Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . BIG BOG, (Off the Upper Spicier River.). THE SPIDER RIVER. T is almost impossible to do justice to the Spider River in writing a descriptionof it for a guide book, which should be terse an*d practical. A more charmingstream for the lover of nature, and true sportsman, cannot be found, with itsabundance of attractions. Arising among the Boundary Mountains in the extreme limit of the Canadianterritory, it is made up of several small rivulets, which, after congregatingtogether, form
Guide book to the Megantic, Spider, and upper Dead river regions of the province of Quebec and state of Maine .. . BIG BOG, (Off the Upper Spicier River.). THE SPIDER RIVER. T is almost impossible to do justice to the Spider River in writing a descriptionof it for a guide book, which should be terse an*d practical. A more charmingstream for the lover of nature, and true sportsman, cannot be found, with itsabundance of attractions. Arising among the Boundary Mountains in the extreme limit of the Canadianterritory, it is made up of several small rivulets, which, after congregatingtogether, form two main branches,— the east and most important branchtaking up the ramificatious in the township of Louise, the west draining themore distant portion of the township of Ditchfield. The two tributaries join at a point Ave milesfrom the lake. The east branch flows through what is called the brul6 or burnt land, a large tract of about sixthousand acres that has been completely burnt over and destroyed by forest fires. From the forks andfor a distance of a mile below, the river is not navigable, but the lower four miles are comx)aratively deadwater,
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