Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-16
OHERUB HAS
ROUGH Time
on LAKES.
Party Keeps Well and Enjoying
the Beautiful Scenery on
ITheir Cruise HOineWard. .
LAST AIT DETROIT,

Editor Evening News:
July 2S:-We left Mackinaw City t
Is q. M. and after an hours run across
the straights of Mackinac arrived at
the famous summer resort of Mackinnc
Island. 1t is one of the many .beauti.
full places in this region and is at this
season thronged with people from all
over the country, as the air is delight
fully cool and inyigorating and the
Island has many attractions to offer
the summon tourist. The grand motel
is situated on d high rocky bluff and
faces the straights of Mackinao look
ing southwark and the sunsets as the
sun goes down behind Lake Michigan
are something very grand.
The whole island is n park con-
trolled by the State of Michigan for
public.use. The OLD Fort of Macki-
nae, with its block houses and stone
walls, are slowly falling into d ecay
and the ancient mission church and
many of the old log houses are. still
in use.
The wharves are q busy place as
there are many fine steamers arriving
aud departing every day. The season
here is but a short one and by the
middle of September about all the Wis.
itors willibe away and it will prepare
for the hard winter to come and look
forward to next summer. There Is NO
good harbor at the island only during
certain winds and we were rather un-
easy about the wind shifting to n
stormy quarter during the night, but
it was calm all night and SO cold that
extra bed blankets had to be brought
out for nj comfort.
ltnFyog9 sznWe left Mackinac Island al
8 anid. adaAa two hours run over the
Lake, whieh' was+as calm as could be
| wished for. brought us to the Des
Cheneaux Islands, a group Of islands
living someaifteen miles northeast of
Mack mac Island, and as there is nc.
buoys to. guide one into the channels
betwsehs the island we crawled slowly
in between them, sounding u way.
ininuntid we found ourselves in a
beautifnbl7quiet safe harbor and
anchored near a number Of fine sum.
mer cottages and a. club house belong
ing to the Dos Cheneaux Fishing Club.
These islands have the name of be-
ing the best place on the Great Lakes
to catch black bass, m%uscalonge and
| piokerel and we had some hopes OF
being able to get n few Of them our
selves before moving or again. The
hnrbors in the islands are fine quiet
PLACES fffaFo Yachting and fishing and
there were several parties of campers
on thei shores, and q number of small
sail and gasoline yachts with their
parties sailing around among the is
lands where we anchored.
The wind commenced to blow guile
hard soon after we anchored and late
in the evening it commenced to rain,
but in u safe anchorage we turned
in early and let it rain.
! July 30:-We found it still stormy
iu the morning. but by 10 a. m. 1t
stopped raining and our fishermen
lowered the boat and went fishing
with fair success, getting a trout
eighty perch, black bass and pickerel'
Had strong southwest wind all day.
July 31:-Lay at anchor all day in
the quiet harbor with the wind blow
ing strong from the southwest all day.
Aug. live left u anchorage at
the Des Cheneaux Islands at 4:3O a.
m. and slowly ran through the rocky
channel out into Lake Huron, bound
for st. Marys, the 500 Canal and Lake
Superior. The lake was quiet and a
run of some four hours brought us to
the Detour Passage between the is.
lands on the north side of Lake Hur-
ION. Guided by the lighthouse Oh
Dstour Point, the sail up the lake
tEir cugh the many islands, between
which the channel runs, is a fine one
that will repay strangers for the long
route and time taken to get to 1t.
| The government has spent q large
amount of money improving the
channels through the islands and in
the st. Marys river and it would
| seem that everything is being done in
the way of lights and buoys to guide
the vessels in tine proper channel. The
amount of steamers passing through
the locks at st. Marys is said to aver
age about fifty per day during the
season and the amount of freight
passing is greater than al any other
port in the world.
We arrived at st. Marys about A D..
m. and locked up into the waters of
Lake Superior at the same time with
three steamships, our little boat look