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C H A P T E R X .
THE TRIP TO WAHPOOSKOW.
OUR route l a y first up the P e l i c a n R i v e r , the Chachakew
of the Crees, and then f r om the " d i v i d e " down the Wahpooskow
watershed to the lake. We had six canoemen, and our
journey began by " p a c k i n g " our outfit over a four- mile
portage, commencing w i t h a tremendously long and steep
h i l l , and ending on a beautiful bank of the P e l i c a n , a fine
brown stream about one hundred feet wide, where we found
our canoes awaiting us, capital " Peterboroughs," i n good
order. Here also were a number of bark canoes, c a r r y i ng
the outfit of M r . Ladoucere, a half- breed trader going up to
Wahpooskow. Mr. Prudhomme and myself occupied one
canoe, and with two experienced canoemen, Auger at the
stern and C a r d i n a l at the bow, we kept well up w i t h the
procession.
Where the channels are shallow, poles are used, w h i c h the
men handled very dexterously, n i c k i n g i n and out amongst
the rocks and rapids i n the neatest way; but i n the main
the propulsion was by our paddles, a delight to me, having
been bred to canoeing f r om boyhood. We stopped for luncheon
at a lovely " place of trees " overhanging a deep, dark,
a l l u r i n g pool, where we knew there were fish, but had no
time to make a east. So far the banks of the P e l i c a n were
of a moderate height, and the adjacent country evidently
dry— a good soil, and berries very p l e n t i f u l . Presently,
between banks overhung with long grass, birch and alder,
we entered a succession of the sweetest l i t t l e rapids and
riffles imaginable, the brown water dancing amongst the
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| OCR | C H A P T E R X . THE TRIP TO WAHPOOSKOW. OUR route l a y first up the P e l i c a n R i v e r , the Chachakew of the Crees, and then f r om the " d i v i d e " down the Wahpooskow watershed to the lake. We had six canoemen, and our journey began by " p a c k i n g " our outfit over a four- mile portage, commencing w i t h a tremendously long and steep h i l l , and ending on a beautiful bank of the P e l i c a n , a fine brown stream about one hundred feet wide, where we found our canoes awaiting us, capital " Peterboroughs," i n good order. Here also were a number of bark canoes, c a r r y i ng the outfit of M r . Ladoucere, a half- breed trader going up to Wahpooskow. Mr. Prudhomme and myself occupied one canoe, and with two experienced canoemen, Auger at the stern and C a r d i n a l at the bow, we kept well up w i t h the procession. Where the channels are shallow, poles are used, w h i c h the men handled very dexterously, n i c k i n g i n and out amongst the rocks and rapids i n the neatest way; but i n the main the propulsion was by our paddles, a delight to me, having been bred to canoeing f r om boyhood. We stopped for luncheon at a lovely " place of trees " overhanging a deep, dark, a l l u r i n g pool, where we knew there were fish, but had no time to make a east. So far the banks of the P e l i c a n were of a moderate height, and the adjacent country evidently dry— a good soil, and berries very p l e n t i f u l . Presently, between banks overhung with long grass, birch and alder, we entered a succession of the sweetest l i t t l e rapids and riffles imaginable, the brown water dancing amongst the 132 |
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