. Summer of 1904 on the Wisconsin central railway. Illinois and Wisconsin .. . Bay, in Lake Superior, are theApostle Islands, about twenty in number. These are reached by steamer from Ashland after a pleasur-able ride and provide ideal locations for an outing. The largest andmost beautiful of the group is Madeline Island. This island is 14 miles long and 4 miles wide at the widest part. Three centuries ago Father Marquette set foot upon this beau-tiful island and builded the far-famed mission chapel which, untila short time ago (when it was destroyed by fire) was annuallyvisited by thousands o
. Summer of 1904 on the Wisconsin central railway. Illinois and Wisconsin .. . Bay, in Lake Superior, are theApostle Islands, about twenty in number. These are reached by steamer from Ashland after a pleasur-able ride and provide ideal locations for an outing. The largest andmost beautiful of the group is Madeline Island. This island is 14 miles long and 4 miles wide at the widest part. Three centuries ago Father Marquette set foot upon this beau-tiful island and builded the far-famed mission chapel which, untila short time ago (when it was destroyed by fire) was annuallyvisited by thousands of devout pilgrims. Here Pere Marquette taught the Ojibway to abandon the GreatSpirit of their primitive religion, for the Greater Spirit of theChristian Church. Here are beautiful modern residences, amid scenes of bewitch-ing beauty, and visitors who come to Madeline ever retain pleas-ant memories of the place. Hotel CAPACITY PER DAY PER WEEK Old Mission Resort (Madeline Island) 150 $ $ Lake Superior, close.—Lake Trout, Pickerel, and Whitefishcaught. 55. 56
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