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THROUGH WONDERLAND. 
rocky gorge ; and the other, about the same distance east of Clark’s Fork, 
where it flows, without a ripple, through a forest of stately pines, whose forms 
are, with singular fidelity, reflected in its clear and tranquil waters. Soon it is 
lost to view, but only to reappear, after a short interval, in the form of the lovely 
LAKE PEND D’OREILLE. 
One of the largest sheets of fresh water in the West, Lake Pend d’Oreille 
.will certainly yield to none in the beauty and variety of its scenery. Fifty-five 
miles in extreme length, and from three to twelve miles in width, it has an 
irregular shore line of probably 250 miles, richly diversified with rock and 
foliage, and surmounted by lofty ranges of hills. The railroad follows the 
north shore of the lake for about twenty-five miles, passing several little settle¬ 
ments, among which are Hope, Kootenai and Sand Point. Such accommoda¬ 
tions as have hitherto been available to the visitor have been provided by 
respectable residents of Sand Point ; but for the season of 1886 arrangements 
will be made that will constitute Hope the more convenient halting place. 
That, also, will be the point of arrival and departure for steamers making the 
tour of the lake. 
While the view from the car windows is not to be compared with the scen¬ 
ery at the southern end of the lake, it must, nevertheless, be pronounced superb. 
In the immediate foreground, the green waters break soothingly upon a pebbly 
beach, or fall in crested waves. On the right and left recede into distance the 
deeply indented shores, here clothed with luxuriant forests, there bare and pre¬ 
cipitous. Yonder, nineteen miles away, is Granite Point, rising perpendicularly 
from the water 724 feet, with Granite Mountain behind it, towering 5,300 feet 
above the level of the lake, itself surmounted by the snowy peaks of Pack 
Saddle Mountain, and they, in turn, by the great purple range of the Cceur 
d’Alenes. 
Not a few Eastern travelers passing over the Northern Pacific Railroad have 
remarked upon the resemblance borne by the scenery of Lake Pend d’Ore.ille 
to that of their own famous. Lake George. It is, however, if possible, even 
finer, the mountains being loftier, and the forests more luxuriant, than those 
inclosing the hitherto unrivaled lake in Northern New York. 
To fully set forth the attractions of this region for the sportsman, or to do 
anything like justice to its waters as fishing grounds, would require more space 
than is devoted in this pamphlet to the entire country between the Great Lakes 
and Puget Sound. Nowhere, probably, in the United States, is there such an 
abundance of large game as in the forests of Northwestern Montana and North¬ 
ern Idaho. Within a few miles of any of the stations on Lake Pend d’Oreille may 
be found mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, caribou and moose, black and cinna¬ 
mon bear, and mountain sheep. Of win'ged game, geese, ducks and partridge 
are plentiful, and they may be shot at any season of the year. Various appli¬ 
cations have been made to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, by local 
