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D O W N T H E P E A C E R I V E R. 9.3
and an exquisite array of gold and scarlet clouds i n the east,
which dyed the whole river a delicate red, we floated down
to the hamlet of Vermilion. The place proved to be a rather
extensive settlement, with yellow wheat- fields and much
• cattle, for it is a fine hay country. The pioneer Canadians
at Vermilion were the Lawrence family, which had been
• settled there for over twenty years. They were originally
residents of Shefford County, Eastern Townships, and set out
from Montreal for Peace River i n A p r i l , 1879, making the
jotirney to V e r m i l i o n , by way of E o r t Carlton, Isle a la Crosse
and Fort McMurray, i n four months and some ten days. The
• elder M r . Lawrence had been engaged under Bishop Bompas
to conduct a mission school at Chipewyan, but after a time
removed to Vermilion, where he organized another school,
which he conducted until 1891. He then resigned, and began
farming on his own account, and, by and by, w i t h great pains
and expense, brought i n a flour m i l l , whose operation stimulated
settlement, and speedily reduced the price of flour from
$ 25 to $ 8 a sack. Unfortunately, this useful m i l l was burnt
i n A p r i l preceding our visit. The yield of grain, moreover,
most of it wheat, was estimated at 10,000 bushels, and the
burning of the m i l l was therefore not only a great loss to
M r . Lawrence, but a severe blow to the place. The population
interested i n farming was estimated at about three hundred
soids, thus forming the nucleus of a very promising
settlement, now, of course, at its wits' end for gristing. Vermilion
seemed to be a very favourable supply point in
- starting other settlements, being i n touch by water with Loon
River, H a y River, and other points east and north, where
there is abundance of excellent land. For the present, and
pending railway development, it was plain that the great
and pressing requirement of the region was a good waggon-road
by way of Wahpooskow to Athabasca Landing, a
• distance of three hundred miles, thus avoiding the dangerous
rapids of the Athabasca, or the long detour by way of Lesser
• Slave Lake, and making communication easy i n winter time.
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| OCR | D O W N T H E P E A C E R I V E R. 9.3 and an exquisite array of gold and scarlet clouds i n the east, which dyed the whole river a delicate red, we floated down to the hamlet of Vermilion. The place proved to be a rather extensive settlement, with yellow wheat- fields and much • cattle, for it is a fine hay country. The pioneer Canadians at Vermilion were the Lawrence family, which had been • settled there for over twenty years. They were originally residents of Shefford County, Eastern Townships, and set out from Montreal for Peace River i n A p r i l , 1879, making the jotirney to V e r m i l i o n , by way of E o r t Carlton, Isle a la Crosse and Fort McMurray, i n four months and some ten days. The • elder M r . Lawrence had been engaged under Bishop Bompas to conduct a mission school at Chipewyan, but after a time removed to Vermilion, where he organized another school, which he conducted until 1891. He then resigned, and began farming on his own account, and, by and by, w i t h great pains and expense, brought i n a flour m i l l , whose operation stimulated settlement, and speedily reduced the price of flour from $ 25 to $ 8 a sack. Unfortunately, this useful m i l l was burnt i n A p r i l preceding our visit. The yield of grain, moreover, most of it wheat, was estimated at 10,000 bushels, and the burning of the m i l l was therefore not only a great loss to M r . Lawrence, but a severe blow to the place. The population interested i n farming was estimated at about three hundred soids, thus forming the nucleus of a very promising settlement, now, of course, at its wits' end for gristing. Vermilion seemed to be a very favourable supply point in - starting other settlements, being i n touch by water with Loon River, H a y River, and other points east and north, where there is abundance of excellent land. For the present, and pending railway development, it was plain that the great and pressing requirement of the region was a good waggon-road by way of Wahpooskow to Athabasca Landing, a • distance of three hundred miles, thus avoiding the dangerous rapids of the Athabasca, or the long detour by way of Lesser • Slave Lake, and making communication easy i n winter time. |
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