The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-09-17

EXPLORE REGIONS OF THE
ARROWHEAD WHERE FEW
WHITE MEN EVER VISITED.
BLAZE NEW PORTAGE INTO
UNTRAMMELED FORESTS OF
THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL RE-
SERVE.

Gliding through virgin forests
where probably the foot of white
men never trod before, gazing upon
nature as it must have appeared a
thousand years ago, undefiled by hui
man vision or human hands, crash
ing through underbrush mlsre MY
bear and moose have pursued UNI
trammeled ways, discovering new
land and new lakes in an unmapped
territory in the front yard of civil
cation, reveling in veritable para
disc where nature was most lavish
with her best gifts, and at night
time folding hands upon contented
stomachs filled with the game fish
of Northern Minnesota lakes and
luscious BURBERRY pies, cooked as
only Scout Executive Carlos Chase
and Scoutmaster William Fisher
Guild cook them, were only few of
the many experiences of a party OF
IA which participated in the annual
ten-day canoe trip into the Superior
National Forest, sponsored by the
Arrowhead Scout Council.
Taking off at Winton, the Scouts
went down Fall Lake, across a five
mile portage, in trucks and camped
the first night at Knife lake. The
first three days of the 125-mile trip
was rainy and stormy weather but
nature, even in this mood, could not
cover up the beauties and wonders
that lay exposed on all sides of the
canoeists.
Fishing throughout the trip was
exceptionally good, bass, great nor
thern pike, wall-eyed pike and lake
trout being among the many fine
specimens of the finny tribe that
were landed by the Scouts.
Wild life abounded. Moose tracks
Zig-Zagged everywhere through the
underbrusn; bears prowled among
the timber; wolves glided stealthily
thru the forests; the sight of fox
tracks were not uncommon; the
work of beavers could be seen on all
sides, and small game was exceed
ingly plentiful.
Continuing on through Lake Ogish-
kemunci, thence through Lake Caba-
michihama into Lake Saganaga, the
farthest point east of the trip, the
Scouts finally entered into Bear
Trap lake. There were no portages
from Bear Trap lake and the shore
line all about the lake was un-
broken. A huge precipice, towering
out of the water, was named paint
ed Rock. In describing this rock,
which was of ordinary formation
but rarely colored, Mr.. Chase said:
'The rainbow must have lost its
way in the sky, humping against
this precipice and splashing its color
all over it. l have never seen any
thing like it in my life. Bear Trap
lake, | have no doubt, is the most
perfectly formed lake in the world.
The scenery about this body of
water cannot be excelled.
'But it was at Lake Cabagicigumi
where we were given a glimpse of
what a real Northern Minnesota
sunset and sunrise is like. | could
never hope to describe it, a poet
could not put the beauty of it in
words or an artist transmit its Won
ders to canvas. 1t seems as if the
sky had caught the colors out of our
ore mining pits and threw them on
screen of clouds. Folks may rave
about the beauties of sunrise IN
New England, Africa, California,
the tropics, or the orient. but you
can tell them for me they do not
know what sunrise is like if they
have not seen Old Sol Chamber up
at dawn into the Northern Mime