tiie Saîkatchiwinè River* has fónned.thë land that liei between it and the
lake/forithe diftancé of upwards bf twenty miles, in the diinë offtfeéîriver,
which is inundated duringxone half of thofumriner* though; cohered 3#ith
wood. This Ia4 e,Torm&an. irrèguteJïbxfeHfhQé/>caïe ;fideïiôf which runs
to the North-Weft, and hears, .the. name; o f ' Rjne-dflarid,LaMfirmdilthe=
other known by the name already mentioned,. runsta-jthe Eaft ©frNorth,
and isithe largeh;: its length is about twenty-feven miles,,and its greateft
breadth about fix miles. The North fide o f the latter is the fame kind
o£rrock;as ,that deferibed in Lake Wipipip, on the*^feft lhbr#> *Tnsj4|fe
tftdçygspütS. North,ithó StuftpOQ-nWeir. Riyç^^lfehasÇgoS;;itfeJIrintô thia,
laké/{aiidiits J?ed appears to hfe dfithf*ÿaùie kindr^f rpek, $&d is.ahppft a,
fcpntiausd jrapid’. ItsftipeQ; courfe is about Weft by
windings, is about thirty miles. It takes its wafgr$ Lake,
the SouffirWeft fide of which conflits of the fame rock lying ip-jlHh!'
ftratas : the route then proceeds, from ifland to ifland for .ajbout. twelve
miles, and along the North fhore, for four indes more, the wholeheing
a North-Weft cbprffe Eq •die;ent#ndp<^ A
The lake, for this diftance, is about four or five inihsfwideiiah,d>;abounds
with fifh common to the country. The part of it upon the right of that
which has be,fen,dffc-fibed, appears more eohfiderabJe<; The;ifl&ncbare
yfid-il&kß /itlèlfj furrounded; byjAPlkSos The; c^iBuniça^bh;
froin. hence to tfier Bouleau Lake,, alternately. (narrows jpto risers; and
fpreads into fmall Jakes.' The interruptions, are, jhpPente ; Portage,,
which is fucçeeded by the Grand Rapid,/where «there ;is a Décharge,
the Carp Portage, the Bouleau Portage in latitude 54. 50. North, including
a diftance, together with' the windings,- o f ^thirty-foUr Tniles,
in a Wéfterly direction. The Lake de Bouleau then follows. . This
lake
lake migbt with |reater propriety;;?be ( denominated a eanal, as it
is \nôt: «tnore-'thah a mile- it* ' b read th. Itsvcoutfeu is rather , to the
Eaft of«North ; for.-:twdVe miles.;to Portage ‘tie Llfle. * From thence
there : is ftill : water ib- 'Pôitagê dTpinettës/leXcept : an; adjoining rapid.
Thei.diftande.ds» not more■ thätä Join? '-mites' Wéfterly; After croffing
this Portage/Tè is hot -rrlore^ than twomiles? to^Lake Miron, which
is in la titu d e s^ 7 . ‘North: I Itsden^th’ is abolit twelve;miles, and its
breädth irregular, from two> to ten' miles r> It is'only feparated from
and fmall
ftfeit. That lake is hofimbre < than/levßn, -'miles dang, andits - courfe
about NoïthïWdftlï The Lake desBois then'/fucceedsi the paflage to
which is- through fmall lakes/ feparated by- falls and rapids, h The
firft is-a Décharge themTöHdfr the three galets* in immediate ; fuel-
*eëffiéîS; - Ffbôiî hence Lake ades» arâiaàf-;«ai^eêtat.■ twenty-rone nailer
Ifs courfe is 'Sbuth-South-Eaft, andiNorth-Nortk-Weft, and.is füll of
iflands. The paffage continues through an intricate, narrow, winding,
and {hallow channel for eight mites. Ï The : interruptions in this diftaiice
arfe -frequent, but depend much bn the ftate - bf the waters. Having
paffed them,ok is« neceftary tb profs the Portage de Traite, or, -as it is
called' by the Indians, Athiquifipichlgan sOuinigam, or the ForXag©s#f
the Stretched The waters .already dderibed
•difeharge 1 themfelves into Lake Winipic, and- augment thofe: of the
rwerNeMbn.!- Thefe which. we are nöwentering arecalled the MiCBnipi,
or grea t-Churchill Risings
. AlRhe country to thè'South and JEaft :o£ this* within the line of the
Ypf'bgtefs' that ; has i.beën/'deferâfeèd, is mterfpèrfed by lakes,thills,« and
riversJand is.full ofànrmals, ofitheiifur-kind^ as well as the mooferdoe?.
kiflfPt» - I Its