LAKES. 



North America, and thus being little less than a thousand miles 

 in direct length ; indeed, including its windings, it is fully two 

 thousand miles long. To the north-west of it exist countless 

 numbers of small lakes united by a network of streams; while 



SCENERY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE LAKE OF THE THOUSAND ISLES. 



numerous large rivers, such as the Ottawa, the St. Maurice, 

 and the Saguenay, flow into it, and assist to swell its current. 

 There are numerous other small lakes to the west of the 

 Rocky Mountains, a large number of which exist in the 

 Province of British Columbia, and are more or less connected 

 with the Fraser and Columbia Rivers. Further to the south 

 are other lakes, many of them of volcanic origin, some 

 intensely salt, others formed of hot mud. Among these is the 



