian towns on the shore of this island. 

 The scenery is more imposing than that of 

 the 1,000 islands of the St. Lawrence, and 

 the fishing and hunting are excellent. After 



2 days and nights' ride from Collingwood, 

 we reached Sault St. Marie, Mich., where 

 we shot the rapids, in canoes guided by 



Indians. The ride was exciting, particular- 

 ly for the ladies. We would have been 

 drenched to the skin, had we not worn 

 mackintoshes. 



We visited the ship canal, and were much 

 interested watching the large ships pass 

 through the locks. Many men and boys 

 were there fishing for herring and catching 

 nice strings of them. Each time the water 

 from Lake Superior is emptied from the 

 lock into Lake Huron, herring come out in 

 great numbers, and bite freely. Our boat 

 stayed here 6 hours. The next day at noon 

 we reached the famous Mackinac island, a 

 lively summer resort. We visited the old 

 fort, and " sugar loaf arch rock," Devil's 

 kitchen, wishing well, and other famous 

 places on this beautiful island. After a stop 

 of 8 hours our boat left on the return trip, 

 taking a different route back to Colling- 

 wood. 



Teacher (in Natural History class) — 

 " Now children, this is a very common 

 bird — a Marsh Tern. What have you to 

 say of the mounting of it." 



The small boy. " It's all right, only there 

 should be another one with it." 



"Why so?" 



" Because one good Tern deserves an- 

 other." 



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