The Yale expositor., 1915-09-16
ENJOYS THE OUTING.
Mrs. Frank Phillips, Winner of Our Big
Subscription Contest, Writes Very
Interesting Letter on Her Trip.
Jas. A. MenZies,
Editor Yale EXpOsitOr.

Editor Yale EXpositor.
Dear Sir:-Thinking 1t would interest
some of your readers l have prepared
an account Of my delightful trip to
| Duluth.
Mrs. Lacy and | went aboard the
| Hamonic at Sarnia, Wednesday, Aug
ust Is, at 4:45 Eastern Standard time
and were soon assigned TO our state
room Miss Irving, Mrs. Sweet and
Mildred were at the n. n. Co.'S dock to
wish us a pleasant voyage.
We went out on deck and watched
! the ships passing from the river into
Lake Huron past the Huron Light Ship
and the beaches Then we had our
first six O'Clock dinner which was
splendid. We then repaired to the OBJ.
servatiOn room where an orchestra of
| three men furnished music and a young
lady sang, after which the door was
stripped of its rugs that those who
wished might enjoy dancing. At ten
o'clock light refreshments were served
and we soon retired.
We arose at five a, m, Please re-
member this means half-past four,
local time, unusally early, but there is
much to be seen.
At breakfast we were given "'rhe
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| published on board and very interesting
as it outlines each days voyage.
Soon everyone was enjoying a walk
| around the deck, six times making a
mile. Often some walked two or three
miles at a stretch.
We soon entered ST. Mary's river
which is a very beautiful and interest
| ing part of our trip for on either side
are islands green with pine and white
birch. then many bays and lakes among
which were Drummond Island, Pota.
gannissing Bay lean you pronounce
| il p an Indian name called Pot Bay for
short, Pipe Island, Lime Island, Mud
Lake, Round Island, st. Joseph's Is
| land, Meet ish Island, Sugar Island and
| Hay Lake thence to the 500. Just
before reaching the 500 we passed
through narrow man-made channel
between Island No. and Island No. 2.
The Harmonic stopped at the dock at
the 500 just as the Noronic was pass
| ing through the locks to reach the
dock where it stopped and we were
given an opportunity TO go through
this sister ship and see how beautiful
are her inside furnishings, palatial
and elegant with its wonderful wood
carvings and rich tapestry.
Mrs. Lacy and then went back on
board and were soon having lunch so
that we might watch from deck our
entrance into the locks. Here again
words fail TO describe this wonder, how
ship can enter the canal and the water
rise gradually eighteen feet higher so
as to bring it on the level with Lake
Superior above us.
On either side of the Canal were sol
Ii ir,rr hH he
against enemies who have attempted
to blow up the bridge or other property.
| Papers, tobacco, candy, etc, were
thrown out to the soldiers who seem ed
to enjoy scrambling for the same.
We were soon passing through the
upper locks into Whitefish Bay to
Lake Superior through which our
course lay direrct to Union Station
Dock, Fort William.
After watching the scenery for some
distance we were called to six o'clock
dinner and spent the evening in the
usual way, retiring at 1920 p. IN.
Now / will tell you something of the
| Harmonic itself since we are out on
| Superior so we cannot see land. She
is $50 fl. in length, 80 TT. beam, equip
ped with quadruple expansion engine
! and 6 Scotch boilers One deck is kept
clear for promenading the other fur.
nished with chairs for the comfort of
observers. Its capacity for passengers
is four hundred, there being about two
hundred this trip and all seeming to be
one large family, so congenial were
they all.
There were Eve meals each day,
breakfast at a. M, luncheon at IL,
tea at 4, dinner at 6 and buffet lunch at
10p. m.
The meals, during which the orches-
ira furnished music, were fine; fish the
like of which you never tasted, turkey
dinners, in fact, more than man desires
and since the weather was ideal, all did
ample justice with no thought of sea
sickness. Sleep, the very motion of the
boat rocked one into the deepest slum-
Der as you breathed the pure lake air.
Another thing was the courtesy of the
officials and employees to us all.
Early Friday morning we awoke to
view the pictured rocks as we jour ney
ed near Fort william. One, sleeping
Giant" was particularly interesting,
and Mt. Mckay, nine miles away, look
ed much nearer, as il frowns down
upon the twin cities, Port Arthur and
Fort William. Its height is 1900 feet,
and up its crags is beautiful lake
called Loeb Lomond, which furnishes
pure mountain water to these cities.
Those having tourist tickets were
given a side trip from Port Arthur to
Kakabeka Falls, so we breakfasted
early and were ready to leave the boat
at the dock to wander around Fort
! William a short time, then the party
of ffty-three boarded the Canadian
Northern r.. r.. for the Falls about 20
miles out Arriving there we were
each given lunch box and then pro-
ceeded by short walk to one of the
wonders of nature, a falls higher than
our own Niagara but not so wide,
whose water and spray are a deep
amber color, for the river runs through
a rich iron ore deposit The spray
mounts to height of more than ffty
| feet.
After eating lunch and taking many
pictures, we started back TO the
| depot and made the return trip to Port
! Arthur. We were accompanied on
this side trip by the tourists from the