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reached this point in September, and returning eastward through Dacota, he revisited 

 Winnipeg on his way to Ottawa, where he arrived after an extended journey of seven 

 weeks in the Northwest, most of the time being at night under canvas. 



The following year (1882), with H. R. H. the Princess Louise, he visited British 

 Columbia. Lord Lorne and Her Royal Highness travelled by Niagara and Chicago to 

 San Fraucisco, arriving on September 13th. They embarked on H. M. S. " Comus " 

 for Victoria, where they landed on the 20th. After a week of ceremonial observances, 

 Lord Lorne and the Princess left for New Westminster on the 29th. Princess Louise 

 returned to Victoria, while Lord Lorne ascended the Fraser to Yale by steamer, thence he 

 proceeded by the old Cariboo road to Kamloops in the interior, returning by the same 

 route. 



On October 7tli, the Vice-regal party reëmbarked o]i tlie " Comus " for San Frani^isco. 

 While on the Pacific coast they visited St. Barbara and St. Angelo; after which they 

 returned to Ottawa. 



(12) Second Journey of Mr. Sandford Fleming, 1883. 



Li the summer of 1883, the writer of this paper was induced to undertake an examin- 

 ation of the route, which has since been located through the Rocky Mountains, for the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, and on which the lino has been constructed. Being at the 

 time in England, he crossed the Atlantic and on his arrival at Halifax proceeded to Lake 

 Superior. At this date the railway was comjjleted from Lake Superior as far west as 

 Calgary; consequently only a few days were required to arrive at the base of the 

 mountains. When at Winnipeg the writer had the good fortune to meet his old travelling 

 companion. Principal Grant, whom hi! had invited to accompany him. At Calgary, 

 horses were obtained to cross the mountains as far as any trail could be found. The party 

 followed Bow River to the continental "div^ide" where the waters flow eastward and 

 westw^ard to the Atlantic and the Pacific. They descended by Kicking Horse valley 

 to the Columbia, and after following that river for about thirty miles, ascended the 

 Selkirk range of mountains by the A^alley of Beaver River and descended on the western 

 slope by the valley of the Ille-celle-waet to the second crossing of the Columbia. The 

 journey was continued across the Eagle x^ass to the Shuswap Lakes. In many portions 

 of the route the trail was difficult to follow, until finally, in the Selkirks, all vestige 

 of a trail ceased. The horses were consequently unable to be taken further, and the 

 party was compelled to go onwards without them. Like other travellers, similarly situ- 

 ated, those who made this journey experienced difficulty and anxiety ; they however 

 succeeded in reaching Kamloops and proceeded in the usual way to New Westminster. 

 It is worthy of note that this was the first connected expedition through the mountains, 

 in fact the first continuous joiirney on the actual route of the railway as established 

 from Lake Superior to the Pacific coast. Dr. G-rant wrote several papers in the Toronto 

 'Week' describing it. The writer's experience was embodied in a volume published the 

 year following. ' 



England and Canada, a summer tour between Old and New Westminster, 1884. 



