The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-04-16

mucn up mere aICnOugn IL mas Deen
good many years since the last Fort
Garry bound canoe slipped through
these waters. Most travel then and
now in these parts is by canoe which
proves that mans habits are largely
/ the result of physical geography.
The canoe of the north, the burro
of the south and the mustang of the
west are simply the inventions of
water, sand and prairie. So if you
would see and enjoy the Superior
National Forest to the fullest plan
canoe trip-a week or two at least
either in your own canoe or, better
still employ guide and he will furn-
ish the canoe, cooking utensils and
other paraphernalia necessary for
the trip out excepting your personal
effects.
There are numerous we'll defined
canoe trips you can take easily To-
Gated although it may be we'll to
write to the Forest Supervisor at Ely
or to the Board of Trade at Tower
or other nearby towns about them.
From Duluth the rail routes into the
Forest is over the Duluth and Iron
Range or Duluth and North Mime
sofa Railways. Autos take the north
shore road out of Duluth to Tower
or Two Harbors.
! IF permanent summer home in
such spot appeals to you all the
ground you may need may be leased
from your Uncle Sam at $40 to $25
a year,-the Supervisor is the man
to write to. Here is a quiet little
tip-There is an automobile road
being built from Grand Marais into
the lake region and some mighty fine
home sites will be available along it.
The lakes there are alive with big
uns.' Don't tell anybody.
81 would again impress upon the
reader of these articles on the subject
of our National Forests that these
are free Fairgrounds for all Ameri-
ca. They are yours to use and you
will be welcome in any of them just
so long as you comply with a few alb
surdedly simple rules and be careful
with fire. While most of the Su-
perior National Forest is included in
a state game preserve and therefore
shooting is not permitted as in most
other Forests fishing is allowed under
the State of Minnesota fish and game
laws. But aside from the shooting
and fishing there are many other at
fractions in all of the Forests so one
| does not need to feel they are only
places for the follower of the rod and
gun. Far from it. 1t requires more
skill and patience to Kodak a deer
than it does to shoot him and the
wild game photographer is free to
follow his sport in any Forest in any
season. Then the confined motor;st
is enticed into the Forests by excel
lent roads and the camper-the man
and woman who would rather sleep
in tent than under a roof anytime
every provision mas been made in
the Forests to make his stay a pleas
ant one. The only people who can
not enjoy the National Forests are of
the lounge lizard species and per-
haps they would feel a little out of
place there. You are not one of
these else you would not be reading
this magazine and that is why I feel
that some day you are going to get
out the old tackle box and slip quiet
ly away up to the land of those Hud-
sons Bay adventures in the
pines of the Superior National For
est.
And right here it may not be amiss
to quote what the Forest Service has
to say about fire protection and keep
ing the park clean:
Observation towers, located on
points of vantage, form the principal
means of fire detection on the Su-
perior Forest. Every Forest officer
is required to give fire protection and
suppression right Of way over all
other lines of work during hazard
Gus periods Of the year.
"The greater number of forest
fires are caused by human agencies.
In passing by a stretch of burned
country one is impressed by the des-
olation left in the wake Of the fire
the blackened stubs of once green
trees, the absence of animal and bird
life, the beauty spots of nature laid
waste. Pleasure seekers in the Su-
perior Forest can take direct pant
in preventing scenes like this by
being careful with fire when in the
woods and by cautioning others to
be careful. Cooperate with Forest
officers by putting out any fires you
may see, if you can, and report them
promptly to the nearest ranger. Tel
ephones, giving connection with For
est officers are located at various
points in the Forest, and visitors are
asked to use them in reporting fires.
Travel is slow in this region, and an
hour or two saved in reaching fire
may in turn save days of hard labor
in putting it out.
"In order that camp grounds may
be inviting to the next visitor, they
must be kept clean. Camp refuse