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140 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
more noticeable than good- land, the tendency is to overestimate.
Its proportion to arable land is generally put at
about 50 per cent., which may be over or under the truth,
for only actual township or topographic surveys can determine
it.
The country drained by the lower river, the Loon, as it is
improperly called i n our maps, navigable for canoes a l l the
way to where it enters the Peace, was described as an extensive
and very u n i f o rm plateau, sloping gently to the north.
To the south the P e l i c a n Mountains formed a noble background
to the view from the Mission, which is indeed
charming i n a l l directions.
At the mouth of the river, and facing the M i s s i o n , a long
point stretches out, d i v i d i n g the lake into two deep arms,
the M i s s i o n being situated upon another point around w h i ch
the lake sweeps to the north. The scene recalls the view
f r om the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Lesser Slave
Lake, but excels it i n the larger extent of water, broken into
by scores of bayous, or pools, bordered by an intensely green
water- weed of u n i f o rm height, and smooth- topt as a well-elipt
lawn. Behind these are hay meadows, a continuation
of the long l i n e of them we had passed coming up.
Upon the whole, we considered this an i n v i t i n g region for
any farmer who is not afraid to tackle the forest. But
whether a railway would pass this way at first seemed to
us doubtful. The head of Lesser Slave Lake lies far to the
south- west, and there it is most l i k e l y to pass on its way to
the Peace. What could be supplied, however, is a waggon-road
from Wahpooskow to Athabasca L a n d i n g , instead of
the present dog- trail, which passes many deep ravines, and
makes a long detour by Sand}' Lake. Such a road should
pass by the east end of the first Wahpooskow Lake, thence
to Rock I s l a n d Lake, and on by C a l l i n g L a k e to the L a n d i n g,
a distance of about one hundred miles. Such a road, whilst
saving 125 miles of travel by the present route, would cut
down the cost of transport by f u l l y one- half.
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| OCR | 140 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN more noticeable than good- land, the tendency is to overestimate. Its proportion to arable land is generally put at about 50 per cent., which may be over or under the truth, for only actual township or topographic surveys can determine it. The country drained by the lower river, the Loon, as it is improperly called i n our maps, navigable for canoes a l l the way to where it enters the Peace, was described as an extensive and very u n i f o rm plateau, sloping gently to the north. To the south the P e l i c a n Mountains formed a noble background to the view from the Mission, which is indeed charming i n a l l directions. At the mouth of the river, and facing the M i s s i o n , a long point stretches out, d i v i d i n g the lake into two deep arms, the M i s s i o n being situated upon another point around w h i ch the lake sweeps to the north. The scene recalls the view f r om the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Lesser Slave Lake, but excels it i n the larger extent of water, broken into by scores of bayous, or pools, bordered by an intensely green water- weed of u n i f o rm height, and smooth- topt as a well-elipt lawn. Behind these are hay meadows, a continuation of the long l i n e of them we had passed coming up. Upon the whole, we considered this an i n v i t i n g region for any farmer who is not afraid to tackle the forest. But whether a railway would pass this way at first seemed to us doubtful. The head of Lesser Slave Lake lies far to the south- west, and there it is most l i k e l y to pass on its way to the Peace. What could be supplied, however, is a waggon-road from Wahpooskow to Athabasca L a n d i n g , instead of the present dog- trail, which passes many deep ravines, and makes a long detour by Sand}' Lake. Such a road should pass by the east end of the first Wahpooskow Lake, thence to Rock I s l a n d Lake, and on by C a l l i n g L a k e to the L a n d i n g, a distance of about one hundred miles. Such a road, whilst saving 125 miles of travel by the present route, would cut down the cost of transport by f u l l y one- half. |
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