. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. s by twenty miles in size, of irregular outline,somewhat resembling the human hand, and embracingan area of about 150 square miles, this is the largestbody of water in North America at so great an alti-tude—7,788 feet above sea level. Several islands dot its surface, the largest beingStevenson, near the south end, and Franks, midway ofthe lake, and its very considerable depth (from five tofifty fathoms) renders navigation practicable and Yellowstone River is at once its principal affluentand sole outlet, its upper portion draining
. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. s by twenty miles in size, of irregular outline,somewhat resembling the human hand, and embracingan area of about 150 square miles, this is the largestbody of water in North America at so great an alti-tude—7,788 feet above sea level. Several islands dot its surface, the largest beingStevenson, near the south end, and Franks, midway ofthe lake, and its very considerable depth (from five tofifty fathoms) renders navigation practicable and Yellowstone River is at once its principal affluentand sole outlet, its upper portion draining a consider-able area tributary to the lake on the southeast, and thevast body of water thus accumulated in this naturalmountain reservoir serves not only to furnish a never-failing supply for one of the grandest of the Missouris tributaries, but suppliesthe means of successfulirrigation of the entirelower Yellowstone val-ley. The Natural Bridge is four miles southwest from the Lake Hotel, THE NATURAL BRIDGE. beiug about ouc ttiile. TOUR OF THi; PARK. «5 1 ,. ^M ! ? - 9 ^^^^. ^^^^^?j H P* - - ?%&rz,.«-. ^^^^^^|MM| ||||g«^^^^^H||^^^^^^^^^H ^^^^H I3 ^^^^^^^^^^H ^^1 .^tJI^mH BHHHHHH n^^PHRPiiVl p|H ^^^ ggggg/gm ? YELrLOWSTONK LAKE AND SLEEPING GIANT. back from the lake. It spans a small creek, a branchof Bridge Creek. The new road from Thumb Bay toBridge Bay passes Natural Bridge. This interestingarch of stone is some forty feet high and six feet wide,its abutments being some thirty feet apart; whenviewed from the lower side it presents the more sym-metrical appearance. The Sleeping Giant,—In the mountain range on theeast side of the lake can be seen the Sleeping is formed of the peaks of Saddle Mountain in connec-tion with a mountain range several miles this side. Fishing Grounds.—In the river at the lake outlet arethe fishing grounds about a mile from the hotel, whileat many places between the lake and canyon excellentfishing is had from shore. During the trout
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