, 1890-02-06
ARROW LAKES.
A Delightful Resort for
Tourists,
BOATING And FISHING.
Bear, Deer, Caribou, Goats,
Etc., for Game.
FISH WEIGHING TWENTY POUNDS
An Entertaining Description Of the
Rivers, Lakes, Mountains
aud Forests.
FISH WEIGHING TWENTY POUNDS

toward the north pole during th'
summer Of 1880 that II did during
the corresponding period in 1883 II
will open up to the world u bit o.
country that will be u grand sur
prise 10 the tourist.
We pitched our tent near the
mouth Of the Kootenai, ON tbs
grand old Columbia river, I'm Brit.
ish Columbia, about iifty-thrcs
miles above the Little Dallcs. The
scenery from tho Little Dalles ia
the mouth of the Kootenai, rs i ne
member II, is not very interesting
Its grandeur might have been some
what toned down from the fact that
my trip was made during the month
of April with loaded boat pulled
up over the rapids by four men with
long rope. My business was 10 re-
main In the boat and keep IL out
where the water was of sufficient
depth, thing very difficult to do,
for at regular intervals IL would take
n sheer and ground ON nest OF
bowlders, whose tops were within n
foot of the surface, but difficult TO be
seen on account Of the rufiled sur
fnce of the water. Then II became
necessary TO step out into the cold
water and push the boat Off again.
Under such circumstances / would
hardly be rated competent judge
of beautiful scenery.
After making camp ut the mouth
Of the Kootenai and u weeks rest,
with good fishing ut every rapid or
eddy ON either river, tho scenery be-
came wonderfully beautiful.
From our camp, aftorward called
"Sproat's Landing" the Columbia
comes from the Northwest, and can
be seen for distance of six miles,
where the river is cut of by project
ing mountain spurs. Four miles
further on In the same direction and
you are at the outlet Of lower Arrow
lake, where the river leaves off and
the lake commences. There Is quite
u stiff' little current then for sixty
miles In northerly direction, aud
a perfect paradise for boating, canoe
ing, fishiLg, hunting, etc.
The lake Is from one to three miles
wide aud sixty miles long, very
deep, and as clear as crystal, with
no pcrccptible current.
For mites and miles 10 deep Is the
water and 80 abrupt the shore that
the largest steamer In the world
could .ail 70 near the shore that
one could pick berries and flowers
from the deck.
have never made the 'grnnd
r. t... t,.ag l.tst I fh ron
months about the Arrow lakes and
tho mouth Of the Kootenai and three
more ON Kootenai lake, and would
go over the same ground again.
minus that portion from the Little
Dnlles to the mouth of the Kootenai
lin preference to the "grand tour
LOWER ARROW LAKE.
The scenery MS you go up Lower
Arrow lake is beautiful, not grand.
The mountains ARE not high; In
some places very abrupt; beautiful
little bays and hundreds of mountain
streams tumbling down slopes 10
steep that they look more like milk
than water. Some drop into quiet
little bays; others shoot out into the
lake with such force that they pre-
serve their identity for several hun
dred feet before they are subducd.
In sailing across the mouth of
these streams one Is almost certain
10 hook fine lake trout with "a
troll.
About $50 feet Of line, n medium
sized revolving spoon with three |
hooks Is the usual outfit.
Beautiful camp grounds occur at |
short intervals on either side of the |
lake, with abundance of dry wood
great cedars, pines and firs, over 100 |
feet long, that have been driven up |
and down the lake, against pro-
jecting cliffs, until the limbs arc all 1
broken of ami iinaliy landed high |
up ON the shelving beach at high |
water, onlyto be disturbed again |
when the water goes a little higher. |
As you near the upper end of the |
lake the scenery changes; the |
mountains are much higher, gpat |
sharp peaks, covered with the SHOWS |
of II thousand years, some OF them |
with the everlasting glacier, with |
solid Ice over 300 feet thick, glistcn-
ing under IA July sun like II burn
ishcd helmet.
At the head Of lower Arrow lake
YOU again enter the river, or "gut,"
connecting the lower with the up
per Arrow lake. This Is sixteen
miles long, winding through high
mountains, at every turn u new
picture more grand and beautiful
Than Il would here be possible 10
describe. Occasionally one passes
All old Indian burying ground, with |
"a huge wooden cross ana many
small crosses with The usual white
fing 10 scare away the bad spirits.
The large cross IL covered |
with moss and appears to he
not much less than 100 years old
UPPER ARROW LAKE
On entering upper Arrow lake
the first striking scene, about two
miles IN advance, IL liue OF spars
and masts sticking up out of the
wnter from ten to forty feet and ex-
tending clear across the lake. Stand
ing at different angles, bleached al
most white with age, and ns ttralght
~ an arrow one could easily i'm
agine that n feet Of war ships had
been sunk there while In line Of bat
tlc. Campbell must have seen
something like this when he wrote
"I'he Lust Man."
sand ships were drifting with the dead,
To shores where all was dumb"
Tho upper lake Is forty miles long
and much wider than the lower
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