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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 



This photograph shows how the banks of Canada follow closely upon 

 the entrance of civilization 



Kind friends helped 

 us unload. A cheery 

 fire in the salon, a 

 cup of tea, and wel- 

 coming smiles soon 

 drove out the cold 

 and stiffness accu- 

 mulated since five 

 in the morning. This 

 was at the end of the 

 telegraph line and 

 the beginning of civ- 

 ilization which curi- 

 ously enough was 

 truly welcome. 



Will the North 

 pass as our West 

 has passed? Even 

 when the Peace 

 River is settled as it 

 soon will be, there 

 will remain a vast 

 fur-bearing region, 

 but that the peculiar 

 types of white people 

 and Indians with 

 their present cus- 

 toms and manners 

 can long survive is 

 a question, and they 

 make the real North. 



Hudson's Bay Company's boat "Athabaska River' 

 tion boat Its about to pass after tliree hours' racing 



wliich the opposi- 



