The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-02

Each OF the big dallleS OF Duluth,
st. Paul and Minneapolis have dur
ing the past week published descript
i've and editorial accounts and COM
ments on the trip made by the par
ty of prominent business and news
paper men of the Twin Cities, Wash
ington, d. C. and Duluth under the
auspices of the Ely Commercial
Club and the Superior National For
est Sundays News-Tribune had
the following to say of the country
in addition to page description of
the trip:
''That Minnesota has a scenic
land of gorgeous mountainous tor
rents, water falls, lakes and pines
that surpass the far-famed Adiron-
dacks and even many of our western
national park lands is evidenced by
every one who visits the forest re-
serve at Ely. What has made the
fact so slow in permeating to the
public is the natural wilderness that
one must encounter in traversing
the forest. This has acted as
God-send to the region. 1t has kept
the automobile out and other civil
izing influences and has preserved
for the benefit of the future pos
terity lake region that shows few
marks of the white men except
along the portages that were laid
out some two hundred years ago in
the coming and going of Hudson
Bay fur traders. 1t was in this re-
gion that the early-day history of
the state was written, for from Lake
La Croix, where the Commercial
club party camped last week, to the
Pigeon river there are many ev-
licences that Superior national for
est at one time formed the main
avenue or link in communication be-
tween the colonies on the Atlantic
coast and the territory that stretches
from Winnipeg to the Rockies.
SIN its countless waterways Sup
erior national forest holds position
that is unique in scenic interest.
The traveller never finds that the
views are duplicated. 1t is' not nee
essary to come out from the forest
the same way as entered. AS a
matter of fact you can put your
canoe in the water at Ely and go
north to Hudson Bay, west to Inter-
national Falls, east to Lake Superior
and south to the Mesaba country
and you can select any from one
to twenty routes to make the jour
ney by, each of which reveals a
country different in its topography
and scenic makeup.
1.-The Commercial club party can
oed along the international boun-
Diary line to the western end of Lake
La Croix. Seldom were they out
side the boundary of Minnesota.
On the return voyage they canoed
into Canada around Shortiss Island
and into Newton Lake, entering
Minnesota again at Curtain Falls
portage.
$50 impressed were the party
with the journey they have decided
to recommend it to the sportsmen
of the state and in this connection
plans will be completed during the
coming winter by the Commercial
club for taking dozen or more
parties into the forest reserve next
summer. The Ely Commercial Club
maintains an information bureau
for prospective visitors to the re-
gion and will make arrangements
for guides, canoes, supplies and 9TH
er incidentals for a journey through
the forest. Hotels are not permit
ted within the boundaries of the for
est but scattered on the outskirts
of Ely are a number of lodges that
cater to the travelling public and
which make suitable basis for a
jaunt into what has been termed
1.-THE canoe playground of America.
Moving pictures of the trip
made by the Commercial club party
are to be shown in Duluth in Sep
TENDER as the initial step of the
combined Ely, Duluth and Twin
City organizations in creating inter
est in the reserve. A corps of pro-
minent men from Ely consisting of
Fred James, city assessor; Mr.. Dahl
gren; Oscar Heikilla, forest service
ranger and E. Huber, secretary OF
the Duluth Commercial Club, are to
be at the st. Louis county building
at the state fair during the week Of
September 6 to exhibit to visitors
some of the wonders of Superior
national forest. Questions concern.
ing cabin sites and the like will be
distributed"
.