loon's narrows. 



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Lake with Lake Seiganagah ; during ordinary seasons, 

 these rapids are passed without difficulty, but in 1858 

 they involved the portage of a portion of the baggage, 

 and the letting of the canoes down them by rope. 



From Lake Seiganagah * an Indian route passes into 

 Little Seiganagah Lake, which is connected with Sturgeon 

 Lake on the northern route. The Little Seiganagah 

 is a favourite wintering place of numerous families of 

 Indians ; it abounds in fish, and near its shores the 

 winter road to Fort William runs. 



Between Knife Lake and Birch Lake there are two 

 routes, one coinciding with the boundary line, the other, 

 which we followed, passing in a north-westerly direction, 

 causing us to make two portages instead of one, but 

 escaping some rapids. 



From Nequauquon Lake one route passes into the Nam- 

 eaukan River, and another, turning south, follows the 

 boundary line through Loon's Narrows, and then north 

 into Nameaukan Lake. Our guide preferred going by 

 Loon's Narrows, fearing that the always dangerous 

 Nameaukan Eapids would be almost impassable for 

 heavily laden canoes, on account of the low stage of 

 the water. 



In Loon's Narrows we found a shallow river with a 

 strong current and many boulders, and in making the 

 north-westerly turn, instead of the broad channel shown 

 on the map of the Boundary Commissioners, a very tor- 

 tuous, sluggish and shallow stream, led us into the south 

 arm of Sand Point Lake. 



Sand Point Lake is connected with the Nameaukan 

 Lake by a broad channel, and it is at this point that the 

 route through Loon's Narrows coincides with the more 



* Seiganagah or "Full of Islands," 



