A LABRADOR SPRING 



nearly thirty years ago. Our expedition to the 

 Romaine River was well worth while. 



The Moisie River is an old Indian route into 

 the interior, by way of an east branch of the 

 Cold Water River, Lake Ashuanipi and the 

 Ashuanipi River, Lake Petitskapau and the 

 Grand River. It was the Moisie River that 

 Henry Yule Hind ascended in 1861, and of 

 which he published in 1863 a most interesting 

 work in two volumes entitled: " Explorations 

 in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the 

 Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee In- 

 dians." Hind began the ascent of the river 

 by canoes on June loth, 1861, and, after many 

 difficulties and trying portages, reached on 

 July 2d, by way of the east branch, the height 

 of land 2,240 feet above the sea, and over a 

 hundred miles from it in a straight line. On 

 his return he ran some of the six formidable 

 rapids and, on reaching the mouth of the Moisie 

 early in July, he says "we .... took up our 

 quarters under the hospitable roof of Mr. Holli- 

 day, the lessee of the Moisie Salmon Fishery," 

 which is continued by the sons who also 

 own the line of mail steamers to this day. 



I was glad to see the mist of the mighty falls 



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