250 



RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



Moose Woods on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan 

 will be as follows : — 



ACRES. 



Red River and the Assinniboine Prairies east of Prairie Portage 1,500,000 

 Eastern watershed of the Assinniboine and La Riviere Sale . 3,500,000 

 Long Creek and the Forks of the Saskatchewan . . . 600 ; 000 

 Between Carrot River and the Main Saskatchewan . . . 3,000,000 

 The Touchwood Hill range, the Moose Woods, &c, &c. . . 500,000 

 Mouse River, Qu'appelle River, White Sand River . . . 1,000,000 

 The region about the head waters of the Assinniboine, including 



the valley of Swan River . . 1,000,000 



Total area of arable land of first quality ..... 11,100,000 



Of land fit for grazing purposes, the area is much more 

 considerable, and may be assumed equal in extent to the 

 above estimate of arable land. 



East of the Riding and Duck Mountains. — The 

 region east of the Biding and Duck Mountains, when 

 viewed as a whole, will furnish a very insignificant 

 field for settlement. Where permanently dry land 

 exists, the limestone rock generally approaches so near to 

 the surface, as to be exposed whenever small trees are 

 blown down, or the soil is penetrated to the depth of 

 six or eight inches. The greater portion of the area 

 on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitobah, the 

 Little Saskatchewan, Moss Eiver, Dauphin Lake, and 

 St. Martin Lake, together with the region between 

 Lakes Winnipeg and Manitobah, always excepting the 

 southern shore of the latter lake, is not generally fitted 

 in its present condition for the habitation of civilized 

 man. 



