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is good for Dolly Varden, rainbow, and steelhead trout in season. Salmon are 

 taken nearly every month of the year near the foot of the first falls, 8 miles 

 from Marblemount. Marblemount, lo miles by automobile from Rockport, the 

 railroad terminus, is the logical outfitting point for a trip to the Cascade River 

 watershed. At Marblemount are two hotels, a store, and a post office. Guides 

 and packers will furnish saddle or pack animals for large or small parties. 



Cascade Pass, at the head of the river, 25 miles from Marblemount, is a 

 beautiful flower-covered park, where fascinating camping spots are numerous. 

 Although it is not considered a particularly good hunting country, game is present 

 at all times. Mountain goat are found on the highest elevations of the surrounding 

 mountains. Through Cascade Pass the trip may be continued to I^ake Chelan. 



Mineral Park, an abandoned mining camp 18 miles from Marblemount, has 



still an interest for the tourist, although 25 years have elapsed since the silence 



of the hills was broken by the sound of the miners' pick and shovel. Here are 



sluice boxes, gold pans, and decaying and crumbling prospectors' cabins, mute 



witnesses of their owners' blasted hopes of great wealth. The trail which runs 



on the north side of the river and up the north fork is well posted with signboards, 



as are also all cross and branch trails, so the traveler may not get lost. A telephone 



line follows the trail as far as Mineral Park, and may be used by tourists in case 



of need. 



SUIATTLE RIVER 



Sauk is the railroad point from which to start this trip. A wagon road leads 

 to Sauk Crossing, where one must ford his saddle or pack animals to the east bank 

 of the Sauk River in order to take the trail leading up the Suiattle River proper. 

 The horses and ponies must swim and the travelers cross in an Indian canoe. This 

 ford is dangerous at all times to those unacquainted with it, and should not be 

 attempted unless there is an experienced white man or Indian present. Once 

 across the river, there is an excellent trail leading to the Suiattle Pass, 48 miles 

 from Sauk, where one may leave the Washington and enter the Chelan National 

 Forest. 



The Suiattle River is a poor trout stream except to the bait fisherman. 

 However, its tributaries are teeming with game fish, where the man who must 

 make his catch with a fly or not at all may have glorious sport. Good fishing 



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