What to see in America . Forest near Cass Lake Minnesota 265 Sault Sainte Marie, visited the wilderness of the upperMississippi, and went with his party in five canoes from CassLake to Lake Bemidji. Thence he paddled southward to abody of water which his Indian guide assured him was thebeginning of the great river, and which he called LakeItasca. Another person with a fever for exploration was aFrench astronomer named Nicollet, who visited the Mis-sissippi headwaters four years later. He traced a tributaryof Lake Itasca through two lakelets to a third from whichhe found the infant Mississippi
What to see in America . Forest near Cass Lake Minnesota 265 Sault Sainte Marie, visited the wilderness of the upperMississippi, and went with his party in five canoes from CassLake to Lake Bemidji. Thence he paddled southward to abody of water which his Indian guide assured him was thebeginning of the great river, and which he called LakeItasca. Another person with a fever for exploration was aFrench astronomer named Nicollet, who visited the Mis-sissippi headwaters four years later. He traced a tributaryof Lake Itasca through two lakelets to a third from whichhe found the infant Mississippi flowing with a breadth of afoot and a half, and a depth of one foot. This settlementof the matter was accepted till 1891 when a careful examina- It. South Temperance Lake tion resulted in finding an ultimate bowl from whichNicollets three lakelets were fed. Minnesota has a larger water area than any other are approximately 10,000 lakes within its borders,ranging from one to thirty miles in diameter, and the majority 266 What to See in America of these are in what iscalled the Lake ParkKegion at the head ofthe Mississippi is there betterfishing than in this dis-trict, and the shootingis also excellent. Mooseand bear lurk in thenorthern part of the lakearea. Deer are plenti-ful, for, though thou-sands are killed eachyear, the supply does notdiminish. It is possibleto start on a huntingtrip in the morning froma modern town that iswithin such easy reachof the wild game hauntsyou can be back by eve-ning. Camping and bathing can be enjoyed to your heartscontent, and one of the pleasures easily realized is making acanoe trip over a chain of lakes for a day or several days,going and coming by a different route.
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