THE GREAT DOG PORTAGE. 



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Extensive areas covered with burnt forest trees, con- 

 sisting chiefly of pine, occur in the valley of the river as 

 far as Little Dog Lake, when the formidable barrier of the 

 Great Dog Mountain, sustaining a heavy growth of timber, 

 comes into view. Occasionally aspens of large dimen- 

 sions may be seen from the canoe, but it is not until the 

 plateau of the Great Dog Mountain is attained that they 

 acquire a diameter varying from eighteen to twenty-four 

 inches, five feet from the ground. Trees of this species, 

 and of the above dimensions, are found in abundance on 

 the elevated barrier which separates the region of Great 



Entrance to Little Dog Lake, from the Kaministiquia River. 



Dog Lake from the valley of the Kaministiquia, 350 feet 

 below. 



The Great Dog Portage rises 490 feet above the level 

 of Little Dog Lake, and at the point of greatest eleva- 

 tion the ridge cannot be less than 500 feet over the same 

 lake. The difference between the levels of Little and 

 Great Dog Lakes is 347*81 feet, and the length of the 

 portage between them one mile and fifty-three chains. 

 The view from the summit of the Great Dog is very 



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