T H E 



CONTENTS 



OF 



FIRST VOLUME, 



THE 



CANADIAN RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION 



of 1857. 



CHAPTER I. 



TORONTO TO FORT WILLIAM. — LAKE SUPERIOR. 



Departure of the Expedition from Toronto. — Squall on Lake Superior. — 

 Fog Phenomena. — Steamer strikes on a Rock off Michipicoten Island. — 

 Michipicoten Harbour. — Refraction. — Thunder Bay. — Pie Island. — 

 Thunder Cape. — The Kaministiquia. — Fort William. — Mr. MTntyre. — 

 Old North -West Company. — Accessibility of Lake Superior. — The Sault 

 Ste. Marie Canal. — Trade of Lake Superior. — Ship Route to the Ocean. 

 — Canadian Canals. — Elevation of Lake Superior. — Variations in the 

 Levels of the great Canadian Lakes. — Influence and Importance of. — 

 Obstacles to Progress westward of Lake Superior. — Dividing Ridges. — 

 Connection of the Valley of the Mississippi with Lake Superior. — Access 

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CHAP. II. 



THE KAMINISTIQUIA ROUTE. FORT WILLIAM. — LAFE SUPERIOR TO THE 



HEIGHT OF LAND. 



Thunder Bay. — Fort William. — McKay's Mountain — The Mission of the 

 Immaculate Conception. — The Rev. Jean Pierre Chone. — Indian Treaty. 

 — Mass. — Current River. — Garden at Fort William. — Remains of former 

 Industry. — The first Brigade. — Iroquois and Ojibways. — A Dance. — The 



