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106 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
quaint appearance of some secluded fishing village on the
G u l f of St. Lawrence.
I n sight, but above the bay, was the trading- post of C o l in
Fraser, whose father, the M c C r i m m o n of the North- West,
was S i r George Simpson's piper. The late Chief- factor
Camsell, of F o r t Simpson, and myself paddled up to i t , and
were most hospitably entertained fey M r . Fraser and his
agreeable family. His father's . bagpipes, s t i l l i n excellent
order, were speedily brought out, and it was interesting to
handle them, for they had heralded the approach of the
autocratic l i t t l e Governor to many an inland post from
Hudson's B a y to Fraser R i v e r , over seventy years before.
Several days were spent at the fort taking declarations,
but, unlike V e r m i l i o n or Dunvegan, there- were few large
families here, the applicants being mainly young people.
The agricultural resources of this region of rocks are cert
a i n l y meagre compared w i t h those of Peace R i v e r . Potatoes,
where there is any available soil, grow to a good size; barley
was nearly ripe when we were there, and wheat ripens, too.
B u t , of course, it is not a f a r m i n g region, nor are fish plentif
u l at the west end of the lake, the Athabasca R i v e r , which
enters there, g i v i n g for over twenty miles eastward a muddy
hue to the water. The rest of the lake is crystal clear, and
whitefish are plentiful, also lake trout, which are caught
up to t h i r t y , and even forty, pounds' weight.
The distance from F o r t Chipewyan to F o n d d u L a c is
about 185 miles, but the lake extends over 75 miles farther
eastward i n a n a r r ow arm, g i v i n g a total length of about 300
miles, the greatest w i d t h being about, 50 miles. The whole
eastern portion of the lake is a desolate scene of primitive
rock and scrub pine, with many quartz exposures,
which are probably mineralized, but w i t h no land, not
even for a garden. The scenery, however, from B l a ck
B a y to F o n d du Lac is very beautiful, consisting largely
of islands as diversified and as numerous as the Thousand
Islands in the St. Lawrence. These extremely
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| OCR | 106 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN quaint appearance of some secluded fishing village on the G u l f of St. Lawrence. I n sight, but above the bay, was the trading- post of C o l in Fraser, whose father, the M c C r i m m o n of the North- West, was S i r George Simpson's piper. The late Chief- factor Camsell, of F o r t Simpson, and myself paddled up to i t , and were most hospitably entertained fey M r . Fraser and his agreeable family. His father's . bagpipes, s t i l l i n excellent order, were speedily brought out, and it was interesting to handle them, for they had heralded the approach of the autocratic l i t t l e Governor to many an inland post from Hudson's B a y to Fraser R i v e r , over seventy years before. Several days were spent at the fort taking declarations, but, unlike V e r m i l i o n or Dunvegan, there- were few large families here, the applicants being mainly young people. The agricultural resources of this region of rocks are cert a i n l y meagre compared w i t h those of Peace R i v e r . Potatoes, where there is any available soil, grow to a good size; barley was nearly ripe when we were there, and wheat ripens, too. B u t , of course, it is not a f a r m i n g region, nor are fish plentif u l at the west end of the lake, the Athabasca R i v e r , which enters there, g i v i n g for over twenty miles eastward a muddy hue to the water. The rest of the lake is crystal clear, and whitefish are plentiful, also lake trout, which are caught up to t h i r t y , and even forty, pounds' weight. The distance from F o r t Chipewyan to F o n d d u L a c is about 185 miles, but the lake extends over 75 miles farther eastward i n a n a r r ow arm, g i v i n g a total length of about 300 miles, the greatest w i d t h being about, 50 miles. The whole eastern portion of the lake is a desolate scene of primitive rock and scrub pine, with many quartz exposures, which are probably mineralized, but w i t h no land, not even for a garden. The scenery, however, from B l a ck B a y to F o n d du Lac is very beautiful, consisting largely of islands as diversified and as numerous as the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence. These extremely |
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