The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
FROM WEST TO EAST BY WATER
UWWER TRIPS THROUGH TRE
GREAT LANES.
Throrc Down the ~. Lawrence Rlvsr
Nany summer Resorts on the Route
NmO0E the thousand lalansis-
sightseeing In Canada River rr,us.

NishlHfel@s w NatAAua- NlNef Nrtp1
ru- the story ~ a trip from the
~ .. re East, and al by water There
IT,. ~n miles q iJ and there's nothing
..r uywherc else in the world. The
hing about Il II that the whole
... = n is by fresh water. save fnu
.s...'n, nr an a. the end n H. Nisa trir
. Duluth 10 the SaguenAy by the
u sr Like, and the St Lawrence
~ Won know the smell % the wind "a
'-.a Nfer' IN you know what Lake
s.,rar irll- like lave YOU sat on the
a.s .' Great Lakes steamer and
au.f"j tho sun drop out % sight some
y no a. the end u the trail the shin has
.r" 1 The vater' And then have YOU seen
'ra car northern stars glitter ano-s
r. save. and heard the hum Of the
,.a. trough ihe rigging
'.l.- tho sort u thing yOu can Get for
I,e. ."twesn Duluth and Tadousac,
aui 10 b-,wcen YOU will have a chance
to make first hand acquaintance With
almost every sort q land and water for
nation there j. on earth
n vnu happen 10 weary Il the Journey
a. any stage ~ u you can step OF AZ al
rrnst any o. the dozens Of stopping places
and get a train. That's one Of the things
thar the Lakes trip has over a voyage
20 the ocean, Suppose there's a storm.
~ YOU 90 Nv train. 20 meet the steamer
again whenever you think the Lakes
have Quieted dogn The NeN York
,eriral and it, connecting lines touch
tho tnp at . dozen points. II somebody Il
-rrs az home, take train and get there
m hurry
Duluth IL the terminus d the Northern
steamship Company's route on the Lake
superior trip The Northern Steamship
yunany 10 the line which runs the two
,Nprss steamers North West and North
Land In the beginning Of the com
ranys service both steamers made the
run TO Duluth. Now the North West
makes tho trip from Duluth 10 Buffalo
and the North Land runs between Chicago
and Buffalo. There are other lines too
running the length Of the Great Lake.
II YOU aren't in a hurry and would like
Co $50 the cities that the boat touches
Of the freighters will serve your purpose
efficiently well They wait 10 load and
unload freight. and that gives the traveller
a chance 70 look over the towns which he
might otherwise pass casually by.
The North West leaves Duluth late on
tuesday nights She sails along the
south shOr, OF Lake Superior and touches
AZ Houghtcs. and Hancock in the copper
country She pauses half an hour and
sails again az noon. It's an all night
TRIP 10 Sault Ste. Marie. and there's no
telling hut that you may So the phan-
tasnal aurora glimmering In tho north.
They say that there IL no better place
10 see the simmer % the northern lights
IN the United States than on Superior.
Early thursday morning the ship enters
the canal BY the time breakfast h over
abe is through IL and on down Lake Huron.
For a while the ship il among the islands.
and you have 10 guess az Il 10 know that
you are on a body Of water big enough
to have tides. In the afternoon she
touches az MaCkinac Island, the cross
roads Of the steamship lines running be-
tween Chicago and Buffalo and those on
the route between Buffalo and Duluth.
You have an hour and a quarter 20 look
around and get tea at hotel.
After she leaves Mackinao Island the
ship steeH out into Lake Huron and by
tho time you are ready for dinner the
shores are far away and 10 the eastward
the sky comes down 20 the water. It's
case Of all night on Lake Huron, but
~ the time morning comes around you
are entering the g. Clair River and YOU
Rave a chance 90 see tho varied shipping
II the Great Lakes passing through thu
slender channel which connects Lake
fre with Lake Huron Lake Sc Clair
- a summer resort for Detroit. with the
Detroit River At the far end Of Il.
Detroit and Cleveland are aiK houFr
ApArt and Buffalo IN twelve hours further
m The steamer reaches Buffalo early
IN The morning. 30 that the traveller can
set breakfast ashore before he starts
Tor Niagara Falls on HE way down 20
n" ST. Lawrence.
One of thu good shorter trims on the /
Great Lakes IL that by the boats OF the /
Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Com /
-Anv The steamers Of this line cover
much u Lakes Ere and Huron. and from
Macsnac Island you can transfer 10 other .
boats which meet the great Canadian .
lake superior steamers az the 500.
The newest steamer 81 the line Is the /
ltv n Cleveland. put into ssFvios a couple I
~ years age Ghs Ia ono Of the fastest
aoats on tho Lakes Her schedule calls
'0r trip betwesn Detroit and Cleveland
1t 'he rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
>he IL fitted with all conveniences. even
20 crate fires and shower baths. Venetian
gardens and electric elevators.
The City Of Cleveland II operated on
tho main line Of the company. that between
.sveIsnd and Detroit. The steamers
r' This division leave the two cities stimuli
'aGeously late In the evening and reach
eir destinations early the next morning
b. reason Of their great speed they have
'r" contract for carrying the mails be-
Fs~n the two cities.
Most travellers who are intent upon
'r.I0wlng the Lakes on toward the sea
sg@ni a part Of a day at Niagara Falls.
They take the New York Central from
Buffalo 70 Niagara Falls. trip that takes
about half an hour. and then transfer
10 'he Great Gorge road. In this way
'l"v keep going on the trip to the ssa
and A. the same time have a chance to
.'.S a. the falls and the rapids.
The Gorge road gives an idea Of
20 magnitude Of the rapids that you
ras't get N any other way. The road