The Ltiint of the 



Foot of Grande Chute. 



up to the 

 foot of the timber-slide 

 built by the Canadian 

 Government, a sub- 

 stantial trough, six feet 

 wide by four deep, sup- 

 ported on trestles. It 

 looks like an enormous 

 caterpillar following the 

 contour of the hill in 

 sinuous curves for a 

 mile and a half up to 

 the dam at the head 

 of the rapid. When 

 the logs are coming 

 from the boom at the 

 rate of twenty thousand 

 a day, it is a pretty 

 sight to watch them 



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