Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-05

eB and its superb Minnesota cli-
te. II you have planned to take a
days off, then begin to do it now,
for the good of your soul. Now
e is the divine work of the Crea-
more s~ublinlely revealed than in
territory surrounding Detroit, and
one can visit this playground of
ture without being the better for
wing been in It,.
Detroit is Easy to Reach.
It is an easy matter to reach De-
bit, from any BART of North Dakota.
4rthern Minnesota. or Manitoba. The
llow Trail. Black. Black Diamond
all, and the Scenic and Pershing |
lghways all lead directly to Detroit
Ter excellent roads. From Grand
lbrks n takes the K. T. Trail to
oorl1ead, and then turns straight
kst, AZ miles into Detroit. 1t is al
stance of 1S5 miles which the ave-
pre- than five hours. 1t is best to
AXE the trip by auto, for there are
orks of places that one will want to
sis within pleasant driving distance
Detroit. However, there are
ghteen trains daily through Detroit
Ter the Northern Pacific main line
I'D st. Paul-Winnipeg line of the
DO. and there are many cars to be
I'D in Detroit for pleasure drivers at
tolerate rates.
They Come From Everywhere.
More than ten thousand people WIS.,
I'D Detroit's summer resorts last sea-
eH Many of them have returned
gain this year to spend the entire
hcation time in cottages which they
ave rented. built or bought. These
(eople come from all over the Middle
Vest. There is a big Winnipeg COL
my, there is Dakota Beach. there are
hundreds of Fargo and Moorhead cot
ages, and there are Kansas, Missouri
IND Iowa settlements. A great mar
Aeople from the south fleeing the hot.
Weather just asNorth Dakotans fly
from the cold*:of our winters to the
3outhland, como for. longer or short
Ar Sehys at the cool lakeside hotels
. None But the Best:
II 1t is a remarkable fact that among
all the thousands who come eachsyear
to enjoy the delights of the lakes,
There is seldom one person who is OF
an undesirable type. There is nothing
in Detroit nor round about it to ip-
the rough element. This draw
SbaGk OF so many summer pleasure
SpIdCCS Is uOLd1ly ldCh1A6 l1CICs
/ The Center of the Park Region
Detroit is the geographical center
of the famous Park Region of. Min
nesota. 1t is the county seat of Becker
county which has some nine hundred
lakes, and is not more than fifteen
miles from Ottertail county where
there are fifteen hundred lakes. Many
of these lakes are connected by can
ais equipped with locks which make
then t%avigablef for large launches, and
daily trips are made by passenger
boats over, this unsurpassed waterway.
Extending forty miles in a southwest
erly direction from Detroit is a chain
of ten clear blue lakes varying greatly
in shape and size, and affording one
of the most wonderful lakeside drives
in the world. Their lines extend more
than 400 miles, and the auto roads
that border these lakes are filled with
never end delights. Winding through
lake, from a crest or giving a view OF
wooded hills sin1the distance with hints
Of a dozen lakes nesting in the paste
blue Of the valleys, Or springing for 8
short distance. out between well-kep1
fields Of ORR or grain, only to dill
hack to the cool woods again by the
shore IF another lake-no matter
where they lead these Minnesota trails
have a fascination that is irrisistable
And one may take a different drive
Some of the Lakes.
The. city of Detroit is on the shore
Of the lake of the same name. Thi!
Is a large lake of unusual charm. I
cannot however be named az the equa
Rof Big Pelican some fifteen miles far
Their on in the chain, but if it coult
be moved, North Dakota, would be glat
10 have it. and it would make the for
tune Of any real estate company tina
could ever own a part of it's shorelin'
az "stateewnership" didn't set ito
Detroit lake is about five miles Ions
by two miles wide. Then there is Lax
Sally and her sister lake. Melissa, on
may see them both from that incom
parable place called Shoreham. sever
miles from Detroit where hundreds o
people are each summer finding rest
enjoyment and re~cuperation.
Little Pelican and Big Pellica1
comes as near being perfect as anyon'
could desire-but more of them later
There are the Flyod lakes, Little an
Big, and the wonderful Height o
Land Lake, five miles OF more in di
ameter, perhaps the biggest Of then
allJe Highland Lake. Many Pom
Round Lake, Strawberry Lake Fright
~ named, too) White Earth Lake
Tamarack Lake, Cotton. Howe, CORN
GRANT, Macdonald, Munson and She
lake and a, score of smaller lakes tina
smile up at the blue of the sky fron
every possible nook along every trail
Fine white sand beaches surroun
each lake affording ideal -wading 10
+ three hundred feet into the lake, an
making bathing and swimming q de
light.
And as For Fish.
There is good fishing in every Ink
around Detroit. The fisherman VIII
has his car may fish in a differeu
Lake every day, for $500 consecutiv
DAYS, and always b. sure of q catcf
The lakes have plenty Of the fines
4. fish. Each spring the lakes are re
stocked from$the State Fish Hatcher
hes at Dunton Lock between lakes sal
" and Muskrat. This is the fis
hatchery In the. state, and the wor
4 carried on here has. been UNUSUAL
successful. Not only does this hatch
ery supply ALI the lakes of the Par
Region, but its;also produces enoug
fist. for other Lake regions of Mime
sofa and for North. and South DaktOt,
Recently Maryland, whose fisherit
E have been showing signs Of exhau.
ton, has called upon the hatchery :
Dunton Lock for assistance in keel
ing up its supply Pike and bass al
hatched IN enormous quantities, ~
deed it Is the largest bass produein
plant in the Middle8West: The hatcf
cry is . place that tourists ike !
visit. it Is a. most Interesting plAc
Inc pretty bass ponds alone. OF whic
there are some ten or Twelve, 81
worth driving to- see. tits about thrt
milas from Detroit.
Mi az the resident fishermen 4