A FLOATING HOTEL.
■ Unable to purchase a convenient f site ashore, a Canadian operates a ' floating hotel on Great Central Hake. 8.C.. a bodv of water nor-d : - tishI ing and Hunting re.-ort. ami wins tie? approbation of patrons by moving the quarters to :.: y >j ot that affords the best spon, say's "Popular Mechanics." There are ten guest rooms on board the big houseboat, each capable of accommodating two per>ons. a large dining- j room, and a kitch"n. Around the structure is a wide verandah, front which j perch car. be taken with a hook and j line if the craft is advantageously j moored. Trot:: are plentiful, but require a little more effort to capture, i Wild game abountrs in the woods which | surround the lake. During the winter, ■ when ice cover-- The water, the proprietor of the hotel becomes a fur trapper. i
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 29 March 1920, Page 4
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145A FLOATING HOTEL. Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 29 March 1920, Page 4
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