Rod and gun . heforests are heavily timbered and theshores of the lakes beautifully clothedwith a raiment of pine and balsam, andwhere every breath of the pure air givesnew life. The Algonquin Park is a region thathas already won favor with a large num-ber of travellers who are looking for newfields to explore and for a place wherecivilization has not yet encroached uponNatures domains and where man;handiwork is not in evidence. Irrespec-tive of the scenic grandeur of the entirepark, the main attraction is the grandfishing that is offered and which is opento all true sportsmen who recognize th
Rod and gun . heforests are heavily timbered and theshores of the lakes beautifully clothedwith a raiment of pine and balsam, andwhere every breath of the pure air givesnew life. The Algonquin Park is a region thathas already won favor with a large num-ber of travellers who are looking for newfields to explore and for a place wherecivilization has not yet encroached uponNatures domains and where man;handiwork is not in evidence. Irrespec-tive of the scenic grandeur of the entirepark, the main attraction is the grandfishing that is offered and which is opento all true sportsmen who recognize thecarrying out of the regulations laid downby the Crown for the protection andpreservation of the fish and game. The situation of the park and conti-gous territory might be called the east-ern section of the Highlands of On-tario, and covers an area of two millionacres of forest and water stretches, therebeing no less than one thousand twohundred lakes and rivers within itsboundaries. This vast extent of virgin. Jones Lock on Rideau Lake and River Trip. wilderness has aptly been named Lake-land, and the Ottawa Division of theGrand Trunk Railway system penetratesits confines for many miles, giving ex-ceptional facilities for reaching the dif-ferent points of ingress to the manycanoe routes and navigable lakes andstreams which radiate from the railwayline north and south, making the regioneasy of access from any point of theAmerican continent. Unlike many of theother lake districts in Ontario, the water-ways throughout the whole area of thePark are a continuity of lake and stream,many of them being navigable for canoesfrom one to another, while others areconnected with short and easy portageswith good trails blazed through the for-est. The country is of a verv rugged na-ture, the lakes are encircled with highshores, beautifully clothed with verdurefrom the waters edge to the summit ofthe highest bluffs. The waters of thelakes are deep and translucent, filled withthe gamiest of the
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