[Garry ] DIARY OF NICHOLAS GARRY 1583 
on this Side the old Fort destroyed by Pérouse in 1782.1 Some Remains 
still exist and we saw several Cannon on the Beach. Passed the Prince 
of Wales and Lord Wellington at Anchor about seven Miles from the 
Fort, at Five Fathom Hole. Entered the Nelson River; the Entrance 
31 Miles Broad. Got round a Point running from what is a long Sand 
Bank going out fully 3 miles. On the Point is a high Beacon. It is 
called the Point de [?] Marsh. The River narrows like a Tunnel and at 
a Point called Flambro’ Head which is on the N. West Side it is not 
more than three Miles. The Banks on the West Side are higher than 

A NORTHWEST VIEW OF PRINCE OF WALES Fort IN Hupson’s Bay. 
From S. Hearne’s Journey, 1795. 
on the East but consist in Sand without Timber at least so stunted and 
miserable that it could never be used for building. And this appears 
to be the Case in every direction. At seven we encamped on the West 
Side. The Banks swampy. The Timber consists in low Pine quite 
unfit for building and the Ground marshy. Several very nice Berries, 
Swampy Berry,? small Blue Berry.* 
Sunday the 26th August. Rose at four but found the Water too 
low, the Tide not having flowed in. At half-past six started. Beau- 
tiful Day. Passed Flambro’ Head. The River now narrow may be 
three Miles. Ran up to the Seal Islands three in Number about 35 

1 Aug. 28rd, after a most ignominious surrender by Governor Hearne. See the 
‘Great Company, Beckles Willson (London, 1900), II., pp. 70-76. 
2 Richardson in Appendix to Franklin’s first voyage mentions Oxycoccus palus- 
tris (the maskægomeena of the Cree Indians) as the swampy berry. 
3 A Vaccinium, canadense, or cceespitosum, probably. 
