CAPE KITCHI-NASHI. 



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The extremity or apex of the promontory is a very 

 low and broad sand-beach covered with water-worn boul- 

 ders ; the lake is also dotted with boulders a long way 

 out from the shore, there being a sand-bar or continuation 

 of the point under water, on which they rest. From the 

 size and position of the cape, and the dangerous shoals 

 extending out from it, if beacons or lighthouses are ever 

 required on the lake for the safety and convenience of 

 shipping, no more suitable place could be selected for the 

 erection of one than here. 



The coast north-west of the cape, as already stated, is 

 very low, and much broken by deep and narrow bays. 



From Cape Kitchi-nashi to the Little Saskatchewan the 

 coast trends generally to the south-east. Between these 

 points limestone is exposed in six places. The exposures 

 are the precipitous extremities of ridges, forming points 

 at intervals along the coast. The stratification in every 

 instance is horizontal, but the escarpments vary in height 

 above the lake; they increase in altitude from four to 

 fourteen feet towards the south. These ridges are gene- 

 rally wooded with aspen and other deciduous trees ; and 

 the swamps intervening are timbered with tamarack and 

 spruce ; some of the spruce near the coast are pretty large. 

 Between the ridges, low sand-beaches extend along the 

 coast. These beaches separate ponds and open marshes, 

 averaging from a quarter to one mile wide, from the lake ; 

 in the rear of the marshes is the great tamarack and 

 spruce swamp, or " muskeg." 



The tributary streams in this part of the coast are not 

 numerous, and they are generally of no great size. The 

 chief are the Gull-Egg Eivers or the Two Eivers, the 

 War-Path Eiver, Jumping Eiver, and one or two others 

 without name ; they are not in themselves large, but their 

 estuaries might be available as harbours for boats. 



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