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Identifier: laketourtopictur01detr (find matches)
Title: A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: (Detroit and Cleveland steam navigation co.) (from old catalog) Whitcomb, Cummings D. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Detroit, Mich., O. S. Gulley, Bornman & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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n of the two rivers, and covers an area of six by fourmiles. Rapids in Black river, within a few miles of the lake, make itsnavigation by steamers impossible. Mullet lake, a beautiful body of water, twelve miles long and fromfive to eight wide, whose shores are admirably adapted to campingpurposes, is six miles above Cheboygan. It is full offish, and its bor-ders abound in game. Into it empty Pigeon, Indian and Sturgeon rivers.Mullet Lake House, belonging to Messrs. Smith Brothers, is ahandsome summer hotel, which cost $50,000. It has seventy-five large,airy rooms, elegantly furnished, and is especially attractive for families,being a paradise for children. The house opens June 20th. Steamerjstop here for dinner. Topinabee, a station on the Michigan Central Railroad, is on theopposite bank, two and one half miles away, The Northern Hay FeverResort Association, organized in September, 1883, have located on landclose by the railroad station and Pikes hotel, where there is a telegraph 78
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A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackinac and post office, which, with the convenience afforded by adjacentstores, nnakes this a particularly desirable spot for a camp. After leaving Mullet Lake House, the steamer enters Indian river,which some poet has likened to a silver thread on Natures carpet.Seven miles of beautiful river scenery and Indian River village is reached. Burts Lake, ten miles long and five wide, comes next. This is fedby Crooked, Maple and Sturgeon rivers, all large streams. Maple riveris also the outlet of Douglass lake, which lies two miles north of Burtslake. Crossing Burts lake we enter upon the most interesting portionof the trip through Crooked river for seven miles. Owing to the narrowwinding nature of the stream, it will seem at once impossible to gofurther, but by making very short turns and steering around abruptangles, we thread the labyrinth, being able to pick evergreens from theshore on either side. This lake is five miles long, and famous for itsexcellent ba

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