Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-08-29

Il 80 the National Geographic So
hFI, ,sty Washington, D. O.
4 ..s With its other superfatlYeS,
H., rs principal eastern boundary
Ino longest surveyed lines in the
H., line straighter than any crow
.gar extending for more than 600
I, orar mountain and gorge, glacier
marsh and meadow, from within
laathe Pacific ocean in the south,
~At north until it cuts the ice
a,r.i beach of the Arctic ocean. On
rst of this imaginary line lies
,;o, IN the east, Canada; and until
\, decade ago no one knew exact
,,re the one ended and the other
m The surveying of this line in
ms just preceding the World
1.-The literal placing Of Alaska on
nD-cOnstitutes an epic of adj
,-a amid innumerable difficulties,
NELL as a notable engineering
genent
Me- southern end of the boundary is
rolped Mount Saint Elias, the
.n among all nearby mountains.
.3!e Of this mountain is cut by the
Al meridian which the treaty be-
-n the United States and Great
4ln names as the eastern boundary
hot the greater part Of Alaska, and
swobem was to extend this merid-
an the ground through the country
an0rth. From its southern start
ggdlt the line hurdles for 60 miles
b the Caggy ranges and the great
ldaS Of the Saint Elias alps. Then
aiies the White river in whose
liyalley prOspectOrs have lived for
rs meling into copper and gold
smi hoping for the coming of the
nad still 40 miles away to the
Ri at KennicOtt.
he boundary line, in its northern
gSS early leaves perpetual snow
A Mt Natazhat, just south of
White river is the last stand Of
Liner snow; and from there north
" even to the edge of the Arctic
ID there is season annually dur
which no snow or ice is in evil
Regions Full of Game.
Ne White river marks a definite
2 in the character of the country.
north of the stream are low,
bills, the favorite habitat Of
aeep Farther one encounters
4eSldded muskeg marshes, the
numerous moose. These re-
make up a paradise for hunts
CARIBOU, sheep, moose and bear
found at almost any season
-' streams seem alive with fish,
Is passes the headwaters Of the
>'-i river the Yukon's chief Alas
-',u'ary and then passes on to
v'lu' river which also flows to
',l'u out in the opposite direc-
rlO'gn Canadian territory.
,"'y Mile river the line passes
" le hrst important gold dig
a the Alaskan side in the
''slon and then a few miles
= On strikes the great Yukon
we mississippi of the North.'
g,a W., Oh Eagle, on the Yukon. lies
S s The line, barely within
wa, s,''eS territory. This, though
n, @' 'o"h' IS Alaska's most i'm
9nmunity on it's meridian
VI Eagle the boundary climbs
,us abrupt northern bank;
,, VIC Iatonduk hills, also a IA
M .Ip'ng ground for wild sheep:
o., M Ie Nation river and the bar
Ns,,.rL,l ridges beyond; and strug-
I NJ the bottomless marshes Of
l,,. s.A river. Now it is getting
" .lry that really deserves the
NJ. wilderness. At the Porcu.
,,,,. Il again, and for the last
NJ. Ss nayigable stream and
=, path, There. as close to
NJ, u me Canadian side as Eagle
s,r ", Of the United States, IS
IN n Nv, mousse, one of the most
B \ ronadian trading posts.
Ia , .n House the line ex-
r,. n.es more before it comes
,,. ,s' 1t passes through the
ANY,. o. the OLD Crow river.
,pp @Sylcan, Davidson and Brit,
noa,, and then down to the |
Il oa on the bleak shore F,
q, y oul toward the North Pole
!. ,5 u., an International bonn
M ,o. an inaccessible vii.
,, nv, such simple matter as |
ls s,sar to the engineering stu.
u, ,s the college campus or
\, a. a Imaginary railroad line
u ut. involved astronomical oh nh. |
Il ana electrical signaling 10 as as |
ess Use Use Of finely adjusted IN 4. |
d, - n" '.ension of a stroig ~
'''sct time-correct to