374 Our North Land. 



northern limit of the white cedar is just south of Rupert's House. 

 At Great Whale River, the white birch exists only as a large shrub. 

 The poplars disappear between Fort George and this river. The 

 tamarac was found nearly as far north as the spruce, which is last 

 seen on the coast near the northern part of Richmond Gulf. The 

 latter tree, however, is said to extend much further north at a dis- 

 tance back from the sea. 



The principal rivers of the Eastmain coast are the Kitchi-sipi, or 

 Big River, which enters James's Bay at Fort George, and is the largest 

 stream on the coast. It appears to be fully as large as the Ottawa. 

 It is navigable for boats to the first fall, about twenty-seven miles 

 from the mouth. Next in size is the Eastmain River, which seems 

 little inferior to the Big River. The following are the next largest 

 rivers in the order of their apparent volumes : Rupert's River, Great 

 and Little Whale Rivers, Nastapoka River, and Seal River. 



