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Norway House, on the Nelson River. He took from Ontario the 

 well-known Peterborough canoes, which are held to be much superior 

 to any other canoes made. From Winnipeg he travelled by train to 

 Swift Current. From this point his outfit was transported over- 

 land about thirty miles to the waters of the South Saskatchewan, 

 where, on the 9th of May, after christening his two canoes, Agnes 

 and Maud, he embarked on the long and tedious voyage to Lake 

 Winnipeg. 



Mr. Klotz appropriated the Agnes for his own use, his assistant, 

 Mr. Cadenhead, occupying the 

 Maud. All being in readiness, 

 the start was made on the 9th 

 of May. The distance from 

 the point of embarkation to 

 the Forks is 350 miles, and as 

 the survey, exploration, etc., 

 were not to be begun until 

 the latter point was reached, 

 it was gone over as quickly 

 as possible. The staff con- 

 sisted of five men, including 

 an interpreter. 



The day of departure was 

 quite windy, causing the swift 

 current of the Saskatchewan 

 to be sufficiently rough to test 

 the canoemanship of the men. 

 The canoes were necessarily very heavily laden, but good progress 

 was made without mishap. The 350 miles were made in twelve 

 days, the party arriving at the Forks on the 21st of May. The 

 course of the river through which they travelled presented nothing 

 particularly interesting, but there were evidences on every hand 

 of the wonderful fertility of the soil of the great plains which 

 extend for hundreds of miles from either bank of the river. There 

 is no waste country in the South Saskatchewan Valley whatever. 

 There are but few settlers yet in that part of the North-West. 



OTTO J. KLOTZ, D.T.S., 



President Dominion Land Surveyor's Association. 



