132 RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



Distance from water mark, Height above level of river, 



West. 18th September. 



Water mark 0 feet 0 feet. 



66 „ 18-48 „ 



109 „ 11-36 „ 



152 „ 20-74 „ Bench-mark. 



233 „ 20-06 „ 



830 „ 16-52 „ 



1230 „ 19-07 „ 



1330 „ 25-76 „ 



1853 „ 27-52 „ King's Road. 



2482 „ 23-80 „ Small shallow bed of creek. 



2988 I \ \ \ ; 27.|o;;} G rand Prairie Level. 



4212 „ ...... 26*31 }) Commencement of marsh. 



East. 



4 miles nearly "] Q » , f Ancient beach of Lake Win- 



N.E. y ) • ' * 8 fee H nipeg. 



Above St. Paul's church, in the Middle Settlement, 

 eight miles north of Fort Garry, the river winds between 

 high prairie banks, which generally maintain an altitude of 

 about thirty feet ; houses and windmills occur at regular 

 intervals, until the steeple of St. John's church, the 

 peaked roof of St. John's College, the school-house, the 

 Bishop's residence, &c, offer the appearance of a large 

 village, which is again re-produced after a sharp turn at 

 Point Douglas, by the imposing Eoman Catholic church, 

 dedicated to St. Boniface, the spacious nunnery and the 

 parish school, with other buildings on the left, and a 

 group of several commodious private dwelling houses just 

 below Port Garry, on the right. About half way between 

 these small centres of population, German Creek, a small 

 meandering stream, comes in from the south-east. A 

 quarter of a mile above the Eoman Catholic church, the 

 Assinniboine enters Eed Eiver, and a short distance up 

 this stream the bastions of Fort Garry come into view. 

 Above the mouth of the Assinniboine the course of the 

 river is exceedingly tortuous. An idea of its meander- 

 ings may be obtained from the comparison between 



