II. 



THE world-famous Nepigon, or "river that 

 is like snow," the largest tributary of Lake 

 Superior, the greatest of fresh-water seas, is 

 from its outlet at Red Rock, near the cross- 

 ing of the Canadian Pacific Railway to its 

 head at Virgin Falls, forty miles ; and in that 

 distance falls three hundred feet, though the 

 river proper terminates at the northeast side 

 of Lake Helen, making about thirty miles of 

 actual river. Its course is due north and 

 south. There are four so-called lakes, the 

 first and largest one, Lake Helen, being per- 

 haps seven miles long and in places two miles 

 wide. Further north are Lakes Jessie, Maria 

 and Emma, which are merely moderate wid- 

 enings of the river, though properly dignified 

 with the name of lakes. 



On the east side of Lake Helen, a mile or 



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