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

gruD. IL realiy does not mdtIer now
you go or where you stay after you
get there. There is always a place
to stay and food to eat with oppor-
tunities aplenty to spend lot of
money or to live comfortably on a
dollar a day. After all it is up to
the individual how much money he
spends and how much fun he buys
with the money spent. Another thing,
wherever you live you do not have to
travel very far to reach National
Forest. A day and a night on a
train from the smoke of any import
ant city in the United States will
bring you to the edge of one of these
wonderful Fairgrounds where you
can get into a flannel shirt and fill
your lungs with life prolonging
ozone. North, south, east and west
there is place where the all out
doors is yours. If you want to hear
the crazy laughter of the loon and
experience the thrill of a thirty
pound muskalonge fighting at the
end of your line, go up to the Sup
erior National Forest. Here you
will find $4,000 acres of woods and
100000 acres of water, not counting
the rivers, all free to you-if that
isn't big enough playground for you
well Lake Superior is right near.
''The north woods fascinate one
differently than do the mountains of
the west. Nature seems to be a bit
more friendly. The feeling of utter
insignificance does not engulf one
up there as it does when one stands
in the shadow of towering noun
tain. Sunlight and shadow play
among the trees and upon the rip
ping surface of the, lake. The bird
and animal life is less ruthless than
when driven by the pangs of hunger.
Seems as though the tranquility of
the woods might go on forever-but
this is summer. Presto-winter set
ties down. The streams are stilled.
The lake that invited the canoe is
but barren fiat of snow. The pines
creak and boom ss the cold pene-
trates to their very hearts. The
frozen stars look d9sn upon scene
as may be found in all Nature.
Nothing can be more relentless than
the north woods when locked in the
cold arms of winter. And yet no
man who has experienced them at
this season will deny their splendors.
1t was this indescribable something
that called the old time lumberjack
from the warm stove in town-called
him to the woods at the first fall of
snow and kept him there until the
spring drive.
"But no matter how loudly a few
of us winter-sport fans call out $50
North in January" / for one do not
have to go down to the depot to
know that the bulk Of travel is south
in that particular month and north,
six months later. This fact and a
few other simple truths makes me
stick to the main purpose of the
article which as you may have sur
missed, is to tell something about the
Superior National Forest as it APP
pears in summer dress and to point
the way there over various routes,
throwing in detail here and there
that may make your trip little more
enjoyable.
"If you will consult a map of Min
nesota you will find, up in the north
east corner, the counties of Cook,
Lake and st. Louis. Each of these
counties embrace a portion of the
Forest. It's northern boundary is
the line between Canada and United
States and on the south it comes to
within mile of Lake Superior. The
lcity of Ely, Minnesota is Forest
headquarters and permit me to sug-
gest this-If you want additional in
formation on the Forest to that given
in this article, write to the Forest
Supervisor at this address. Maps,
routes of travel and all other spe-
cific information is yours for the ask
ing.
Look at the map little closer
and you will note these above men,
toned counties are a net work of
streams and lakes of which more will
be said later.
Now that you know where the Su-
Iperior National Forest is here is the
way to reach it--Motor or go by
train from the Twin Cities to Ely.
Motor or go by train or lake steamer
from Chicago to Duluth. In other
words make either Ely or Duluth
your starting point into the Forest
proper. For those who have not mo-
tored in Minnesota real treat is in
store. The roads north out of Min
neapolis and st. Paul are excellent
and if the route leading through the
Itasca State Park is chosen your
pleasure will be increased an hundred
fold.
After you have gained your point
lof objective either Duluth or Ely.
You may motor into the Forest or
lif it is fishing you want and real
life in the open put your Henry OF
your Twin Six in a garage and come
with me.
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