Trail and Camp-Fire 



its mouth. The following year in continuation 

 of the boundary work, I again reached the East 

 Main by the same route, and then ascended it 

 150 miles to its source; from there we crossed 

 several branches of the Big River, which also 

 flows into Hudson Bay, and so reached the 

 upper part of the southern branch of the 

 Koksoak River, and followed its course down- 

 ward to Ungava Bay. From there we took 

 passage in the Hudson Bay Company's 

 steamer to Hamilton Inlet, where we passed 

 the early part of the winter at Northwest 

 River, a small post near its head. 



In March, 1894, we started inland, hauling 

 on sleds, up the Hamilton River, outfit and 

 provisions sufficient for the next summer's 

 work. The quantity was so great that it re- 

 quired four trips to move it, and in conse- 

 quence our progress was very slow about 

 twenty-five miles a week. After considerable 

 hardship and trouble we succeeded in reaching 

 the neighborhood of the Grand Falls on the 

 1 9th of May, when the advent of spring soon 

 brought open water, and with it easier canoe 

 travel. During the summer we explored two 

 branches of the Hamilton River and Lake 

 Michikamau, which lies to the north at the 



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