LO w.] RUPERT RIVER. 19 D 



This lake is seven miles long, course west, with an average breadth Leave the 

 ■of one and one-half miles. On the north side of the west end is a hill uper ' 

 of about three hundred feet elevation, forming a conspicuous land- 

 mark and called Miskittenow Mountain. 



Leaving the river, we passed to the upper end of the lake, and thence, 

 by a portage of 1,100 yards, to Lake Kanataikow. Passing through 

 this lake, which is very crooked, for nine miles, we crossed a portage, 

 one-quarter mile long, to a small lake called Kakomenhane, and then 

 through it three miles to the portage at the opposite end, where camp 

 was made for the night. General course of travel for the day, 

 N. 55° W. The country passed through was rougher than yesterday, 

 with rounded hills rising from one to three hundred feet above the 

 general level. 



The timber consists of small spruce, birch, banksian pine and 

 tamarac, mostly of second-growth. 



26th. — Left camp at daybreak, and, crossing the portage, 250 yards 

 long, entered Wabistan Lake, the head of the Marten branch of the 

 Rupert River. We followed this lake eight miles to its outlet by 

 a small brook 300 yards long, then across a small lake one and Marten branch, 

 a-quarter miles, and down the river two and a-quartcr miles,. to another 

 small lake, and on through Lake Mok-how-as-took for thirteen miles. 

 Thence through seven small lakes connected by the river. Total 

 distance, forty-seven miles ; direction, N. 60° W. Timber very small 

 and mostly of second-growth banksian pine, with black spruce and 

 birch. 



2Tth. — Continued down the Marten River, passing three small lakes 

 in thirteen miles to Jacob's Lake, and through it eleven miles. Its 

 shores are burnt and covered with large boulders. From here down 

 the river ten miles to Robert's Lake, camping at its outlet, five miles 

 from the inlet. Total distance, forty miles ; course, N. W. The 

 country was flatter than yesterday, no hills exceeding one hundred and 

 fifty feet in elevation. Much more burnt land was seen than on pre- 

 vious days. The timber was very small, no trees exceeding six inches 

 in diameter, three feet from the ground, and consisted principally of 

 black spruce. A few small balsam-spruce were seen on the low river 

 bank during the afternoon. 



28th. — Heavy frost last night. Travelled all day on the Marten 

 River, passing through four lakes, called, respectively, Ka-wc-wat-in-ou, Likes. 

 Te-say-kow, Cooper's and Gull ; also made portages past several small 

 rapids in the river. Total distance, thirty-six miles ; direction, N. W. 

 Country flatter than yesterday, and densely wooded with black spruce 

 And tamarac, with little birch. Not much burnt land. Soil poor 

 and swampy or bare rock. 



