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O N T H E T R A I L T O P E A C E R I V ER 85
called, the largest bark canoe made by the Indians, carrying
about six tons and a crew of sixteen paddlers, and which
ascended as far as Fort W i l l i a m . Thence further progress
was made i n the much smaller " N o r t h Canoes " to all points
west of Lake Superior. This particular journey of nearly
3,200 miles, made almost entirely by canoe, wTas completed
from York Factory to Fort Langley, near the mouth of
Fraser River, i n sixty- five days of actual paddling, an average
of about fifty miles a day, nearly all up stream.
Only two buildings of the old fort remained at the time of
our visit, both in a ruinous condition. The old fireplaces
and the roofs of spruce bark, a covering much used i n the
country, were s t i l l sound, and several cellars indicated where
the other buildings had stood. The later post is about a gunshot
to the east of them, and the whole site had certainly been
well chosen, being completely sheltered by the immensely
high banks of the great and deep river, wmose bends " shouldered
" and seemed to shut i n the place east and west, also
by the " Caps," two very high hills forming the bank on each
side of the river, so called from their fancied resemblance to-a
skull- cap. The river here is over four hundred yards in
width, and its banks, from the water's edge to the upper
prairie level, are some six hundred feet or more i n height;,
but, as the t r a i l leads, the ascent of the great slope is about a
mile i n length.
A number of townships had been blocked here, at onetime,
by M r . Ogilvie, D . L . S . , but not subdivided, F o r t Dunvegan
being situated, i f I mistake not, i n the south- west
corner of Township 80, Range 4, west of the Sixth Meridian..
The Roman Catholic M i s s i o n east of the fort was found to-be
beautifully sheltered, and neighboured by fine fields of
wheat and a garden full of green peas and new potatoes. But
this was on the flat. There was no farming whatever on the
north side, on the upper and beautiful prairies described. A
M r . M i l t o n had tried, it was said, about ten miles east of
Dunvegan, but did not make a success of it.
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| OCR | O N T H E T R A I L T O P E A C E R I V ER 85 called, the largest bark canoe made by the Indians, carrying about six tons and a crew of sixteen paddlers, and which ascended as far as Fort W i l l i a m . Thence further progress was made i n the much smaller " N o r t h Canoes " to all points west of Lake Superior. This particular journey of nearly 3,200 miles, made almost entirely by canoe, wTas completed from York Factory to Fort Langley, near the mouth of Fraser River, i n sixty- five days of actual paddling, an average of about fifty miles a day, nearly all up stream. Only two buildings of the old fort remained at the time of our visit, both in a ruinous condition. The old fireplaces and the roofs of spruce bark, a covering much used i n the country, were s t i l l sound, and several cellars indicated where the other buildings had stood. The later post is about a gunshot to the east of them, and the whole site had certainly been well chosen, being completely sheltered by the immensely high banks of the great and deep river, wmose bends " shouldered " and seemed to shut i n the place east and west, also by the " Caps," two very high hills forming the bank on each side of the river, so called from their fancied resemblance to-a skull- cap. The river here is over four hundred yards in width, and its banks, from the water's edge to the upper prairie level, are some six hundred feet or more i n height;, but, as the t r a i l leads, the ascent of the great slope is about a mile i n length. A number of townships had been blocked here, at onetime, by M r . Ogilvie, D . L . S . , but not subdivided, F o r t Dunvegan being situated, i f I mistake not, i n the south- west corner of Township 80, Range 4, west of the Sixth Meridian.. The Roman Catholic M i s s i o n east of the fort was found to-be beautifully sheltered, and neighboured by fine fields of wheat and a garden full of green peas and new potatoes. But this was on the flat. There was no farming whatever on the north side, on the upper and beautiful prairies described. A M r . M i l t o n had tried, it was said, about ten miles east of Dunvegan, but did not make a success of it. |
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