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450 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



drainage is practically without Beaver to-day except at the head- 

 waters of the streams that come from the north and west. 



An interesting note on northern distribution is contributed 

 by Dr. R. Bell, of Ottawa: 



**0n the west side of Hudson's Bay [says he"] the north- 

 ern limit of the Beaver is rather south of the mouth of the 

 Churchill River. A party of natives, who had found a family 

 of Beavers some distance up the North River, between the 

 Churchill and the Seal Rivers, related the circumstances as un- 

 usual for that latitude." The exact place is shown on the 

 map by a cross a little west of the mouth of the Churchill 

 River. 

 IN MANi- One hundred years ago the Beaver abounded in every wil- 



low-fringed stream in Manitoba. 



Alexander Henry's fur returns on Red River show the 

 following account of Beaver skins. ^ (I give the modern names 

 of the places): 



TOTALS 



1 800-01 Reed or Roseau River, 832; Park River, 643 1475 



1801-02 Grand Forks, 410; Pembina Mountain, 200; 

 Scratching River, 130; Pembina River, 

 629 1369 



1802-03 Pembina River, 550; Turtle River, 337; Red 

 Lake, 85; Pembina Mountain, 30; Long 

 Prairie, 150; Bear's Head, 254; Lake 

 Manitoba, 116; Portage la Prairie, 229 . 1751 



1803-04 Portage la Prairie, 219; Lake Manitoba, 131 ; 

 Long Prairie, 100; Netley Creek, 520; 

 The Forks (/. ^., Winnipeg), 356; Pem- 

 bina Mountain, 182; Park River, 147; 

 Pembina River, 211 .... 1866 



1804-05 Portage la Prairie, 294; Dog Lake, 648; Long 

 Prairie, 184; Netley Creek, 350; White 

 Mud River, 150; Pembina Mountain, 

 121; Salt River, 160; Pembina River, 829 2736 



* Observ. Hudson's Bay, etc., Geol. Sur. Can., 1884., p. 49, App. 11. 

 'Alexander Henry's Journal, 1897, pp. 184, 198, 221, 245, 259, 281, 422, 440. 



