. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . Tracking up an Athabasca rapid -*tf?fe^. In the Grand Rapids of the Athabasca THE ATHABASCA RIVEE REGION 125 situations. Immense towering hills of sand, or clay, arecut down vertically, some facing the river, others at rightangles to it, and others inland, and almost inclosed by pro-jecting shoulders of the wooded heights. These cut-bankscarry layers of stone here and there, and are specked withboulders, and in some places massed into projecting crests,which threaten destruction to the pass
. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . Tracking up an Athabasca rapid -*tf?fe^. In the Grand Rapids of the Athabasca THE ATHABASCA RIVEE REGION 125 situations. Immense towering hills of sand, or clay, arecut down vertically, some facing the river, others at rightangles to it, and others inland, and almost inclosed by pro-jecting shoulders of the wooded heights. These cut-bankscarry layers of stone here and there, and are specked withboulders, and in some places massed into projecting crests,which threaten destruction to the passer-by. Otherwise thescenery is desolate, mountainous always, and wooded, butwith much burnt timber, which gives a dreary look to theregion. The cut-banks are unique, however, and wouldmake the fortune of an Eastern river, though here littlenoticed on account of their number. It was now the 18th, and the weather was intensely hot,foreboding change and the August freshet. We had campedabout eight miles below the Burnt Rapid, and the men werevery tired, having been in the water pretty much since morn-ing. Directly opposite our camp was a colo
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