[ERMATINGER] YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL 85 
Nane'—distance 5 or 6 miles? Set a net. Two men also repair a weir 
already made in the River. Find here Cardinalle,? a freeman, and 
family with several tents of Indians. Mr. Stuart‘ remains at Pembina 
with the rest of the horses to wait his people. 
Saturday, 19th.—Fine warm weather. Our net last night yielded 
60 carp and the weir 30 carp and pike—9 horses are returned to assist 
Mr. Stuart in bringing forward his pieces. Afterwards 3 men sent off 
to clear the road ahead of fallen wood and also to make a wear at 
Berland’s Lake® to supply fish on our arrival. 
Sunday, 20th.—Fine warm weather. Our fishing yield about the 
same quantity as last night. A man arrives from Mr. Stuart with 
letters. The craft were about to arrive when he left. Mr. 8. had gone 
down to meet them on a raft. Having collected all the carp we are able 
for our voyage we take our departure hence with 13 loaded horses. 
Travel about 8 miles thro’ woods occasionally very bad road and 
encamp. One of the horses is unable to bring up his load. The men 
carry it. 
Monday, 21st.—Fine weather. Start at 5 a.m. Mr. Douglas! with 
one man goes ahead to reach the Fort to-day. Near Berland’s Lake 
we meet 5 men with 22 horses from Edmonton—take 2 saddle horses 
for Messrs. E. Harriot and Ermatinger. Send the rest forward to meet 
Mr. Stuart. Take breakfast at Berland’s Creek. Afterwards proceed 
to the large scaffold and encamp. Our route to Berland’s Lake was for 
the greater part bad in the extreme—thro’ thick woods full of deep 
mires—thence the road takes thro’ the plains and is pretty good. 
Distance say to the Lake 12 miles and to the encampment 8 or 9 do. 
Tuesday, 22nd.—Fine warm weather. Proceed at 4 a.m. reach 
the Sturgeon River® about 10 o’clock with the strongest of the horses. 
Others do not arrive till 2 o’clock—occupy our time till 3 p.m. rafting 
our property across—afterwards resume our journey and arrive at 

‘Lac la Nonne or Nun lake; about 40 miles north-west of Edmonton; is now 
the centre of a flourishing settlement. 
? That is, from Pembina river. 
® Probably Cardinal. 
‘ John Stuart, see ante, 
5 Weir. 
® Probably the lake now known as Sandy lake in Tps. 55 and 56, R. I, West of 
5th meridian. See p. 107. 
7 David Douglas, the botanist. 
® Probably the stream from present Sandy lake to Sturgeon river in Tp. 55, R. I, 
W. of 5th meridian. 
® The trail crossed the Sturgeon river a short distance below the present settle- 
ment of St. Albert. . 
