Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-20

Charms of Algonquin Park
TUST north of the Canadian boundary line is place
} in Ontario known as Algonquin Park. 1t looks
like little spot the map. In reality it is mag
nifcent preserve of some two thousand square miles
of virgin lake, river, and forest. Long ago had
heard vaguely of it's charms later had sampled it's
good fishing in few of its nineteen hundred lakes;
l had marveled at its game supply, which is even
greater than when the Indians were its only
explorers; and finally had determined to it at
its best, under its white winter mantle, when could
cross from lake to unknown lake over the untraveed
ridges. with only a compass and my own snowshoe
trail for guide, and without carrying canoe on my
head like two-legged tortoise consulting map
to find the blazed trails and portages And the trip
such pure JOY from beginning to end that | am
still wondering why SO few sportsmen have dlscov-
cred it.
For the canoeman the fisherman the photogra-
pher of game the lover of out of doors, Algonquin
Park is wonderful place in summer. 1t is
wonderful in winter with its silent wilderness
its keen, bracing air. its abundant game its fascinat
ing stories of woods life written all the snow by
the feet of the wild things.
There two friends in the party, and the object
not get scaps skins trout records. but
just fun and bracing up for the spring work. One
wolf; the other wanted to study the trails and to
find out how deer and moose and wolf and beaver
and otter spending the winter.
So they settled in little cabin the southern
edge of the park where could carry his rifle freely
outside the prescribed limits and the other could
follow the wild trails in one Of the best game pre-
Scripture measure. shaken down and running over of
all that they went for.
An Accommodating Railroad
A Ottawa the traveller changes cars and finishes
his rail journey to spend the first night at
Algonquin Park pretty little hotel. But had the
desire to spend the first night in my camp and
to do this it necessary to stop the train at de
serted place whence trail led lake and
through few miles of forest and another lake
to the camp had selected.
Now in dealing with railroad it is well always to
skip the brakeman and the conductor who must
obey orders and go to the man higher up who gives
the orders l tried this, and the reply took my
breath away. One object of a railroad the big Off
cial stated to furnish comfort and convenience
to its patrons 1t would be pleasure to stop the
train where wished and let reach my camp that
night A few moments later the conductor whom
had skipped came to with telegram in his hand
asking if was the who wanted to get off at
certain lake.
Don't worry" he said. III let you know ten
minutes before you reach the place, SO that you
get your baggage together
All of which seems to suggest that there some
railroad men after all who have redscovered an ee-
mental principle in how public service corporation
ought to be conducted. But these comments are a
DEPRESSION
The next surprise the road itself. Here is
branch road running west for two hundred
miles partly through thiny settled farming coun-
try and partly through a Wilderness In summer
for the fshermen's sake, they parlor cars with
every convenience and though they run up grade
thew run on time In winter thought with its deep