362 

 ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



DAUPHIN TO WINNIPEGOSIS. 



Miles and 

 Kilometres 

 from Winnipeg. 



177-8 m. Dauphin — Altitude 957 ft. (287 m.). 



286- 1 km. 



195-5 m Sifton Junction — Altitude 959 ft. (287 m.). 



312-8 km. Sifton Junction almost overlies the contact of 

 the Cretaceous and Devonian, and from this 

 point to Winnipegosis the road is over the latter 

 rock although as before no exposures are to be 

 seen along the line of railway. 



The railway here passes through a flat, wooded 

 country which is now being opened to settlers. 

 Through the clearings made by them occasional 

 glimpses may be had of the escarpment to the 

 west. 



200-5 m - Fishing River — On this branch railway two 



320-8 km. stations are passed — one at Fishing River and 



the other at Fork River. At these places two 



streams of the same names 



207-6 m. Fork River — respectively cross the railway 



332 • 1 km. Altitude 872 ft. and empty into Mossy river, 

 (261 m.) which stream drains Lake Dau- 



phin and empties into Lake 

 Winnipegosis about one half mile (-8 km.) 

 north of Winnipegosis station. 



From Sifton north to Winnipegosis, the coun- 

 try is mostly settled by Ruthenians who still 

 retain in the architecture of their churches and 

 houses and in their methods of farming many of 

 the ideas which they brought with them across 

 the sea. In addition to these are a number of 

 Icelanders settled in and 



218 m. Winnipegosis — around the town, and during 



340-8 km. Altitude 839 ft. the summer a few Indians 

 (251 m.) usually move down from the 



Pine Creek reserve and pitch 

 their camps near the village. 



A lumber mill is in operation near the mouth 

 of Mossy river, but the principal industry of the 

 town is fishing. Some years ago this was prose- 

 cuted throughout the year, but latteily it has 



