The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-16
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
There are very few places so for
tunately situated with reference to
fresh water resorts as the twin cit
les. For purposes of bathing, alone,
the ocean with it's beach of clean,
white sand, and the invigorating
features of it's salt, is superior to a
body of fresh water; but for all
around aquatic sport bathing, row.
ing, yachting, sailing and fishing =
a good-sized body of fresh water,
conveniently located. is much pref
cradle. People of the large inland
cities who have money enough to
enable them to do as they like, gen
orally take their families to some
| fashionable ocean resort for their
vacation; not because the attractions
per Sc are greater, but because it is
more fashionable. People with large
fortunes are inclined to flock togeth-
er; and while summer at Newport
or Saratoga or the AdirOndackS is
pleasant, the scheme is largely to
advertise the wealth of those who
gather there. But the people Of
moderate means who wish to va
cate at water resort which fur
nishes the most all-round sport for
the money, always 60 to lake or
river.
Minnesota has over 5000 lakes
which have been surveyed by the
government and which appear on
the government maps. There are
also several thousand smaller, Gun
official ones. The territory of this
state north of line drawn from ST.
Paul westward to the Dakota line is
the lakiest country in America In
some counties in the undne region,
like Becker. Wright, Otter Tail,
Clay and Cass, there is scarcely a
a section of land which does not
either embody or abut a lake. Some
of these lakes have an inlet and out
let while others have neither, being
fed by springs. The water in the
spring lakes is so cold that one can
not battle in it, and the fish taken
therefrOm are much GAMER. and
their flesh harder than those caught
in the other lakes. But. this is get
ting away from the subject.
The remarkable thing about the
twin cities, in this connection, is
the great number of lakes which
may be reached by the street cars
for five cent fare. Minneapolis
boasts of street car connection with
eight lakes, viz: Harriet, Calhoun,
Cedar, Lake of the Isles, Keegan S,
Powderhorn, Amelia and Rice. In
some instances the cars run to the
waters edge while in others they
run two or three blocks distant. Oh
these lakes Harriet, Calhoun and
Cedar are the largest and best
known, though the others contain
fish, and would be appreciated more
were they not overshadowed by the
ones mentioned. Just outside the
street car limits, and within an
hours drive from either city, are
several more lakes. Some of them,
Johanna, Josephine, Turtle and
Owasso, are as large as Lake Har-
riet. Then a little nearer St. Paul
than Minneapolis are Gervais and
Vadnais, from which the St. An.
thony Hill and Park districts of ST.
Paul get their water.
While st. Paul has fewer lakes &C.
cessible by street cars than Mime
E apolis has, the St. Paul cars run tc
White Bear, and will be extended
another season, to Bald Eagle. This
will even up pretty we'll for there is
as much water in these two lakes as
in all those mentioned in Minneapo
: lis territory. Besides this ST. Pau
has Como and Phalen which are
frst-class resorts. Como Park ON the
shore of Lake Como, has no equal il