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KKWA.V KIVER. 
Routes perhaps the streams to he navigated are too small. The Little 
changed. Pile wan U now reported to he bU>ck«‘J up hy driftwood and the old 
routes are totally changed. The route to the lake h tiow from the 
Washagami eastward t)ver a long .stretch of muskeg, and that to the 
Wiiiisk in made by a portage from farther up the Kkwan, direct to a 
small stream, a tributary of the Winisk. 
The information as to the origin of the topography wliich appeared 
on the old maps is obtrdned from a manuscript map compiled for the 
Tludson's Bay Company to show the e.vplorations of .M r. Peter P'iddler- 
This is now in the office of the (re<'grapher, Interior i^epartinent. 
These sketches were no doubt supplied to Arrowsmith and were since 
reproduced on all the maps of this di.-itrict. 
Survoy of i he Attawajiiskat, river at the .southern boundary of this district, 
bvn7*R 'fwf surveyed in 188<i by Dr. K. Bell, who the same year completed his 
survey of the Albany river. The samesea-son Mr. A. P. Low traversed 
the country to the west from Lake Winnipeg to the Sev<!rn river and 
descended the latter stream to the sea. Tnate.id of following the main 
stream for the whole distance, he crossed from Severn lake to 'f'rout 
lake lying to the east and fiescended the eastern branch or Fawn 
river, joining the main stream about fifty milc.s from the .sea. 
Ekwax River. 
C)utlet of Of the many outlets at the mouth of this stream, the principal or 
P.kwan river. jinving the groate.st. depth of water, is the central one. Several 
small wooiled islands are situated at the mouth, and to the oa-st of 
these the several branches of the stream How over boulder and gravel 
Hats to the sea. At high tide the level of the river is only affected as 
fur up as tlio first wooded i.sland, and at low tide there is about a mile of 
swift curn*nt from this point to tiie sea. Boats entering at low tide 
h.ave only about two feet of water at the steepest slope. In the spring 
there i.s probably sufficient water to float boats drawing over four 
feet of water. 
Strong There is a strong current in ascending the river for the first eighty 
current. milo.s, and, in this part, the whole distance is usually made by tracking 
the canoe.s, . In the present condition, the sides of the valley are 
generally fi-ee from bushes and trees, so that there is good walking 
along the bank. 
After jiassing above the islands in the mouth of the stream, it is 
found that the river has cut down through a terrace of clay with a 
small percentage of sand and pebbles. The pebbles are generally found 
