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itrM.i'.iiN Ml' riii: ijyrri:i) siati;s risii commission. 



Altdiil MiHi-c ,I;iv\ llnTc iin' inlliiiy liills. Aliovc tin- towii. Mnosf .law ('ink pJiii«'s. 

 Hows tliinimli ;i ii.imiw \ alley <ir yoryc; iiimi' tlic slatiuii it joins 'riiiiiMlci' CriU'U. ,i llnyoy > 

 siiialirr >lrca!n. As is usual ajoii;; tln' lailroail. lin- -ln'aiii is <laaiiii*>*l iii-ar tlic >i.i »li<l '"/ 



tioi;. lU'iiiw llit'iiaiii it liiniis a xiinis^inii or<lif|i | Is ami shallow lilHlt'.s. 'I'll At 



roiiililiDiis ^I'fiiM'il lavoialtlf I'ni a l:ii'i:<' vaiit-ty of liv|i Ijif. hiil tin- iiiiiiilit'r ul .s|icrir- 0«)liiial) 

 ol)taiii<-i| was \ci'\ sriiall. Tin- lai';:*!' spfrirs air iiinif ahiiiKiaiil \\fiv than tl< brronit < 

 snialli-i Wlif< r I'l 



( Hil \\i\ cs Lake is aiUaliiH', and as lai' as I ronld <iriciiniM<' contains no lislics. Of I In- h 



Swiff <'Miiiiit is an ideal plaee lor variety in lisli lite. 'I'lie sticain is narrow ain' pint- < l.n 

 on an a\ eiaue alHiut L' leel deep, it llo\vso\er yiavel and. as the name implies, h:iv WK'i'hd I 

 a swill eiiiK'iit. It is jiist such .1 stream iis the darter delights in in more suntliei ^' ' 



latiliide>. and in la 't one ol' t heir niiinher. i'.llitdslnnm /o/ro. is tpiile ainiiidant lieii » Hei les 

 'rhi> is the (iidv darler, li(>we\ <'r. tli:il I oi)taiMed in the wateisul' I he .Saskatehewn •*"' ''"' 

 I'.asin. The >lream is dammed aliii\(' (lie niilwa.v , and it is Jirst bohtw the dam th.i ''"' 



the mns| laxoralde loeality for lishin;'' was Iniind. Mtweeii 



At tia- lime I \isiied Maple < reel, it consisted ofa snceession of slimy pools in •Oore^. 

 muderately deep eliaiinel. 'i'lieie waN an almost iiieessant cold rain that pi'eventec OOVereil 

 miieli woiU. lint altlioiii;li 1.', inclics of water fell dnriii;^ my stay, no iminessioii wiia' •"d alxiii 

 I'vei was made on the (piantity ol water in tiie pools. .Maple <'reeU empties into I'.i. »bniidan 

 Stick Lake wliirh. in iii;.;h w ater. o\ ei tlows into a tril)iitai> of tiie Saskatchewan. **"' '"" 



'i'lie Saskatchewan Ilixei at Medicine Hal is a na\ i^-alde >ti('am with a swift ciii ■*•"!' 'i'" 

 rent. I'lie water is cold and cloudy. Man.\ of the larjicr species of lisli were reportd '**'' '"^ ''' 

 to me heic. altlioll;i;li I ohtailicd lull few. The ri\er hed is said to he l.(i(M» feet iowi '"• *'"'" '' 

 tlian lliat I Maple Creek, the desceid diiriii;.; the last U'w miles lielore icachiny' tli >icai 



ri\t'i licin;; . onsideialile. The bed of this river lies in a level valley of varying;' widil •*''^'''' ' 

 At .Medirine Hal the low hills approach almost to t he edyc of the ri\ er. ■^'"' ^^"'' 



Caluarx lie-> in liie V foi iiied l»> the jniictioii o|' the Klhow with the r>ow Ifivci *• _<•'* ''"■^^r 

 lloth of the rivers are swift, clear, cold mountain sti<'ams, (he former hein;;' the sha! **®'>^ht. 

 lower. Ti oiil. ,SW/;//(( and .N'((/(v7////(.\-, are al>iiiidaiit , Seining' in I he i>ow Uiv er jnopi QUt'iiliv a 

 wa> impits--ilile. and it wasroiiliiied to the sloii^hs o! i "lat river and to the ICIIiow. Tii' *Wchov le 

 country is hilly and lievoid ol'limlicr. Tin- U'ockics are seen from here. •^' '"* 



I'roiii <'aluary to I'.anlf there is a steady ascent, iiaiill' is located on the ilo together 

 l{iver and in the Canadian L'ocky Mountains I'ark. ^"^•■' I''"' 



The vaile.v ol the I'.ow is swampv- lor several miles aliove I'.aiifl", an. 1 the ilo'v U'ivi ^"'•''' '' 

 ilsi if is a ipiiet deep stream. At liiiitf it hecoincs a toriciit in which lishiiij;' with ' vall<| 



m-l is impo-siiile. 'I'jie valley is ev erywiieiv tpiite nai'rovv and llanked li,v iii^h nion ftr^'lcvoj 

 tain-. N'ciiniliion Creek, tin' outlet of the N'ei'million Lakes, wliicli lie in the swam, t^lC'"'!''! 

 of tlie r.ow. ciiteis ihe Kow at li.iiilf. as also does l'"orty-.Mile Creel;. These tiili SnorJ 



taiie> ai<'(lcai and ii'.v cold. On the opposite side a .-^iiiall stream of warm wai SOi>'"'i-;l 

 enters I'lom tiie hot sidphiir springs, and a much la rf;er stream, the Spray Kiv' 



wiiirh is. Iiowcvt'r. too swift for scinini;'. 'I'he lai'i^cr streams all ahoiin.l in Sal- 

 itnjhiss. Si' I nl ill IIS iiitiiiii/iciish. and ( 'oriiimiiis irlUiii nisitni. 



l"iom r.aiilV the asci-nl is very rapid to tlie continciilal tlivide. The deseont ' 

 the I'acilic sjde js even more stce|). Mv lirsi station on the i'acilic side was at Kid 

 where the iiioiiMtains i ise Id.UlKt feet ai)ove the river. 'I'he river lied of the Kick;i 

 Horse, at I'irld. is a luoid sandv stK'tch and the water Mows in several channels. 'I! 

 main stream is t<io swift for seininu. but the smaller lirandn's are tiuieter in niai 



south 



broad -hi 



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