DOWLIVG. 
SUTTON MILL LAKES 
29 F 
Ekwan, but on tlie lake PopuJux trcmnloideH seonvs to range farthest 
north. Near the nnrtli end of the lake the spruce trees become not 
only .small, but are sep<arated from one another by mossy opeiiiuj^s, 
as if they had been set out artitlcially. Along the top of the bank the 
fringe of tree.s is thin and at the outlet. Trout river, a patch of 
burnt country will in a few yeans be bare. 
The country seems to l>e nearly devoid of game, but the waters of Bn«k und 
the lake are w-e)l .stocked with a slender kind of lake trout, and 
in the stream ilraining north and at the narrow.?, brook trout were 
found in large numbers up to three pound.s in weight. Along the 
shores marine shells from the clay.s of the side.s of ilie valley arc tound 
along with those of frosli water species now existing. These hitter 
embrace the following : — Vafvata trlcarinatn, ISay ; F. sincera, >Say ; 
r/aoorhis parr i/fi, Bay ■, lAmnrva sinpnafis^ />. ; A. palnArif!, Mn/lrr ; 
and A. c«/usco/n'e/«. Say ; a.s determined by Dr. Whiten ves. 
COAST OF JAMES HAY KHOM EKWAN liIVKH NOHTIIWAIUL 
In the bay into which the river empties there are many bans, but JUrs at moiuti 
the main cbannel leads .straight out to .sea for n short distance and i.s ^'^kwan 
then diverted north and south by a long bar which slioal.s at half tide. 
Thi.s bar is about three miles from low' tide mark. There are two or 
three branch channels just at the mouth, through the gravel and mud 
delta, but these arc usi-d only wLon the tide is in. Along the .shore 
b) the point about live miles north of the river the general slo}>e of the 
shore is fairly steep, that is, the mncl llats do imt extend out very far. 
The resiflent. Indians call this point “ Niahkow ” (the sandy point), but 
it seems to be male up principally of mud and bmildens with a sandy 
beach ridge at liigh tide. The boulder liar stretches out far to the 
east at low water. Wo saw it only at half tide and then had to make 
a long detour around it with the canoe.s. Several .small brooks break 
through the ridge to the bay, and tent pules at these places iodicutc 
their occasiunal use .as halting places or camps. 
The timber line is here near the shore but runs at some distance Timlipr line 
back of the point from Niahkow northward ; for about ten miles "'^ai the ^lioip. 
sliori' is fairly st raight but shallow, with few boulders on tlie mud (hits. 
'I'lio lie.ach ridge is separated from the timbered land behind by a nar- 
row strip of mud, wdiicli in .some places is covered by grass and a few 
small willows. A high gravel bar lying about a mile olT shore marks 
the mouth of a small stream, which is an outtlow from the Ekwan 
river. The stream is small and flows in a shallow sheet over the mud 
