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158 THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 500 inhabitants, and four saw mills, possessing a superior water- power on the river here, emptying into the bay. It. is both a lumber and fishing station of considerable importance. Donoan is the next place of importance on the lake coast, situ- ated near the mouth of Sheyboygan River. The United States Land Office for this district is located at this place. Nearly opposite lies Bois Bianc Island, a large and fertile tract of land. The celebrated. Istanp or Macxrnac is next reached, lying within the straits, surrounded by a cluster of interesting points of land justly celebrated in Indian legends and traditions. Op Mackinac, lying on the mainland, is one of the most in- teresting points, being celebrated both in French and English history when those two great powers contended for the possession of this vast lake region. It is proposed to build a railroad from Old Mackinac to Saginaw, and one to the southern confines of the State, while another line of road will extend northwestward to Lake Superior, crossing the straits bya steam ferry. A town plot has been surveyed, and preparations made for settlement. Passing around the western extremity of the Peninsula, at the Waugoshance Light and Island, the next point is Little Traverse Bay, a most beautiful sheet. of water. : About fifteen miles southwesterly from Little Traverse we enter Granp Traversp Bay, a large and beautiful arm of the lake, extending about thirty miles inland. 'This bay is divided into two parts by a point of land, from two to four miles wide, extending from the head of the bay about eighteen miles toward the lake. The country around this bay is exceedingly picturesque, and em- braces one of the finest agricultural portions of the State. The climate is mild, and fruit and grain of all kinds suitable to a north- ern latitude are produced, with less liability to injury from frost than in some of the southern portions of the State. Granp Traverse Crry is located at the head of the west arm of the bay, and is the terminus of the proposed railroad from Grand Rapids, a distance of about one hundred and fifty miles, Passing out of the bay and around the point dividing the west arm from the lake, we first arrive at the river Aux Becs Sceis. There is here a natural harbor, capable of accommodating the larger class of