. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . a French squatter andfisherman, entertains those who prefer less restraint and more commonfare, than is found at the more pretentious Star Island. At the bend,on the east side is located the Canadian Club House. This propertyincludes the entire flats on this side of the channel, and is leased fromthe Canadian government. The members of this club reside mostly atToronto and Ottawa. About two miles farther on is the beautiful river, which is 48 miles long and 1|- wide. Some of the islands atits mouth are inhabited by a
. A lake tour to picturesque Mackinac; historical and descriptive . a French squatter andfisherman, entertains those who prefer less restraint and more commonfare, than is found at the more pretentious Star Island. At the bend,on the east side is located the Canadian Club House. This propertyincludes the entire flats on this side of the channel, and is leased fromthe Canadian government. The members of this club reside mostly atToronto and Ottawa. About two miles farther on is the beautiful river, which is 48 miles long and 1|- wide. Some of the islands atits mouth are inhabited by a small number of Indians. Steamers keepin the middle of the river, unless they have landings to make, andtourists greatly enjoy this portion of the trip. Some six miles from itsmouth on the Canada side, the Chenal-Ecarte river empties into the The name means the lost channel, and is pronounced by theCanadians, Sni-cart-e. Small Canadian steamers navigate this river forsome miles, touching at Wallaceburg and Dresden. 45 A Lake Tour to Picturesque Mackinac. MARINE CITY. 50 miles from Detroit,on St. Clair river at the mouth of Belleriver, has 2,000 inhabitants. Those seek-ing rest from business cares would findthis place both quiet and attractive, andunembarrassed by the strict social for-malities so common to fashionableresorts. Comfortable hotel accommo-dations can be had at reasonable rates,it has all the advantages of the much andjustly praised St. Clair river, is but a shortdistance from the hunting and fishing grounds of the St. Clair Fiats,and withal it has the best of facilities for keeping informed of thedoings of the outside world. No place of its size in the country has soextensively engaged in ship building, some two hundred vessels ofvarious classes have been turned out, and a vessel may be seen underconstruction on the stocks at any time. The Marine City Stave Co. recently discovered a bed of salt rock orsalt in its natural state, after boring to the depth o
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