ONE OF CANADA S EXPLORERS. II 



Lake, the uppermost of the Great Lakes of the St. Lawrence ; 

 Nipigon River, Long Lake and Pic River, and the country 

 northward of these to the Albany, and most of the thirteen 

 rivers flowing into Lake Nipigon, together with their lakes. 

 Westward of Lake Superior he has explored all the wooded 

 country to the prairies and made the first passably good map 

 of the Lake of the Woods (published in 18S1). In the north- 

 ern parts these extended operations included Minnietaki Lake, 

 Lonely Lake (100 miles long), and Lake St. Joseph or Osna- 

 burgh Lake, nearly as large, the English River and its chain 

 of lakes, Shoal Lake and Red Lake, and its river. The in- 

 ternational boundary line was examined geologically from 

 Lake Superior westward to Lake of the Woods, including 

 Rainy Lake and River. 



A track survey was made of most of the shores of Lake 

 Winnipeg; Lake Manitoba and the boat route from it to Lake 

 Winnipeg were explored, as well as the "mountains" along 

 the west side of the Winnipeg Basin, and a track-survey, 

 showing the details of the course of Red River from Winni- 

 peg Cit> to the lake of the same name. Further west the 

 Assinniboine, Swan and Qu'Appelle rivers were explored, as 

 well as considerable portions of the North and South Sas- 

 katchewan, also the prairie region between these streams, and 

 thence southward to Montana. Two routes were explored 

 from the North Saskatchewan to Clearwater River, and a 

 good track-survey made of Lac la Biche and its river to the 

 Athabasca, as well as of this stream itself all the way to Atha- 

 basca Lake, and of the waters around its western extremity, 

 Lac la Loche, Clear Lake and Isle a la Crosse Lake, Beaver 

 River, Green Lake and the route thence to Prince Albert. 



The above enumeration Dr. Bell has put down hastily from 

 memory, but it does not by any means mention all the geologi- 

 cal and topographical work which has been personally accom- 

 plished by him. He is also fairly entitled to credit for addi- 

 tional work performed under his immediate superintendence 



