. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. ^!^"^ I' >: 'i xxii THI-: LAND OI' Tin- Ml'SKl'G our reception. It was a tiny log-hut of two small rooms, but there was a stove in it, and we gratefully accepted his offer of its shelter, as the alternative of camping in the mud was not pleasant. The Athabaska Landing is the gate of the great North. It is from here that all the stores go out that supply the Hudson's iJay Company's forts from Hudson's Hope to the mouth of the Mackenzie. A steamer built on the spot plies up the river to the mouth of the Slave River, and down to where
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. ^!^"^ I' >: 'i xxii THI-: LAND OI' Tin- Ml'SKl'G our reception. It was a tiny log-hut of two small rooms, but there was a stove in it, and we gratefully accepted his offer of its shelter, as the alternative of camping in the mud was not pleasant. The Athabaska Landing is the gate of the great North. It is from here that all the stores go out that supply the Hudson's iJay Company's forts from Hudson's Hope to the mouth of the Mackenzie. A steamer built on the spot plies up the river to the mouth of the Slave River, and down to where the rapids make the Athabaska no longer navigable, where the stores are transhipped to York boats. Beyond the warehouses, offices, and Mr. Wood's residence there are no buildinLrs, although most of the year there is a large Indian encampment near by. It is, too, the last outpost of the Govern- ment, and a couple of the Canadian [)olice were on duty to stop the im[)ortation of strong liquor. But once on the north shore of the river, the constituted authority of the Queen's Government ends. Over all the rest of Northern Canada the land has been taken and settled after. A STKKN lATIIKU i^'J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Somerset, H. Somers (Henry Somers). London : W. Heinemann
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecthunting, bookyear1895
