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O N T H E T R A I L T O P E A C E R I V E R 87
Our work being completed here, we set out for the Crossi
n g by waggon, our route lying over the same majestic
prairies, and reached the Landing the second night, passing
the Roman Catholic and Church of England Missions on the
way. The former Mission is an extensive establishment,
w i t h a fine farm and garden. Indeed, with the exception of
primitive outlying stations, all the principal Roman Catholic
Missions, by their extent and completeness, put our own
more meagrely endowed establishments into rather painful
contrast.
A great concourse of natives was at the Landing awaiting
our arrival. The place was covered w i t h tepees and tents, and
no less than four trading marquees had been pitched pending
the scrip issue, which it took some time to complete.
Near the Landing were the m i l l and farm of a namesake
of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. His father, indeed, was a
cousin of the renowned explorer who gave his name to the
great river of the North. This father, under whom, M r .
Mackenzie said, L o r d Strathcona had spent his first year as a
clerk i n the Hudson's B a y Company's service, was drowned,
with nine Iroquois, whilst running the Lachine Rapids i n a
bark canoe. His son came to Peace River i n 1863, and his
career, as he told it to me, w i l l bear repeating. He was born
at Three Rivers, i n Lower Canada, i n 1843, and was sent to
Scotland to be educated, remaining there u n t i l he was eighteen
years of age. In 1861 he joined the Hudson's B a y Company's
service, wintering first at Norway House under Chief-factor
W i l l i am Sinclair, but removed to Peace River, became
a chief- trader there i n 1872, and, after some years of service,
retired, and has lived at the Crossing ever since.
The Landing, he told me, used to be known as " The
Forks," it being here that the Smoky River joins the Peace;
and here were concentrated, i n bygone days, the posts and
rivalries of the great fur companies. The remains of the
North- West Company's fort are still visible on the north
bank, a few miles above the Landing. On the south shore,
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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 E R 87 Our work being completed here, we set out for the Crossi n g by waggon, our route lying over the same majestic prairies, and reached the Landing the second night, passing the Roman Catholic and Church of England Missions on the way. The former Mission is an extensive establishment, w i t h a fine farm and garden. Indeed, with the exception of primitive outlying stations, all the principal Roman Catholic Missions, by their extent and completeness, put our own more meagrely endowed establishments into rather painful contrast. A great concourse of natives was at the Landing awaiting our arrival. The place was covered w i t h tepees and tents, and no less than four trading marquees had been pitched pending the scrip issue, which it took some time to complete. Near the Landing were the m i l l and farm of a namesake of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. His father, indeed, was a cousin of the renowned explorer who gave his name to the great river of the North. This father, under whom, M r . Mackenzie said, L o r d Strathcona had spent his first year as a clerk i n the Hudson's B a y Company's service, was drowned, with nine Iroquois, whilst running the Lachine Rapids i n a bark canoe. His son came to Peace River i n 1863, and his career, as he told it to me, w i l l bear repeating. He was born at Three Rivers, i n Lower Canada, i n 1843, and was sent to Scotland to be educated, remaining there u n t i l he was eighteen years of age. In 1861 he joined the Hudson's B a y Company's service, wintering first at Norway House under Chief-factor W i l l i am Sinclair, but removed to Peace River, became a chief- trader there i n 1872, and, after some years of service, retired, and has lived at the Crossing ever since. The Landing, he told me, used to be known as " The Forks," it being here that the Smoky River joins the Peace; and here were concentrated, i n bygone days, the posts and rivalries of the great fur companies. The remains of the North- West Company's fort are still visible on the north bank, a few miles above the Landing. On the south shore, |
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