Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . op is made at Van Buren. Torch Riverlies two miles west and carriages from Welchs Innmeet passengers here. Immediately crossing RapidRiver, the fine expanse of Torch Lake soon bursts intoview, and we follow closely the shore for several milesto the pretty village of Alden. Leaving Alden, theroad follows the lake shore for about three miles, thenturning abruptly eastward, skirts Clam Lake, a littleconnecting lake—or more properly river. We get onhoccasional
Northern MichiganHandbook for travelers, including the northern part of lower Michigan, Mackinac island, and the Sault SteMarie river .. . op is made at Van Buren. Torch Riverlies two miles west and carriages from Welchs Innmeet passengers here. Immediately crossing RapidRiver, the fine expanse of Torch Lake soon bursts intoview, and we follow closely the shore for several milesto the pretty village of Alden. Leaving Alden, theroad follows the lake shore for about three miles, thenturning abruptly eastward, skirts Clam Lake, a littleconnecting lake—or more properly river. We get onhoccasional glimpses of this lake, when turning north-ward, again, the train, crossing numerous babbling trout 66 streams, rapidly skirts the western edg-e of Grass Lakeand plung-es into the forest for a mile or so, stopping- atBellaire, a pretty little lumber town situated on thenarrows between Grass and Intermediate Lakes. At Bellaire the train crosses the narrows or riv^erand the view is on the rig-ht hand side of the car for therest of the way. Occasional glimpses of the river arecaug-ht until, emerg-ing from the woods, we come out #;^ ^3. upon the southern shore of Intermediate Lake with atiny island in the center of the channel. The trainskirts the shores of this beautiful lake for miles. Theforest is very dense and g-rand, being- heavy hardwoodtimber. The shores rise in steep terraces abruptly fromthe lake, the water reflects as in a mirror the beautifulfoliag-e, and the whole journey is one constant panoramaof extensive vistas of water, forest and hillside. D 67 The next stop is at Central Lake, another industri-ous little town. After following- the lake along- its nownarrow course—more like a river than a lake—the roadskirts a sort of bayou and then leaving- the water alto-g-ether, plung-es for a few moments into a dense forestwhose noble foliag-e cannot but command our admira-tion. In a few moments once morethe lake appears, seeming-ly more beau-tiful than ever because of t
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