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luuaeruus arms, tlu' f^reatcst ln'iiig tin- inlet wliirh k-ails to the' 

 entrance of tlie Exploits River. There are se\ci'al islands in 

 this arm, the princi])al being Tlnvart Island on the eastern side. 

 The water is <leep, and there is no impediment to navigation 

 for wssels of any si/e until reaching Peter's Arm, where there 

 i*< good anchorage. The entrance to the Hxjiloits L*i\er is at 

 Wigwam Point, in lat. 49 .")" N., long. .")") 19" \V. Immediately 

 opl>osite this entrance is Xorris's Arm, stretching for alxmt six 

 miles a little north of east, with an avei-ige width rarely exceed- 

 ing half a mile, at the head of which another consideralde 

 .stream falls in from the eastward. The Ivvploits River takes 

 its rise near the south-western angle of llu- island, within a 

 moderate distance of St. (reorge'-s Bay. A\'ith its nunievous- 

 tributaries it drains an area of 4000 sipiare miles, and reaches- 

 the sea after a course of 200 miles. 



The valley may be divided into two sections — the lower ex- 

 tending from Red Indian Lake to the sea, a distance of seventy 

 to eighty miles ; and the u]>per from this lake to the sources of 



the- river. 



LOAVKK KXPLOITS A'ALLEY. 



In its course from Red Indian Lake downwards the Ex^doits 

 receives the waters of eight tributaries, the largest being Great 

 Battling Brook, Chute, Sandy and Badger Brooks, while foui' 

 large streams disch;uge into the lake itself. The smaller tribu- 

 taries are very numerous. 



The following extract from the Geological report will give 

 eome idea of the soil and timber : — " The main river valley^ 

 from Red Indian Lake downwards, is nearly for the whole dis- 

 tance a level or gently nnditlating country, broken only Ijy oc- 

 casional abrupt hills or locky eminences, and densely wooded 



for many miles l)ack from either bank of the stream 



The forests of the Exploits Valley consist of pine, spruce, balsam, 

 fir, tamarack, white Inrcli and i)02)lar. The (quality of the sjion- 

 taneons productions may fairly be taken as indicative of a fer- 

 tile soil. The^Avidth of this fertile belt of land varies at different 

 parts of the rivc^r ; but taking its avei'age about t^\■o miles on 



