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the region one must leave Nipigon village and make a canoe trip of about 
seventy-five miles. This distance includes forty miles up the Nipigon 
River, twenty-five on Lake Nipigon, and ten up the Sturgeon River to 
the foot of the long rapids. To reach Lake Wendigokan from the Stur- 
geon it is necessary to portage about three miles east from the foot of the 
Split Rock, Nipigon River. 
rapids to Lake Corrigan. From the latter another portage about a mile 
long leads to a small marshy lake lying to the southeast, and from this 
lake it is but a short distance to Wendigokan. 
‘TOPOGRAPHY. 
If it were not for the hills of intrusive eruptive, later than the Huron- 
ian rocks, the region lying east of Lake Nipigon might be considered a 
peneplain. But these masses rise here and there, forming great irregulari- 
ties, on what would otherwise be approximately a plain formed by erosion. 
The long rapids on the Sturgeon River with a difference in elevation 
between the head and foot of about 80 feet, are due to one of these eruptive 
masses lying across the course of the stream. The portage trail from 
