22 



KOETH AMEEICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



Wollaston Lake has the further distinction of contributing to 

 the waters of Hudson Bay by way of Cochrane Eiver, which flows 

 through Keindeer Lake into the Churchill. 



Eeindeer Lake, though outside the drainage basin of Athabaska 

 Lake, ma}^ be briefly alluded to. It is 135 miles in length from 

 north to south, and the northern half averages 30 miles in width. 

 Its shores are rough and rocky and are mainly sparsely Avooded. Its 

 northern end lies within a comparatively short distance of the Bar- 

 ren Grounds, and a trading post at that point is the only one in the 

 Athabaska region which is resorted to by the Eskimo. 



The following table, showing the dates of occurrence of certain 

 events during a series of years at Lac du Brochet Post, Reindeer 

 Lake, is condensed from a schedule sent me by R. MacFarlane. It 

 was compiled by Joseph Hourston, for some years manager of this 

 Hudson's Bay Company post, near the north end of Reindeer Lake. 

 Certain items not of general interest have been omitted : 



Dates of seaso)iaI evenis at Lac du Brochet Post, Reindeer Lake. 



Tear. 



First 

 thaw 

 set in. 



First 

 eroAV 

 seen. 



1873 



1874 



1875 



187& 



1877 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 Apr. 14 



1883 Apr. 13 



1884 



1885. 



First 

 goose 

 seen. 



Apr. 27 

 May 4 

 May 2 

 Apr. 10 

 Apr. 2 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 18 



Mar. 31 

 Apr. 2 

 Apr. 10 

 Apr. 7 

 Apr. 8 

 Mar. 18 



Apr. 

 Apr. 



Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr . 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



19 



May 5 

 May 11 

 May 8 

 Apr. 27 

 Apr. 19 

 Apr. 24 

 May 5 

 Mav 4 

 May 3 

 Apr. 25 

 May 3 

 Apr. 29 

 Apr. 23 

 Mav 8 

 Mav 7 

 Apr. 17 



First 

 Barren 

 Ground 

 caribou 

 going- 

 north- 

 ward. 



May 9 

 Apr. 26 

 May 17 

 Apr. 21 

 Apr. 27 

 Apr. 24 

 Mav 12 

 Apr. 22 

 Apr. 26 

 .-.do__. 

 Mav 1 

 (^) 



(^) 

 (^) 

 Apr. 16 



Arrival 

 of Barren 

 Ground 

 caribou 

 from 

 north. 



(«) 

 Nov. 14 

 Oct. 27 

 Oct. 29 

 Dec. 28 

 Nov. 12 

 Nov. 18 

 Nov. 26 

 Oct. 24 

 Dec. 15 

 Nov. 6 



(a) 



C) 



(a) 



(^) 



Dee. 21 



First 

 wliite 

 par- 

 tridge 



(willOAV 



ptarmi- 

 gan) 

 seen. 



Oct. 24 



Oct. 11 



Oct. 17 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 23 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 24 

 .___dO — 



Oct. 10 



Oct. 8 



Oct. 7 



Oct. 16 



Oct. 6 



Oct. 17 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 24 



Oct. 8 



Last nets 

 set in 

 open 

 water. 



Oct. 20 

 Nov, 3 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 28 

 Oct. 31 

 Oct. 19 

 Oct. 26 

 Oct. 20 

 Oct. ]4 

 Nov. 2 

 .-._do__. 

 Oct. 20 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 12 

 Oct. 19 

 Oct. 29 

 Oct. 19 



First 

 nets set 

 under 

 ice. 



Oct. 25 

 Nov. 6 

 Nov. 9 

 Oct. 29 

 Nov. 6 

 Oct. 28 

 Oct. 31 

 Oct. 28 

 Oct. 18 

 Nov. 10 

 Nov. 12 

 Oct. 27 

 Oct. 29 

 Nov. 6 

 Oct. 24 

 Nov. 3 

 Oct. 2;5 



« Did not come. 



^ None passed. 



The climate of Athabaska Lake is not radically different from 

 that of other parts of the Mackenzie region which are practically 

 removed from the influence of the warm Pacific winds. Though it 

 lies at a low altitude, the proximity of the lake to the Barren Grounds, 

 from which winds are frequent, keeps its average temperature rather 

 low. An occasional warm west wind slightly tempers the winter 

 climate. The Peace and Athabaska break up at their mouths about 

 the 1st of May. but the neighboring part of the lake usually does 

 not open until about the middle of May, and the eastern part prob- 



