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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Fer 13, 1904. 
Officefs of A. C. A,, i904. 
Commodore— C. F. Welters, 14 Main St. E., Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary-Treasurer— John Sears Wright, 519 West End Ave., 
Rochester, N. Y. ' 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— L. C. Kretzmer, L. C Schepp Building, New 
York. 
Rear-Commodore— W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N.J. 
Purser— M. Ohhneyer, Jr., 201 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken, N. J. 
Executive Committee— H. L. Pollard, 138 Front St., New York; 
N. S. Hyatt, Ossining, N. Y.; H. C. Allen, 54 Prospect St., 
Trenton, N. J. 
Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Racing Board— H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 
Rear-Comraodore— H. C. Hoyt, 164 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Purser— Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Executive Committee — Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. ; John 
S. Wright, 519 West Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 
Board of Governors— C. P. Forbush, 14 Main St., East, Rochester, 
N. Y. ■ ' ■ ' . 
Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East, Rochester, 
N. Y. - ■ ■ : . 
EASTERN DIVISION. : , . 
Vice-Commodore — Henri Schaeffer, Manchester, N. H. ' ' 
Rear-Commodore— H. M. S. Aiken, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Edw. B. Stearns, Manchester, N. H. 
Executive Committee — B. F. Jacobs, Jr., West Medford, Mass. ; 
D. S. Pratt, Jr., Wellesley Hills, Mass. ; Marcus Butler, 
Lawrence, Mass.; William W. Crosby, . Wpburn, Mass. 
Board of Governors — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 
Mass. ' " . 
Racing Board — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass. ; 
H. D. Murphy, alternate. . . 
NORTHERN DIVISION. - 
Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 St.; James St., -Mont'rfeal, 
Canada. 
Rear-Commodore — Wm. Sparrow, Toronto. 
Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. . . : . , . . . 
Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque,' 0nt:; Harry 
Page, Toronto. , ; . - , 
.Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Gait, Ont. , 
Racing Board — E- J. Minet, Montreal, Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household 
Art Co., Cleveland,, O. 
Rear-Commodore — Chas. J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, 
Cincinnati, O. 
Pvirser — Geo. A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, 0. 
Executive Committee — Thos. P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cin- 
cinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. 
Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. 
How to Join the A. C. A. 
From Chapter I., Section 1, of the by-laws of the A. C. A. : 
"Application for membership shall be made to the Division 
.Pursers, and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an, 
active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as 
entrance fee and one dollar as ; dues for the current year, tb be 
refunded in case of non-election of the applicant." 
Cruise of the Red and the Green. 
A Canoe Cruise in the Lake Temagami Region, 
BY ARTHUR L. WHEELER. 
The StofF which won the Third Prize of $15 in "Forest 
and Stream" Canoe Cruising Competition. 
(Concluded from page 118.) 
PART III. — DIAMOND, LADY EVELYN, AND OBABIKA. 
We were now on the northern watershed from Tema-, 
gami. Our camp on Diamond Lake was pitched on an 
island at about the point where the north and west, amis 
unite to form the body of the lake. This camp was some 
distance in from the water, and about twenty feet above 
it on a ridge, and we remember it well because there only 
were we able to drive all four posts! The place 
had been used by hunters, probably Indians, as was 
proved by the presence of an old pair of moose bonis. 
Indeed, Diamond Lake is a good locality for moose, for 
there, are several fine marshes on its shores, but of this- 
more anon. It is famous for its bass, also, and we had. 
no difficulty in proving this reputation to be well founded. 
July 17. From west arm of Diamond Lake up the 
north arm to portage into inlet of Lady Evelyn Lake. 
The portage is on the east shore, and is less than a quar- 
ter, of a mile long. Down inlet to Lady Evelyn Lake; 
camp on island near the east shore. Distance, about ten 
miles. 
We did not tarry in Diamond Lake, for the lust of 
travel was on us and we felt that there was scant time 
to see, more of that wonderful country. Glorious weather 
still favored us, and we got a fairly early start. The out- 
let of Diamond Lake, the point at which" the portage be- 
gins, is unique. With no intermediate stream of any sort, 
Diamond Lake overflows like a full cup. The water drops 
over the edge of the lake in. a fall of ten or fifteen feet, • 
and then after a few hundred yards of rapids it passes 
into the long and tortuous inlet leading to Lady Evelyn 
Lake. This inlet was the most dangerous place for 
sunken rocks that we encountered. Huge glacial boulders 
lie thickly at some points in the narrow, sluggish stream, 
and waylay the unwary canoeman. We got through to " 
the lake with no other mishap than running one canoe 
high upon a rock, but forutnately with no dairiage to 
^ the canoe. , . , . . ' 
' J^^dy J^velyn is a firi^ large . lake, containing -many 
islands and having a finer distant view— that of Maple 
Mountain — than Temagami can boast, but the water is 
far less brighter and clear, and the beautiful pines have 
been terribly devastated by a large fire that swept over 
them about thirty years ago. The scars of this conflagra- 
tion are now in great measure obliterated by the hard- 
wood second growth, but thousands of acres of magnifi- 
cent timber are gone forever. Here and there a skeleton 
trunk, towering above the deciduous trees, stands as a 
reminder of the giants of former days. 
Our camp lay on the northwest point of a large island 
about half way up the eastern shore of the lake. We had 
to hurry up the tent for showers were visible to the north. 
Mosquitoes and midges were very thick. 
In the evening we held a council of war. We had now 
reached the parting of the ways. From Lady Evelyn 
Lake it was easy to go out to Temiskaming by way of the 
Montreal River, or to double back on our course" and 
return by way of the Metabetchouan, taking in some side 
trips on the way. We had also some idea of going frorri 
Lady Evelyn to Sucker Gut Lake, where there is; a stream 
ofl'ering brook trout fishing. As the country along the 
Montreal is of inferior interest, and as the trouting Was 
known to be nothing remarkable, we decided to return 
to Temagami by way of Diamond, Wakimika, and Oba- 
bika lakes, and try for lake trout instead of their more 
refined cousin, the Salvelinus fontinalis. 
July 18 and 19. Meanwhile we spent two days in ex- 
ploring Lady Evelyn Lake. Mosquitoes were numerous, 
as I have said. So were showers. But bass and blueber- 
ries were equally in evidence. Few good things cpme to 
us in this life without alloy, but one must not mistake the 
alloy for the pure metal. And so we ate blueberries and 
bass with full enjoyment, meanwhile philosophically slap- 
ping mosquitoes and dodging^ showers. 
July 20. From Lady Evelyn Lake back to our old canip 
on Diamond Lake. ^Distance, about ten miles. 
A bright morning promised a cessation of the almost' 
continuous showers, but the end was not yet, as we were 
to learn. On the way to the portage we passed a large 
bark canoe with an Indian fairiily aboard, two men, a 
woman, and three children. It was amusing to watch the 
little five-year-old boy with a miniature paddle dig over 
the side into the water with all the swing, of a veteran. 
We had an object lesson of the reason why the Indian is 
an incomparable canoeman. At about this time showtir 
number one put in an appearance, and the Indians lay.lo 
under the slielter of a rock. We continued on our w.iy, 
as the shower was not a heavy one, but going slightly out 
of our way behind an island we reached the portage just 
brhind the Indians. The rain now came down in flood-, 
and everyone was soaked except the Indian womari and 
the children, for whom the men improvised a rude shel- 
ter with a piece of sail cloth. As we were very wet we 
decided to keep on to our old camp. We arrived at 
about half-past one, lunched, and partially dried our- 
selves. In the afternoon we tried trolling for lakers in; 
the west arm and caught our first specimen, a small one 
of a little over two pounds in weight. Just to end the day 
as we began it, we had a close race to camp with another, 
shower, which we beat out by a few seconds. Verily it. 
was a daj' of showers. : ■ 
July 21. Having caught one laker we decided to re- 
main on Diamond Lake a day and try for more. The net 
result of three or four hours' work with our cluihsy ap- 
paratus was three fish averaging less than three pounds. 
But wo were all satisfied, especially as we saw a cow 
moose and two calves, and succeeded in beating out an- 
other shower. At the latter sport we were becoming 
quite proficient. In the course of the day we landed 
at the old Hudson Bay clearing, now abandoned, on the 
northwest shore. The place is now farmed by somebody, ^ 
probably an Indian, and there is a good sized cabin on 
the. shore. It is farming under difficulties, however,' for 
a considerable portion of the one crop (potatoes) had 
been badly trampled by trespassing moose. The owner 
was not at home when we called. : , . 
That night we regaled ourselves with a plentiful feaFl 
of which baked lake trout formed the chief attraction. 
For once we had enough of these fish, and found them^ 
very good. , . , . . . : . 
July 22. From Diamond Lake by way of the west ; arm . 
to portage into inlet of Wakimika. Down, inlet to the : 
lake. The portage is "a double one, divided by a pond 
which must be crossed. Total distance, .about twelye 
miles, of which the portage is nearly a mile. Camp>on , 
Wakimika about three-quarters of a mile from south end _ 
on western shore. ... . .. 
It was a beautifully clear morning on which we started 
for Wakimika Lake, and the west arm of Diamond was 
never more lovely than when we paddled leisurely along 
beneath its high wooded shores. On the way we sighted 
a queer looking craft steering across our bows, which,' on 
nearer inspection, proved to be a large porcupine whose 
quills prjDjected from the water like a sail. We photo- 
graphed him and then proceeded on our way. 
In a long curve the arm bends to the south and nar- 
rows to a few rods in width as one nears the portage. 
In many places here the solid cliffs along the shore are 
marked and grooved by glacial action, and not far from 
the portage there is in the lake a rerharkable deposit-;- 
"esker" is the scientific term— of glacial booilders. This ^ 
heap is a hundred yards or more in length, 'JandH^^^ or j 
forty yards wide. The stones avera:|e three or four "feet 
in diameter, and are deposited in the lake as evenly as 
though they had been put there by the hand of man to 
form a breakwater. Our photograph gives but a poor 
idea of the size and impressiveness of this witness to the 
Titanic forces that Once molded that region. 
The portage is on the west (right-hand shore) and is 
not very plainly marked. We fumbled about a little be- 
fore finding it. One turns into the inlet to the right of 
the last sniall island in the arm. The landing is made 
among, the .huge boulders, • and the trail, after passing 
through some trees, runs tip over a ledge of solid rock 
covered by scarcely anything but a thin skin of moss. 
It then follows the edge of the rock for some distance, 
and finally descends sharply to a small pond. Here the 
canoes must be reloaded and the pond crossed diagonally 
to a point about . half .way down the opposite shore. There 
the trail is resumed once more. Again it leads up over a 
hill, of solid rock and dow.n through the woods to the in- 
let of Wakimika Lake. It is not an easy portage, and 
was especially hard for us because one of the party had 
an attack of lumbago, .and although he stuck manfully to 
his loads on the first half of the portage, we forced him 
to give, therri up. on the second half. To' cap the climax, 
the' inevitable shower appeared just As we completed 
the ' last trip,- and we had a cheerless lunch beneath the 
dripping trees. . ... : 
■ Just off. the Tanding;, as we were bowling along in what 
■yve thought was deep water, one canoe nearly ran upon a 
pile 'of h-uge boulders lying, just . beneath the surface.- 
Luckily the- bowman saw them in time. After this we 
continued without accident to 'Wakimika Lake, into which 
we slid by way. of; a brook only a few rods in length, and 
so shallow that . "cine man had to leave each canoe in order 
to float "them through. 
Not knowing where to camp we headed at first for two 
small islands about halfway down the east shore. There 
have been' camps on these islands, but there is no very 
good place , for a .tent.- - While' we were prospecting we 
found quantities' of very 'large and luscious blueberries, 
but since there was nothing else to- our liking we struck 
across to the west shore. There we found several excel- 
lent spots. The shore.' is;;.-formed by a long, smooth 
ledge shelving gently into,,, the water. Thirty or 
forty feet' bacl<: from :the , water the forest begins, and 
there a:re plenty .of level; places for a tent, although 
the rock is so hear the. surface that no tent posts can 
he driven, '^A''e .were accustomed to this, however,_ and 
as a shower was threateriiug in the northern horizon, 
we .made haste to ge,t .up the tent. B.ut this time the 
shower passed us by. 
Wakimika is by lorig- odds the finest of all the smaller 
lakes that, we saw; It has biit three or four islands, so 
that the view is unobstructed, and to the northwest one 
commands a. t>rospect of distant mountains rivalling 
that on Lady Evelyn. Lake: It is the haunt of the loon; 
and we saw five of these haimts together.- We did.Iittle 
fishing, but one of our largest bass was taken with 
the fly, while we- were at breakfast the next morning. 
The fisherman had three attentive coachers who still 
sat at the table; coffee cUp in hand, while he played his 
fish. Shouts of "Keep cool!" "Give him the butt!" 
and "Reel him in!" were obeyed until the bass was 
drawn exhausted upon the rocks. _ , _ 
And I must hot neglect to describe the bathing in 
Wakimika,- -for, .It was uhiqtie. The would-be bather 
took his stand on the edge of the ledge, and then 
stepping carefully into the water, slid in an upi-ight 
posture far out to sfea like a ship from the ways. The 
ledge was perfectly smooth, .and no ice was ever more 
slippery, .' ' 
July 23. From Wakimika down the oiltlet to Obabika. 
No portage, although two are marked on the map. 
Camp on Obabika, on an island opposite the portage 
into Temagami; distance; about twelve miles. 
Thanks to a good rubbing and dry clothes, our lame 
man was rnuch improved im the morning, and we de- 
cided to keep on to Obabika. Our map showed two 
portages to the south of Wakimika, but noticing that 
the outlet , streatn had ., apparently been cut out, we 
determined to go through in the canoes. This proved a 
fortunate decision, for \ve had one of our most in- 
. teresting rnorning's paddling :do;wri that narrow, $attdy 
. stream, through -a .dense -forest. Many times we had 
. to use a great deal of care in Working our way under 
windfalls and around snags, btit never once did we have 
. to leave the canoes. It is';doubtful whether the stream 
' was^ at any point wide enough so that we could have 
turned a canoe about in it. After about two miles of 
twisting and turning We-..emerged- upon a small, reedy 
pond. From that poiiit to Obabika the stream was 
much wider, the woods were further back, and navi- 
gation was easy. Along this portion of the stream we 
, saw many wild ducks. 
Out- upon Obabika a strong north wind was blowing, 
and we had a delightful paddle down the lake on the 
crests of the whitecaps. We lunched upon an island., 
near the west shore where there had been an Indian 
camp. It was here that one of our canoes chafed a 
small hole through the canvas, the only leak that was 
caused during the trip. - We repaired it the same even- 
ing with a little whitelead and canvas. Sh'prtly after 
lunch we fell in with a, couple of ranges , who ac- 
compaflied us as ■farr-as -tl^^^^ which ~ we loadf 
vour carnp. -' ; / :. .' . >-■ 
