The Columbia River . ost suspect,in another life. The two lakes together constitute onehundred and thirty miles of steamboating, and everymile has its special charm. It was the peculiar joy ofthe voyageurs, after having toiled over the snowy andwind-swept Athabasca Pass and buffeted the foamydescent of Death Rapids, to reach the Arrow Lakesand lazily paddle down their tranquil deeps. In fact,pleasant as is our journey on the Rossland, we wouldrather reconstruct the bateaux of 1840 and in themmake the whole long journey to the sea, a thousandmiles away. The traveller learns from the captain, if
The Columbia River . ost suspect,in another life. The two lakes together constitute onehundred and thirty miles of steamboating, and everymile has its special charm. It was the peculiar joy ofthe voyageurs, after having toiled over the snowy andwind-swept Athabasca Pass and buffeted the foamydescent of Death Rapids, to reach the Arrow Lakesand lazily paddle down their tranquil deeps. In fact,pleasant as is our journey on the Rossland, we wouldrather reconstruct the bateaux of 1840 and in themmake the whole long journey to the sea, a thousandmiles away. The traveller learns from the captain, if he canpersuade that busy personage to indulge in conversa-tion, that the Arrow Lakes derived their name fromthe fact that in early times great bundles of arrowscould be seen stuck in the clay banks or in the crev-ices of the rocks at the head of the upper lake. Theupper Arrow Lake has mountain banks rising thou-sands of feet to the zone of eternal snow. The shoresare usually precipitous, though it is not uncommon to. ^ ?< ct fc The Lakes from Arrow Lakes to Chelan 303 see smooth slopes furnishing timbered margins to en-chanting little bays. At various places along theshores we see the beginnings of fruit and dairy is only within a score of years that anything hasbeen done here in the way of cultivation. The re-sults thus far attained prove the wonderful adap-tability of soil and climate to choice fruits. Andthe flowers,—Heaven bless them!—the sweetest andbiggest and brightest of roses, pinks, sweet peas,larkspurs,—every kind that grows, are seen in pro-fusion at almost every point where there has been anycultivation. By a little conversation with people atthe landings we learn that the new-fledged ranchesare very profitable. One tells us that he has made anet profit of two dollars and twenty-five cents percrate on his strawberries, or five hundred dollars anacre. Perhaps the most attractive place on the ArrowLakes is the point where the upper lake narrowsin
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