Telegram-herald., 1890-02-09
MY TRIP UP THE LAKES.
A Chiid's Description "a What She saw
ga the summer Holiday

\ Chiid's Description ot What che saw
in the summer Holiday
The following composition j, a little
girl, description of a trip up tine lakes
during the summon holiday. lt is
remarkable, as hecnild only T. year,
old and had tuc advantage of only one
years regular schooling Her entire
knoNledge almost is IL, result oi cor
respondence between herself and
father, vino l.yes lu Grand Rapid
lit was warm day n August when
e small party LETT Cleveland, for q trip
up tine fakes. We having spent the
night ou the steamer, the next morning
entered the Detroit river, which Is very
wide and deep, and nearly twenty
miles long. We passed through Lake
and River ~. Clair in the afternoon.
There arc many pretty summer resorts
on the river. one villa was named
"MOsquitOvlllc." and another, "para-
disc Found The next day we spent
on Lake Huron. In tine evening the
steamer anchored in Lake George, the
500 river being impassabla at night. At
10 o'clock the next morning We arrived
~ >ault Ste. Marie, whore we stayed an
hour, aS the boat could not 90 through
the lock. We went through the re-
mainder of the 500 river IN the after
noon, and by night were IN Lake
Superior. We expected 10 arrive at
Port Arthur III two DAYS, but i'm the
evening a tog rose, and the next morn
ine the boat was standing still. From
sunday night until Wednesday morn
ing tine log did not lift. E51
"The fOg whistle blew once a minute,
but being ON the north shore ~ the lake
there were not MANY boats. aud during
all those days there was not one re-
spousc 20 the whistle Wednesday
morning the fog lifted, and we found
we were opposite Isle Royale, which IS
a very dangerous place, a there is only
narrow channel between the rocks for
"A boat 10 20 through. Not very long
before, a passenger steamer was wrecked
at this point ami nearly two hundred
passengers were drowned. We arrived
at Port Arthur 1T 10 O'Clock the same
morning. Ii IS a small place OF about
600 inhabitants. AS we remained there
several days, We obtained a horse and
carriage, and took drive out 10 kaka-
beka Falls. They are very pretty. It
is said they are the largc,t and prettest
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which wc drove was w.ll and sterile.
and contained many fir trees.
"We tncn WeltdOWu 20 Fort William,
which IS but few mii,s b low Port
Arthur. 1t IS very old town and has
remains OF tine st0ckadcs which were
used as a defense against the IuGiaus
one hundred years ago. laerc areal
old Hudson Bay Company tur trading
houses there We stayed ut Fort WI
Lams one day. During ,naI time We
took a ride mp tine 8mmst,qU3 river,
which IS very pretty, but not wide ror
deep. The ooat stopped tor half an
hour and we got OFT AMI gathered fasD-
berries and wild rurra1ls. The next
d3y we crossed Lake super o.. and
arrived M Ashland, VS., t.er. 81 ~uu-
day. It IS NOT very Ats. place. u
next dav being Monday. rc started oa
our nOmewari trip. When on the Detroit
river, opposite Belle I..a. Wc sew
yacnt race. There were hvc yachts.
each decorated with hundreds ct little
fi1-, t WAS % very pretty s,C-- Os
boat stopped at tlrport, oui0, Vnica &,
few mlies from Paiu-ville. and ar
rived NJ Cleveland two week, from the
time we started. +. VI. >.'