. Rod and gun . ee, last year alone, how many millionsof acres fell before the fire fiend. Saturday, the thirteenth, was glorious,not so cold but with a clear blue skyover head and the snow in fine conditionfor travel. Leaving Harrys Lake westruck south, passing through :\IossieLake, Telma, Oak, Spruce and downMink Creek to Maggies Lake- Theselakes are all small, but beauties, indeedwith fine hardwood ridges betweenthem, and we enjoyed every moment ofthe trip, even when sliding back downsome of the steep hills we had to climb. A\e reached :\Iaggies lake for late din-ner and after dinner fixed
. Rod and gun . ee, last year alone, how many millionsof acres fell before the fire fiend. Saturday, the thirteenth, was glorious,not so cold but with a clear blue skyover head and the snow in fine conditionfor travel. Leaving Harrys Lake westruck south, passing through :\IossieLake, Telma, Oak, Spruce and downMink Creek to Maggies Lake- Theselakes are all small, but beauties, indeedwith fine hardwood ridges betweenthem, and we enjoyed every moment ofthe trip, even when sliding back downsome of the steep hills we had to climb. A\e reached :\Iaggies lake for late din-ner and after dinner fixed up the shelter,made spring beds of balsam boughs, cutsome wood etc. Maggies lake is a grandbody of water with many beautiful pineclad islands. It is surrounded by hard-wood hills, and w^ith the exception of theshores of the many lakes the greater partof the woods to the south and west formany miles is the grandest hardwood Iever travelled though. In this section there is a great deal of 504 ROD AND GUX IN CANADA. A fino specimen of beaver cutting. Black Cherry from four to eighteen in-ches in diameter at the stump and reach-ing a height of from twenty to forty feet-The Birch and Maple are very large andclean. There is little under growth andthe travelling is good. It is a fine sightto see a lot of deer with flags up bound-ing along over these hills. Sunday we spent at camp and we hada heavy fall of snow. On Monday westarted for Marion lake, travelling north-west across Maggies lake through Dalelake to Marion. Here we struck thewest boundary of the Park and followedit to Fox lake returning by Frog, Hardyand Winifred lakes to Maggies. Theseare little pine clad lakes surrounded withthe grandest hardwood. The creeks arealive with Beaver, Otter and Mink andwe visited some fine beaver dams andhouses. We remained at Maggies laketill the morning of the eighteenth, visit-ing Minnow lake and following Minkcreek to the camp of the Huntsville Lum-ber Co., where we were compelled tohave a g
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