Ncfigon Rircr Fishing 



Big Canoe Landing. 



building com- 



ing frOm the 



Ottawa or Sa- 



guenay country, as the birches in this re- 

 gion are all small. The river is too deep 

 for much use of setting-poles, and its long 

 lake spaces are oftener crossed with the 

 monotonous sweep of oars than by the 

 deft and graceful impulse of the paddle. 

 With a birch-pole jury-mast and impro- 

 vised rigging they can carry canvas enough 

 under a following or quartering breeze to 

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