Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . uch a trip. While of course reasonable familiaritywith the handling- of a boat is necessary, expert knowl-edg-e is not required as the lakes are so narrow andlandlocked that dang-er from storms is reduced to theslig-htest minimum. By use of the map (see pag-e 56)and a little care, a g-uide is unnecessary. The course lies across Elk Lake from Elk Rapidsto the narrows leading- intoRound Lake. Note that thepassag-e is not in the extremebig-ht of the bay, but a
Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . uch a trip. While of course reasonable familiaritywith the handling- of a boat is necessary, expert knowl-edg-e is not required as the lakes are so narrow andlandlocked that dang-er from storms is reduced to theslig-htest minimum. By use of the map (see pag-e 56)and a little care, a g-uide is unnecessary. The course lies across Elk Lake from Elk Rapidsto the narrows leading- intoRound Lake. Note that thepassag-e is not in the extremebig-ht of the bay, but a littleabove. By taking-at once the ^ east shore it cannot be missed. ^M Rounding- this shore, we soon . , . ^ enter Torch River, a prettystream in the center of whosecourse is located Welchshotel. A little above the hotelthe Rapid River, a famoustrout stream, pours into TorchRiver. Continuing- our course,we enter Torch Lake, and,taking at once the east bank,Alden, a pretty villag-e, ispassed about four miles, and six miles further northwe reach the entrance of Clam Lake. Torch Lakeitself stretches away northward for twelve miles to. 73 Eastport. Many pleasant places are located on theupper shores of this lake. Entering- Clam Lake, we follow a narrow, windingcourse through Clam Lake and up the east shore toGrass Lake. At its northern edg-e (a long arm to thewest to be avoided) we enter the narrows, and in twomiles reach Bellaire. Here the stream is very narrow,and a mill dam is reached where portag-e must be mill owners are required bv the laws of river navi-gation to make this portag-e for all boats, and a courte-ous request for assistance to the foreman, will bepromptly responded to. A little difficulty may be ex-perienced with logs on the upper stream, but reasonableassistance will always be g-iven by the mill men. Alittle patience and judg-ment will surmount all obstacles. Passing- through the beautiful Intermediate River(keep east bank and avoid long- bayou on the
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