TO ESQUIMAUX POINT 



north, and so characteristic of the eastern 

 Labrador coast, suggested arctic conditions, 

 and we had visions of arctic birds breeding 

 there, of horned larks and pipits and possibly 

 of ptarmigans. At Esquimaux Point we made 

 our longest trip inland, a laborious tussle with 

 the bog for five hours, yet we found ourselves 

 apparently no nearer the mountains than at 

 the start. According to Low the range is here 

 twenty miles from the shore. 



At Mingan, however, the approach to the 

 high land is short and easy. A three mile paddle 

 up the swift but smooth waters of the Mingan 

 River brings one to the foot of the barrier, up 

 which an Indian portage path leads to Manitou 

 Lake, high up in the rocky wilderness. Not un- 

 til the last day of our stay at Mingan were we 

 able to take this trip, and it was well worth 

 taking, as it solved many questions we had 

 previously asked ourselves. The first discovery 

 we made was that there were traces of forest 

 growth even on the tops of the ridges, as 

 shown by stumps and trunks of considerable 

 size. All of these, although for the most part 

 smoothed and bleached by long exposure to 

 the weather, showed in their crevices and in- 



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