. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . GRANITE NOTCH. 63 trout are caught in the streams in the neighborhood, and the finestblack bass fishing in America is in these surrounding lakes. First among the sporting districts of the northern lakes is theSevern River, w
. Season of 1890. Summer resorts reached by the Grank Trunk railway and its connections including Niagara Falls, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay, Muskoka Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Couchiching, MacKinac Island, Midland District Lakes, the Thousand Islands, rapids of the St. Lawrence River, the White Mountains, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay river, Rangeley Lakes, and the sea-shore . GRANITE NOTCH. 63 trout are caught in the streams in the neighborhood, and the finestblack bass fishing in America is in these surrounding lakes. First among the sporting districts of the northern lakes is theSevern River, which, after a short run, leads to Sparrow Lake,which has long been celebrated for the excellence of its fishing, butparticularly for the deer, duck and ruffled grouse shooting, obtaina-ble in their proper W. J LUCIANO. GRANITE NOTCH. After passing the Severn nothing but granite meets the eye;massive in form, deep red in color, and with a micaceous sheenshining through it. Winding through the divide the graniterocks raise high their lofty sides, bluff cliffs overhang the railwayas it curves around their bases, in some places the front portion ofthe train is lost to sight from the rear, but finally the GraniteNotch is reached, and the railway slips through a natural gap,fortunately left for its passage by nature. 64 SUMMER RESORTS. The Muskoka district—known as the Highlands of Ontario—has some eight hundred lakes of all sizes, from thirty miles inlength to mere ponds, which, with their river connections, occupyno less than one-tenth of the surface. By means of the Muskoka &Georgian Bay Navigation Company a fine line of steamers make con-nection with this interesting chain of lakes. Boats leave MuskokaWharf for Bala, Bracebridge, Beaumaris, Port Carling, Windermere, KALEVI
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