. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . like all the larger ones of theFish river system, abounds in square-tail trout and togue andlandlocked salmon, and its shores are a resort of biggame. Camp Iverson, at Portage, comprises two frame cottageswhich will comfortably accommodate sixteen guests. They aresupplied with water of uncommon purity and coldness which isled into the house through pipes from a hillside spring. Theproprietor, Capt. A. Iverson, is a sturdy Norwegian, who oncewas a shipmaster, but who many years
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . like all the larger ones of theFish river system, abounds in square-tail trout and togue andlandlocked salmon, and its shores are a resort of biggame. Camp Iverson, at Portage, comprises two frame cottageswhich will comfortably accommodate sixteen guests. They aresupplied with water of uncommon purity and coldness which isled into the house through pipes from a hillside spring. Theproprietor, Capt. A. Iverson, is a sturdy Norwegian, who oncewas a shipmaster, but who many years ago quitted the sea andcast his lot in Aroostook county. His fishing fleet, of which hissteam launch Brunhilda is the flagship, contains four canoes andnine rowboats, and he keeps it in commission with true nautical 30 IN FAIR AROOvSTOOK, precision and attention to detail. The liousekeeping at thecamp is pleasingly homelike, and it seemed a passage from theKdda to hear the names Ragnhild and vSiegried of his fair-haired daughters, and Aagot. the name of his comely wife,spoken in this American MKE A TcillCH liH THE FATHERLAND — THE SKIDOK IN NEW SWEDEN. Portage Lake is safe and pleasant to navigate with any craft,and u]) Fish River, which enters it from the west, a launchcapable of carrying twenty-five persons may ascend four milesfrom the lake. With the opening summer, the landlockedsalmon, which at the melting of the ice from the lake followedthe schools of smelts in their migration uj) the river, return todeep water and may be caught by trolHng with spoon orminnow. The square-tailed trout keep near the shore so longas the water is cool and, until the middle of June, may be takenat almost any point up or down the lake. Later they take tothe spring holes in the lake, and the deep places off againstthe mouths of the inlets. They are abundant and eager, andin spring and early summer respond well to a spinner baited IX FAIR AKOOST(JOK. 31 with a minnow, trolled with
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