The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25

- OCK at your map Of Washington, and
in the eastern part, IN the CASCADE
mountain you will see what APP
- pears 70 be small lake shaped
- ike a Caterpillar Yet there fl Moth
ing small about II. being sixiy-hye
miles long and from a mile 10 two ana
one-half miles vide. and over 90 fcet
deep. This Is Lake Chclan. During the
past two summers my chum and spent
the summer and fall on the lake, and at
a mining camp and IN the parks near tae
lake. Going by rail- TO Wenatchee from
Seattle. we took the Columbia river boat
1t that point FOR Chelan Falls. The steam
er 10 large and well handled, The scenery
along the river rs beautiful high noun
tains and Hat-topped buttes. the lower
benches looking as though they had been
terraced by the hand OF man. II IL all an
even brown IN color during the late sum
mer The river Is very swift and deep;
rapids are frequent. We saw number OF
coyotes on the bank among the sage brush.
At one point n huge rock In the edge OF
The water is capped by the nest Of bald
eagle. that has been there for many sea-
sons.
After a pleasant trip OF forty-one miles
up the river we landed at Chean Fails
and took the stage for the lake OF beau
tiful sights. the first view OF Lake Chelan
IS delightful. When We reached the high
est point on the road above the lake Il
golden brown foothills and rugged snow
crowned mountain peaks on every side
forming glorious setting for the Jewel
Lake OF Washington Looking down hun
trcds OF feet from the top Of the canyon
wall into the grand canyon OF the che.an
river, the outlet OF the lake, we could see
the foaming blue of the falls far below
Us. and could see where the river pours
It's ley waters into the Columbia. The
blue color can be traced far out In the
Coumbia's milky tide. tThe color OF the
Chenn river Is something unusual-it looks
ms though Il had been dyed blue arthcially.
Lake Chelan's elevation IN little more
than i.loo feet above sea level, and SIS feet
higher than the Columbia river. The sum-
rner and fall weather at the lake is per-
feet, making II a paradise for those who
wish TO camp. hunt or gain health.
Reaching Lakeside at the foot of the
lake. we stopped at the hotel. where mine
host ana his energetic wife must have been
born for the place that they mn for al
though so far from a railroad. they make
II comfortable and up 20 date Next morn
ing we took the trim mail boat Stehekin
for Railroad creek. fifty-fve miles up the
jnke. The mountains grow higher as you
near the head The lake Is long and mar
row. with miles OF vertical rock walls ris-
Ing 600 feet or more on either side. Tho
water Is very deep and cold and the
oolor--who can describe I'll Changing, ever
changing with the wind or time OF day
generally an intense blue. with the deepest
green shadows. Sometimes. with the winds
blowing down stream. IL Is a clear pea
green. with snowy whitecaps Mt dawn
amber. purple. rose and emerald. The
water ~ so clear that YOU can see down
as far ms the eye can reach: can see the
mountain sides far below you. Words fail
me-go, see for Yourself
Landing at Railroad creek. we packed
M nd
ledge twelve miles up the creek. and Il Is
up, up, until your breath fails you. The
creek roars like an express train passing
over bridge IL comes boiling down
canyon which has perpendicular walls sew
eral hundred fee. high. near the lake II
has fall OF over 900 feet In eighteen
miles. about 400 feet TO the mile. IL IL
"A nigh roller" and no mistake Tho
head OF the lake can be seen from the
sop OF the first mountain as you 80 up
the TRAN. The trail IL full OF the tracks
OF Wild animals. In ono pace there Is
n goat trail crossing the main tran TO a
goat lick far down the mountain side. The
goat trail II worn down for several inches
into the soil. and II as plain as a wagon
road. The tran IL FUN OF goat tracks, and
here and there could see the prints OF q
huge cougars paws where II had been
following the flock, watching for some poor
little Md that II could pick up. Snowshoe
rabbit. Martin squirrel. silver-tip and deer
tracks were plentiful The silyer-tip are
very large, and I saw tracks where the
dust was thick that looked as though some
one had set down key OF nails. they were
20 large and deep. Part OF the trail IL
through a pine grove, where the squirrels
we're cutting their winter supply % cones
livery little while a cone would drop down
on our heads with n resembling thump
When they we're large It kept US lodging.
In one Of the toughest places on the