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E D M O N T O N TO L E S S E E S L A V E L A K E 31
looking sheet of water. Some miles farther on we crossed
Whiskey Creek, a white man's name, of cours*, given by
an i l l i c i t distiller, who throve for a time, in rite old " Permit
days,'' in this secluded spot,. Beyond this the long lino of
the Vermilion H i l l s hove in sight, and presently we reached
the. Vermilion River, the Wyanmn of the Cree » . and. before
nightfall, the Nasookamow, or Twin Lake, making our camp
in an open besmirched pinery, a carlo shelter, with bleak
and bare surroundings, neighboured by the shack of a solitary
settler. He had. no doubt, good reasons for his choice;
but it seemed a very much less inviting locality than Stony
Creek, which we came to next morning, approaching it
through rich and massive spruce woods, '. he ground strewn
with anemones, harebells ain't violets, and interspersed; with
almost, startlingly snow- white poplars, whose delicate buds
had just opened into leaf.
Stony Creek is a tributary of a larger stream, called, rho
Tawufimiow, which means " a past- age i„ : w . v n bids." bid-is
an interesting spot, for here is the height of land, the
' ' d i v i d e " between the Saskatchewan and rho Athaba- ea.
between Arctic, audi Hudson Bay waters, the stream before
us flowing north, and carrying the yellowish- red tinge common
to the waters on this slope. A great valley to the left
of the trail runs parallel with it from the Sturgeon to the
Tawutinaow, evidently the channel of an ancient river,
whose course it would now be difficult 10 dee " mine without
close examination. At all events, ir stretches almost ' r> » w
the Saskatchewan to the Athabasca, and indicates some area',
watershed in times past. Hay was abundant hero, and
much stock, it was evident, might be raised in the district.
Towards evening we reached the Tawutinaow bridge, some
eighteen miles from the Landing, our finest camp, dry and
pleasant, with sward and copse and a fine stream close by.
Here is an extensive peat bed,' which was once on fire and
burnt for years— a great peril to freighters' ponies, which
sometimes grazed into its unseen but smouldering depths.
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| OCR | E D M O N T O N TO L E S S E E S L A V E L A K E 31 looking sheet of water. Some miles farther on we crossed Whiskey Creek, a white man's name, of cours*, given by an i l l i c i t distiller, who throve for a time, in rite old " Permit days,'' in this secluded spot,. Beyond this the long lino of the Vermilion H i l l s hove in sight, and presently we reached the. Vermilion River, the Wyanmn of the Cree » . and. before nightfall, the Nasookamow, or Twin Lake, making our camp in an open besmirched pinery, a carlo shelter, with bleak and bare surroundings, neighboured by the shack of a solitary settler. He had. no doubt, good reasons for his choice; but it seemed a very much less inviting locality than Stony Creek, which we came to next morning, approaching it through rich and massive spruce woods, '. he ground strewn with anemones, harebells ain't violets, and interspersed; with almost, startlingly snow- white poplars, whose delicate buds had just opened into leaf. Stony Creek is a tributary of a larger stream, called, rho Tawufimiow, which means " a past- age i„ : w . v n bids." bid-is an interesting spot, for here is the height of land, the ' ' d i v i d e " between the Saskatchewan and rho Athaba- ea. between Arctic, audi Hudson Bay waters, the stream before us flowing north, and carrying the yellowish- red tinge common to the waters on this slope. A great valley to the left of the trail runs parallel with it from the Sturgeon to the Tawutinaow, evidently the channel of an ancient river, whose course it would now be difficult 10 dee " mine without close examination. At all events, ir stretches almost ' r> » w the Saskatchewan to the Athabasca, and indicates some area', watershed in times past. Hay was abundant hero, and much stock, it was evident, might be raised in the district. Towards evening we reached the Tawutinaow bridge, some eighteen miles from the Landing, our finest camp, dry and pleasant, with sward and copse and a fine stream close by. Here is an extensive peat bed,' which was once on fire and burnt for years— a great peril to freighters' ponies, which sometimes grazed into its unseen but smouldering depths. |
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