The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-12

never rising over thirty-eight degrees
in the summer. hence the sport of bath
ing in the lake is out of the question.
The superiority of Lake Superior white
fish over those of any other lake is
accounted for bV the low temperature
Of the water which. is conducive to
growing fine. firm delicate FISH. The
celebrated "Planked White Fish" come
from this lake. The hotels of the Do
minion are justly noted for their SER
vice of this epicurean gem The re-
frigerator under our dining car Ton
Quin,' opening from the side, was
packed with big speCkled trout and
white fish taken from the water only
few moments before. They are not
usually caught with the rods, but net
ted or saned Jy fishermen. who make
this business a profession. They ar"
50 plentiful and low in price that
enough for a family Df a dozen are
sold for Il dime.
Resuming our soiourn from Port
Arthur, we have Il charming ride along
the shores of Lake Superior for over
two hundred miles, around bays,under
cliffs. through tunnels, over embank-
ments, bridges, viaduCts, etc. AT times
we are bacl, from the lake a mile or
more and high above it; then again
we arc running along the red rock
cliffs on the shore as low down and
near to it as the engineers dare ven
ture to lay the tracks. Hour after hour
We look uDOn its smooth face. dotted
here and there With sails. or strcaked
with the black smoke of a steamer.
AS we wind along our crooked path
way. eight stations intervene when we
reach NcpigOn bay and cross NepiCon
river on a fine iron bridge 500 feet long,
foot i,rlo n CT f.-1Y. ~
many rapids flowing from Nepigon
lake southWard into Lake Superior \
chain of islands separate NepigOn bay
and Superior. The region about here
(Ncpigon Eay) is perhaps the widest
and most picturesque portion on the
lake shore "A region where fire, earth
quakes and VOLCANOES have rent and
melted and hurled about the strata
near the surface Of the earth in the
most grimly and playful of moods"
Lake Nepigon to the north of the rail-
way is fully forty to fifty miles across
and noted fishing and trapping re-
gion. The lake with its coves and bays
measures over 800 miles. and is studded
with islands great and small to the
number of enc thousand Here the
pictorial enthusiast is grattied with
catching veritable giants in the way
of genuine brock trout. weighing all
| the way from three to eight pounds
| The Nepigon river is thirty-one miles
long and full of trout; in fact. all the
streams emptying into Lake Superior
contain spectacled trout in plenty,
and of large size. These 1evithans we
| see caught from the rocks along the lake
shore at various points. between Mink
| Harbor and Port Coldwell Station.
| The important stations on the lake east
of Port Arthur are Schneider. the rail-
| way headquarters, and Jackfish, on a
| bay of the same name and n famous
| fishing point. The Indians and resi-
| dents on Jaclsfish bay take all the trout
| they want by merely casting from the
shore rocks with the rudest description
| of tackle. Believe me, there is sport
| in hooking and landing n five, six or
seven FOUNDER from lice cold Superior"
| Fishermen's boats were numerous
along the shore. Some of the craft
were engaged in stretching nets hun
dreds of feet long to dry. others making
or repairing. others in discharging car
goes. An interesting sight is to wit
ness the professional angler roughly
dresser. the amateur in fancy tourist
costume, the Englishman. Frenchmar n.
Scotchman and tie American making
a tour among these streams, lakes.
and bays.
| ROUTE TO HERO NBAY.
| For the nextffa5 miles to Heron Bay
| the road is carried through and around
bold romontor!es in full view of the
lake. Abrupt headlands project into the
lake, requiring tunnellinr, while high
| bridges stretch across intervening ra-
| vines. Some of the heaviest masonry
on the entire railway is found between
Roseport and Gravel river. the via