Extracts from reports on the district of Ungava, recently added to the province of Quebec under the name of the territory of New Quebec . vered with small bushes and shrubs, and in manyplaces only with white reindeer moss. This moss, or rather lichen, covers theground everywhere, even in the thickest woods, and, except in wet weather, ismuch more agreeable under foot than the tangled masses of Kalmia and Labra-dor tea met with throughout the country to the southward. On the islands andshores where the forest is unburnt the trees are very similar in size to those lastdescribed. To the south of
Extracts from reports on the district of Ungava, recently added to the province of Quebec under the name of the territory of New Quebec . vered with small bushes and shrubs, and in manyplaces only with white reindeer moss. This moss, or rather lichen, covers theground everywhere, even in the thickest woods, and, except in wet weather, ismuch more agreeable under foot than the tangled masses of Kalmia and Labra-dor tea met with throughout the country to the southward. On the islands andshores where the forest is unburnt the trees are very similar in size to those lastdescribed. To the south of the ridge there is a wide valley stretching far awayto the south and south-west, broken only by low ridges of drift and streakedeverywhere with water—parts of large irregular lakes—the view from the ridgegiving an impression that over one-half of the surface in those directions is cov-ered with water. The southern inlet of Birch Lake appears to be the largest; it varies fromIOC yards to nearly a mile in width, and is greatly obstructed by low, sandy is-lands, with shale beneath. The channels are shallow, and the current VALLEY OF THE WIACHOUAN RIVER Near its outlet Richmond Gulf.
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