ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA 



Poor John, my bowman, was badly unstrung as a result 

 of this adventure, and declared that he did not want to shoot 

 any more waterfalls ; and for that matter, others of us were 

 of much the same mind. One more small rapid, the Moberly, 

 completed the series, and then for a few miles we enjoyed 

 calm water until, toward evening, we arrived at Fort 

 McMurray. 



STORE, FORT M'MURRAY. 



This settlement, then containing five small log buildings — - 

 a warehouse, a store, the traders' dwelling and two Indian 

 houses — is situated on a cleared tongue of land formed by 

 the junction of the Clear Water River with the Athabasca, 

 and is about two hundred and fifty miles below the Landing. 

 The site of the post is at an elevation of forty or fifty feet 

 above the water, but in the immediate background, and on 

 both banks of the river, the ground rises abruptly, and is 

 covered by a thick growth of poplar, spruce and birch trees. 

 At the time of our arrival two parties of Indians, one Cree 

 and the other Chipewyan, occupying in all a dozen or more 



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