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[ERMATINGER] YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL 12! 
28th.—Arrive at Lac la Pluie! at 7 p.m. 
30th.—Start before 5. Encamp half way thro’ lake at 7 p.m. 
September— 
Ist.—Start at 4 past 3 a.m. Encamp above the Rapids above 
Portage Francais? at 4 past 6—break one canoe in the Rapids. 
2nd.—Very cold, start at 4 a.m. 
5th.—Arrive at Fort Wiliam about 5 p.m. Started from above 
Portage des Couteaux.* 
7th.—Leave Fort William‘ about 5 a.m. 
Sth.—Start at 4 past 3 a.m., at 9 put ashore. Wind astern too 
strong unable to proceed—resume at + past 3. Encamp at 8. 
9th.—Start at 5 nearly calm—arrive at the Pic between 4 and 5 
p.m. 
10th, Wednesday.—Wind bound. 
11th.— ditto 
12th.—Start at 5 and encamp at 8. 
13th.— ditto. Arrive at Michipicoten® at 1 p.m. 
14th.—Start at 4 past 2 p.m. having left a canoe with 10 men to 
wait for dispatches from Moose? in charge of Mr. Mittleberger. Encamp 
at 8—10 leagues. 
15th.—Wind and rain. Start only at 10 a.m. 
16th.—Start early. Sail across one long traverse. Encamp at 
Point au Pin’ at 8 p.m. 
17th.—Arrive at the Sault® about 9 a.m. 
18th.—Leave the Sault between 9 and 10. Wind ahead. Encamp 
at 4 past 6. 

1 Rainy lake. 
? French portage; in stream from Windigustigwan lake to French lake, 155 
miles from Lake Superior. 
3 Knife portage is 314 miles from Fort William. 
‘When the Grand Portage route was abandoned, the head-quarters of the North 
West Co. were removed to Fort William, named in honour of William McGillivray; 
building was commenced in 1801, went on in 1802 and 1803 and was, probably, com- 
pleted in 1804. 
5 A Hudson’s Bay Co. post on the north shore of lake Superior, at the mouth*of 
Pic river, near present village of Heron Bay. 
$ A Hudson’s Bay Co. post at the mouth of Michipicoten river, Algoma dist. 
7 Moose Factory. 
5 Pte. aux Pins, 6 miles west of Sault Ste. Marie. 
® Sault Ste. Marie. 
