﻿186 FORT NORMAN. July, 



spicuous part. The ridge continued from this hill 

 crosses Bear Lake River in the middle of its course, 

 and there forms a rapid. 



A short way below the " Angle," the Ked. Rock 

 River, named also Riviere des Grosses Boches, flows 

 in from the west. It looks wide at its mouth, but 

 is not a large stream. Fifteen miles further down, 

 the Gravel or Dahadinne River, already mentioned, 

 flowing also from the mountains on the left, comes 

 in below the site of an old fort. We were opposite 

 to this when we resumed our oars on the morning 

 of the 26th at four o'clock, and soon afterwards, 

 passing a sandy promontory on the left hand named 

 the " Crumbling Beaver " {Castor qui deboule), we 

 arrived at Fort Norman. Obtaining here a bottle 

 of milk as a grateful addition to our breakfast, we 

 landed two hours later to prepare that meal, and 

 at noon reached the mouth of Bear Lake River. 

 Between Fort Norman and this river a tertiary 

 coal formation occurs, which deserves particular 

 notice. 



The coal, when recently extracted from the 

 beds, is massive, and most generally shows tlie 

 woody structure distinctly, the beds appearing to 

 be composed of pretty large trunks of trees lying 

 horizontally, and having their woody fibres and 

 layers much twisted and contorted, similar to the 

 white spruce now growing in exposed situations 



