St Nicholas [serial] . rld as the one from Buf-falo to Duluth and return; and the many shorter trips of a few hundred miles are full of rarebeauty. The shores of the lake are not onlyprolific in wonderfully picturesque scenery, butthey are rich in historic memories. In mid-summer, when the cities are sweltering in heat,the lakes are cool and delightful, and the tripupon their surface is one of the most pleasura-ble ones in the world. It is a strange thingthat there is not more knowledge of this de-lightful voyage. It would be the most interest-ing event in the travels of Americans in Europeif
St Nicholas [serial] . rld as the one from Buf-falo to Duluth and return; and the many shorter trips of a few hundred miles are full of rarebeauty. The shores of the lake are not onlyprolific in wonderfully picturesque scenery, butthey are rich in historic memories. In mid-summer, when the cities are sweltering in heat,the lakes are cool and delightful, and the tripupon their surface is one of the most pleasura-ble ones in the world. It is a strange thingthat there is not more knowledge of this de-lightful voyage. It would be the most interest-ing event in the travels of Americans in Europeif such a trip could be taken while they are onthe farther side of the ocean. Strange that it isnot more appreciated on this side! The commerce of the lakes is outlet from Lake Superior to Lake Hu-ron had always been a serious obstacle tocommerce, in that it was not deep enough toallow the larger freight and passenger boats topass comfortably through. Locks have beenbuilt at government expense, at the cost of. LONE ROCK, APOSTLE ISLANDS, LAKE SUPERIOR. many millions of dollars, which now allow thepassage of large boats ; and two more locks arebeing built,— one by the Canadians, and oneby the Americans,— which will still further 364 THE GREAT LAKES. [Mar. increase commerce. The new lock on the Amer- on the other lakes, to be exchanged for other ican side is larger than the old, and, when com- supplies for points also below the Soo. Year pleted, will be one of the most wonderful pieces by year this immense traffic is growing. From of masonry to be found in the country. It will the great West there come, to the gateway
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