NEW BRITAIN 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 

 Miles. Degrees. Sq. Miles, 



Length 1800) , C50 and 70 North latitude. > , n „ n nnr 



Breadth 850$ between $56 and 110 West longitude. £ 1 ' 000 ' 00 ° 



Boundaries. ...New Britain, or the country lying round Hudson's 

 Bay, and commonly called the country of the Esquimaux, compre- 

 hending Labrador, and New North and South Wales, is bounded by 

 unknown lands and frozen seas, about the pole, on the north ; by the 

 Atlantic Ocean on the east ; by the bay and river of St. Lawrence and 

 Canada on the south ; and by unknown lands on the west. 



Bays, straits, and capes. ...These are numerous, and take their 

 names generally from the English navigators and commanders by 

 whom they were first discovered. The principal bay is that of Hud- 

 son, and the principal straits are those of Hudson, Davis, and Bel- 

 leisle. 



Mountains. ...In the northern part of this country are high moun- 

 tains, covered with eternal snow ; and the winds blowing from thence 

 three quarters of the year, occasion a degree of cold in the winter 

 overall this country which is not experienced in any other part of the 

 world in the same latitude. 



Rivers. ...The principal rivers are the Wager, Monk, Seal, Pock- 

 erekesko, Churchill, Nelson, Hayes, New Severn, Albany, and Moose ; 

 all of which fall into Hudson's and James's bays from the west and 

 south. The mouths of all these rivers are full of shoals, except 

 Churchill's, in which the largest ships may lie ; but ten miles higher 

 the channel is obstructed by sand-banks. All the rivers, as far as 

 they have been explored, are full of rapids, and cataracts from ten to 

 sixty feet perpendicular. Down these rivers the Indian traders find 

 a quick passage ; but their return is a labour of many months. Cop- 

 per-mine and M'Kenzie's rivers fall into the North Sea. 



Lakes. ...Slave Lake, which may be considered as forming part of 

 the northern boundary of New Britain, is situated between latitude 

 60° 30' and 65° North, and between longitude 110° and 119° West. 

 Its length is about 270 miles, and its circumference about 1100. Its 

 waters are discharged into the North Sea by M'Kenzie's River. 



Lake Atilapescow, or the Lake of the Hills, lies about 220 miles 

 S. E. of Slave Lake, with which it is connected by Slave River. It is 

 about 180 miles long, but every where narrow. Fort Chipewyan is 

 situated atjthe S. W. extremity of this lake, in latitude 58° 40' North, 

 long. 110° 3D' West. 



The smaller lakes of New Britain are very numerous. Among 

 them are, Lake La Loche, La Crosse, Black Bear, Northlined, Doo- 

 baunt Lakes, 8cc. of which little is known but the names. 



Metals, minerals. ...The mountains of Labrador appear to abound 



