260 THE UPPER YUKON 



on the south by British Columbia, on the west 

 by the eastern line of Alaska, and on the east 

 by the Rocky Mountains and the i36th 

 meridian. It has a total area of 192,000 

 square miles, of which 150,768 square miles 

 are included in the watershed of the Yukon 

 River, a distance nearly equal to the whole 

 of France or three times that of the New Eng- 

 land states. 



It will be realized by all that for such a 

 stupendous task the men selected must have 

 had great physical strength, endurance, pluck, 

 perseverance, good judgment, and the best sci- 

 entific knowledge. 



As I have already made mention of Pr. 

 Dawson, I now want to write a few lines about 

 Mr. Ogilvie and his work. 



William Ogilvie 



In an article in the Canadian Courier, 

 Henry J. Woodside fittingly calls William 

 Ogilvie "the Great Pathfinder." He says: 



"This great man was first discovered by Sir 

 John A. Macdonald, the Premier of Canada 

 for many years, who sent him on various im- 

 portant missions affecting Provincial and Do- 

 minion boundary lines, and this in time led up 



