Exploring the great YukonAn adventurous expedition down the great Yukon River, from its source in the British North-west Territory, to its mouth in the territory of Alaska . CHAPTER IX. TKROUGH THE UPPER T the site of old Fort Selkirkcommences the Upper Ram-parts of the Yukon, or wherethat mighty stream cutsthrough the terminal spurs ofthe Rocky Mountains, a dis-tance of nearly four hundredmiles, the first hundred ofwhich, terminating near themouth of the Stewart River, arealmost equal to the Yosemite or Yellowstone in stupen-dous grandeur. I was very anxious to determine beyond all
Exploring the great YukonAn adventurous expedition down the great Yukon River, from its source in the British North-west Territory, to its mouth in the territory of Alaska . CHAPTER IX. TKROUGH THE UPPER T the site of old Fort Selkirkcommences the Upper Ram-parts of the Yukon, or wherethat mighty stream cutsthrough the terminal spurs ofthe Rocky Mountains, a dis-tance of nearly four hundredmiles, the first hundred ofwhich, terminating near themouth of the Stewart River, arealmost equal to the Yosemite or Yellowstone in stupen-dous grandeur. I was very anxious to determine beyond all reasonabledoubt the relative sizes of the two rivers whose watersunite just above old Fort Selkirk, as upon this determi-nation rested the important question whether the Pellyor the Lewis River of the old Hudson Bay traders, whohad roughly explored the former, ought to be called theYukon proper ; and in order to settle this point I wasfully prepared and determined to make exact measure-ments, soundings, rate of current and any other datathat might be necessary. This information, however, wasunnecessary except in a rough form, as the preponder-ance of the old Lewis River was too evident to the mostcasual in
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