Hudson's bay co. post at eat portage. 



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cascade, with foaming rapids, treacherous eddies, and 

 huge swelling waves, rising massive and green over 

 hidden rocks. The pencil of a skilful artist may succeed 

 in conveying an impression of the beauty and grandeur 

 which belong to the cascades and rapids of the Winnipeg, 

 but neither sketch nor language can portray the astonish- 

 ing variety they present under different aspects ; in the 

 grey dawn of morning, or rose-coloured by the setting sun, 

 or flashing in the brightness of noon day, or silvered by 

 the soft light of the moon. 



Hudson's Bay Company's Post at Rat Portage. 



The river frequently expands into large deep lakes full 

 of islands, bounded by precipitous cliffs or rounded hills 

 of granite. The Fort in the occupation of the Honourable 

 Hudson's Bay Company at Eat Portage is beautifully 

 situated on an island at one outlet of the Lake of the 

 Woods. It is surrounded with hills about 200 feet 

 high, and near it some tall white and red pine, the re- 

 mains of an ancient forest, are standing amidst a vigorous 



