of Lake Superior. 1 i 



defiles of a very rugged country. At the south angle of the 

 bottom there is a clifF 500 feet high, overlooking a terrace of 

 siliceous sand. It is 30 feet thick, and is half a mile in length 

 and breadth. 



Off the moilth of this romantic bay, there is a flat and woody 

 islahd, called Montreal or Hoguart Island.— It may be from three 

 to four miles in diameter, and is rather nearest to the north cape 

 of the bay, Point Huggewong. 



This point (66^ miles from the south headland of Gros Cape) 

 is round, and consists of bluffs and cliffs, dipping from shattered 

 and round-topped eminences, 400 and 600 feet high. There are four 

 rocky islets, witli high sloping sides, off this point, exclusive of 

 several small ones around an indent half a mile from the extreme 

 point at the entrance of the bay. This indent is 400 yards wide, 

 and is a good harbour for vessels, having safe anchorage, and great 

 facility of access and departure. 



From Point Huggewong to Gargantua*, the next very remark- 

 able headland, the distance is 27 miles. The first fifteen miles are 

 slightly concave, and subdivided into minute coves. — By far the 

 greater portion of this space consists of deep and extensive beaches 

 of siliceous sand, interspersed here and there with low ragged 

 ledges of rock. The interior presents the same hills in height 

 and features as those of Huggewong Bay. I ascended one about 

 600 feet high : but could not see any distance inland. The streams 

 here are numerous : the principal are river Charon, (six miles from 

 Point Huggewong,) and Gravel lliver, five miles N.W. from the 

 river Charon). The Gravel river is 60 yards wide at tne mouth 

 but is very shallow there, except near the west bank. It has a fall 

 a small distance from the lake, and derives its name from the large 

 collection of pebbles and sand about it. Opposite this river there is 

 a low woody isle; and off the Charon there are some smaller. A 

 mileS.E. from Gravel river, the heights, 400 and 600 feet high, 

 which had ranged along shore, but at some distance, dip into the 



* Supposed to be derived from the word Gorjjon, 



