AMONG THE ISLANDS OF GEORGIAN BAY. 

AMATFUR ©: OT) BY M/Y BRAGD N 
THE ISLAND OF ST. HELENA STOOD 
REVEALED, 
the islands again, we found them wild, 
beautiful and apparently untrodden by the 
foot of man. The breeze wafted odors of 
pine, spruce and cedar; one forgot the 
world behind and the cares of every day. 
The next event of the day was dropping 
415 
stead of into the friendly security of “The 
Little Corporal,” as the biggest skiff is 
called. 
We spent days and nights of unalloyed 
happiness among those beautiful islands, 
with daily sails in the channel and across 
the open water to Point au Baril, which 
consists of a lighthouse, a prosperous fish 
dock and store, 2 or 3 houses and a hotel. 
There were also excursions to Hemlock or 
down, Sturgeon bay to fish, sails to Hang- 
dog Point, long paddles among the unex- 
plored channels of lovely island groups, 
“island shopping” excursions, for everyone 
who comes to these glad lands has a long- 
ing to possess, and the islands are as cheap 
as they are beautiful, and picnics on the 
rocks, where the cares of earth are far 
away, and one feels small in the bigness of 
the world. 

NEAR POINT AUX BARIL. 
off from the “Britannic’s” lower deck into 
the trembling maw of a little’skiff; and as 
the big boat moved away the island of St. 
Helena, the end of our journey, stood re- 
vealed, looming hospitably above the spark- 
ling waters of Bonaparte bay. The lively 
house party on the dock welcomed the new 
arrivals with congratulations, for they ex- 
pected, it seems, to hear us gurgle as we 
dropped into the waters of the channel, in- 
By COURTESY OF TrKE GRAND TRUNK @AILWAY. 
GEORGIAN BAY DISTRICT. 
We enjoyed the moonlight nights, the 
stars, the weird Northern lights, and the 
long mornings of blueberrying, raspberry- 
ing and gooseberrying. Nature fed us. 
The bass bit below our rocks; the muska- 
longe followed our shining troll. The In- 
dians knew where the frogs’ legs grew, and 
said that in season wild ducks sell for 10 
cents apiece, or you can shoot them your- 
self; while venison is 4 or 5 cents a pound, 

MORNING SCENE AT POINT AUX BARIL. 
BY COURTESY OF THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, 
GEORGIAN BAY DISTRICT. 
