Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-21
COVERED 1913
MILES in JOURNEY
MIR. AND MRS. e. A. DUNN,
JR. ENJOY CANOE AND
AUTO TRIP

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Catching a fish every minute and
having to pack all the grub you eX-
pect to eat while on a trip seem sort
of fairy-like in this mqt.ern day and
age but that is what Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A. Dunn, Jr. of this city did during
a two weeks outing in northern Min
nesota and Canada from which they
returned Monday evening. And when
their automobile was parked beside
their bone the speedometer registered
just 1913 miles, covering both ways.
North of Duluth
For some time Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn
had been contemplating just such an
excursion. Two weeks ago they mo-
tored to Minneapolis where they were
joined by friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son and their son, with their automo-
bile, and the party drove to Winton,
Mimi, 125 miles north of Duluth
There the cars were abandoned and
the party left all vestiges of civiliza-
tion behind, carrying with them some
where around 400 pounds of food and
all of the equipment necessary to
camping. The party lived in tents
which were we'll fortified with mos
quito Meeting against those ravenous
little pests which were found to be
so numerous evenings that none ven-
tured outside.
1--WE spent most of our time on two
large lakes" Mr.. Dunn told repre-
sentative of The Pilot on his return,
"Basswood and Newton lakes and were
on the move in our canoes for five
days. However, the heat was amost
intolerable and it finally forced us to
leave the water. The country in that
section about on the line between Can
ada and the United States, is hilly and
there are plenty of rocks. Most OF the
tracts of timber that are left are in
possession of the government. One
huge tract of 45,000000 feet is locat-
ed on an island in Eastwood lake and
while we were nearby fire consumed
about 100000 feet, so forest ranger
estimated.
Commercial Fishing
Commercial fishing is carried on in
the region on a big scale, both the
state of Minnesota and the Dominion
of Canada permitting it. Five broth
ers were netting fish near us and We
came to know them we'll enough to OBJ
tain information from them. They
were netting about 500 pounds of fish,
mostly pike, day for which they were
paid sixteen cents pound. A haul OF
sixteen miles had first to be made by,
water, several portages in between,
before trucks could be used to trans
port the fish to the, railroad which
was eight miles further on. A thous
and feet or so of net is used by these
men who attach the ends to motor
boat After allowing the net to fill
up with fish it is pulled into shore.
Fishing with hook. and line just
isn't sport up there for it takes only
a second to land pike, bass or pick
erel which are not eaten. The pike
are all of fine size. The netting does
not appear to have affected the lakes
in the least despite the fact that prac-
tically the only Inhabitants of the en-
tire region are Finlanders who ply the
I fishing game.
Wild Game
"Of wild game there is plenty, moose
and beaver being particularly plente
Gus as well as jack rabbits, black bear
and partridges. Although the moose
season is closed the rangers do not en-
force the law insofar as the animals
uuently the case as no provisions can
be purchased within twenty-five miles.
One evening we wanted to see the
beavers work and found place where
they had cut 100 to $50 peoples"
Two rangers are stationed in the
area visited by Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn.
Only few weeks ago one of them
found an uncharted lake not far from
Lake Agnes, another one of the chain
near Eastwood. The shores were lined
with dense forest. The ranger re-
ported catching 100 of a new variety of
fish, variety he had never seen or
heard of in any of the lakes nearby.
A wall eyed bass" was the way be
described them. They are fourteen
inches in length and do not seem to
be larger, practically all of the 100 be-
ing of the same length. No muskel-'
longe are to be found in any of the
lakes or streams in the area.
Kaskiaw Falls
The most beautiful sight Mr.. Dunn
says they saw was at the end of New
ton lake where Kaskiaw falls is locat-
ed 1t is a double falls only about
thirty feet in height. but a considerable
quantity of water runs over it and the
scenic Ueduly OI tHe lduuSSdpS duout
engrandeurs the spectacle. A station
of the U. S. Geological survey is To-
Gated there.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn enjoyed the
trip immensely, although Mr.. Dunn
declares his wife was sometimes an
noyed by the unceasing activity of the
sun. They are even now preparing for
another tour there next summer.
Mr.. Dunn says that government
maps are slightly inaccurate and that
he has had the good fortune to obtain
better mappings of the territory,
worked out by an expert who visited
the lakes year ago.
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