Excerpt from The Story of the Great Lakes For three hundred years the Great Lakes have been the centre of an immensely varied and interesting history. They were originally the home of savages; they were discovered and explored by Frenchmen; they became the scene of a century-long struggle for possession by Indians of many tribes and white men of three nations; and they have been finally occupied and developed by Americans. In every epoch they present a rich field for study. No minute and exhaustive chronicle has been attempted in this volume, but important events, with the customs and life of each period, have been brought together and presented. Changes have come with such rapidity that the conditions of fifty years ago seem remote to-day. In this swift progress the heritage of the past must not be forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Discovery of the Five Great Lakes Hidden Sea, because he could not see it, but later it was called Lake Superior. His right arm became Lake Michigan and his right leg Lake Huron, after the frowsy-haired Hurons. His left leg became Georgian Bay, while his right foot was named Lake Erie. And his left foot he came Lake Ontario. Still angry at the God of Water. Nanna-bijou came up to Port Arthur, and here. Wading out nineteen miles, he became tired and lay down to sleep. On awakening he found he had formed the Thunder Cape, with the trees growing out of his mouth and chin, and has ever since been called The Sleeping Giant. Then nanna-bijou began to feel lonely, and thought he would go and find his people. And having one green stone left, of which he made Isle Royale. His adventures will be told in my next chapter.arm mystic flames of ti): L313. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Story of the Great Lakes This is the story of five Great Lakes in the midst of a vast forest. Four hundred years ago the country belonged to the Indians and the wild creatures: dark pine woods cushioned with fallen needles, clean oak groves, stands of hickory and walnut festooned with wild grape, shimmering birches, and maples whose sap the Indians boiled to sugar. Quick streams threaded the forest; grassy river meadows, loud with bird song, let in the sunlight. Above the soughing of the winds in the tree-tops came the soft measured rush of water falling 011 sand, or the roar of it breaking upon rocks. Lake Superior was then, as now, the largest, coldest, and almost the deepest fresh-water lake in the world. At its southern end it flows into Georgian Ray. Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan. Through the Saint Clair River, Lake Huron pours into Lake Erie, and the overflow of all the Lakes thunders over Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario and down the Saint Lawrence to the sea. It is the greatest inland waterway in the world - about 2,185 miles long. In the geologic history of the American continent the Great Lakes were the last huge natural features to form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Review of the History of the Great Lakes Buried Tributaries. A branch of the Laurentian river, now buried beneath 500 feet of drift, extended from the southern basin of lake Michigan across the Michigan penin sula and the southern end of the Huron basin. This large tributary, which has been named the Huronian river, is of the same age as the Laurentian river. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Trial by Fire: A Tale of the Great Lakes Stepping into the starboard room, the porter first gazed with unconceal ed contempt into the faces of the men sprawled there in four dark bunks. Sweat glistened on their bodies; they sighed and mumbled in their sleep; slight tremors and twitchings possessed them, and their ribs rose and fell to the spasmodic action of oppressed lungs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 2 of 2: Illustrated Captain frank W. Wheeler is at the head of the most prolific shipbuilding plant on the lakes, and during the twenty-two years he have been engaged in the business there have been launched from his yard, or more definitely speaking, by the company of which he is president, one hundred and seventy-six vessels, many of them of the largest and most modern type, of both wood and steel. He has created a notable industry, which has not only prospered him but enhanced the prosperity of the locality in which his works are situated, through the employment of labor and stimulation of business, and added largely to the facilities of lake commerce. The work turned out under his direction stands the test of storms, living gales and dangers from ice, and he has'a right to be proud of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Great Lakes Frontier: An Epic of the Old Northwest The voyagers traveled very lightly. Provided with smoked meat and Indian corn, they embarked on May I7, 1673, with five men in two canoes. Paddling westward, they passed the Strait of Mackinac, crossed the northern section of Lake Michigan and reached a village of the Menominee or Green Bay Indians, who, unwilling to lose their position as middlemen in the fur trade, did their utmost to dis suade them from their journey with tales of natives who never Show mercy toward strangers, of horrible monsters, which de voured men and canoes together and of heat so excessive that it would inevitably cause our death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.