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"On Summer Seas" 



What Makes the Tour of the Great Lakes so 

 Incomparably Delightful 



ITS NOVELTY — Combining scope of ocean 

 travel with interest of a river trip — vastness 

 and detail, sea views and landscapes — as by 

 no other route. 



ITS EXTENT — Two thousand miles in seven 

 restful summer days — an ideal vacation for 

 the weary brain or tired body. 



ITS STEAMSHIPS — The Northern Steam- 

 ship Company's steel twin-screw " NORTH- 

 WEST" and "NORTHLAND," each 386 

 feet in length, 5,000 tons, 7,000 horse- 

 power — with ample accommodations for 500 

 passengers — unsurpassed in construction and 

 equipment by anything that floats. 



THEIR SPEED — That of the fastest ocean 

 cruisers. 



FOR PASSENGERS ONLY - No freight is 

 carried — every conflicting interest sacrificed 

 to safety, convenience, and enjoyment. 



LUXURIOUS OUTFIT - Suites of rooms 

 (including bath) rivaling in appointment 

 those of the most celebrated metropolitan 

 hotels — every element of service above re- 

 proach — superbly decorated and furnished 

 saloons and cabins. 



CUISINE — -The perfection of gastronomic art 

 applied to choicest and freshest products of 

 land and sea — a revelation made doubly wel- 

 come by the always appetizing atmosphere. 



PLACES VISITED — Buffalo, the Electric 

 city of the Empire State — Cleveland, Queen 

 city of the lakes — Detroit, metropolis of 

 Michigan — historic Mackinac — Sault Ste. 

 Marie, "the Soo," with its enormous locks, 

 the largest in the world — Duluth, the Zenith 

 city immortalized by Proctor Knott, and its 

 lake-side twin, Superior. 



STOP-OVER PRIVILEGES -While at 



most of these places time is given for a brief 

 but satisfying carriage drive, stop-over 

 checks are issued, good for the entire season. 



SALMON AND TROUT FISHING unsur- 

 passed anywhere, is to be enjoyed at the head of 

 Lake Superior. Steam and Naphtha Launches 

 for pleasure parties can be had at moderate 

 rates. 



NATURAL WONDERS, great triumphs of 

 engineering skill, innumerable islands with 

 their summer hotels and cottages, sleepy old 

 Canadian towns with quaint peculiarities, 

 Indian reservations, ancient trading posts and 

 hunting grounds, modern mines and fisheries, 

 the Painted Rocks and other relics of a bygone 

 race— and always round about the varied ship- 

 ping of the lakes, and over all the panorama of 

 the Northern sky. 



IT IS NOT SURPRISING that President 

 McKinley (see opposite page) found such a 

 trip so entirely enjoyable. 



A LA CARTE — Meals served on the European 

 plan, at moderate prices, enabling passengers, 

 especially when there are two or more in a party, 

 to live economically as well as bountifully. 

 For Particulars Address 



I. M. BORTLE, Gen*! Pass. Agent Northern Steamship Co. 



W. C. FARRINGTON, Vice-President, Buffalo, N. Y 



FURTHER WEST -At Duluth direct connec- 

 tion is made with the Great Northern Rail- 

 way, and the Northern Pacific Railway to St. 

 Paul, Minneapolis, KOOTENAI mining dis- 

 tricts, Yellowstone Park, and the Pacific Coast. 



