. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . g, is designated as the boundary linefrom the vicinity of Mount St. Elias to the Arctic ocean. Dr. I )invsr)n entered the interior l)y the Stikine, Telegra]dicreek and Dease lake, which is practically the same routecovered by Campbell in 1810, nearly fifty years before. Heascended the Frances river and crossed Campbells portage tothe headwaters of the Pelly, which he descended to Fort Sel-kirk. He then ascended the Lewes, crossed tlie Cliilcoot pass HISTORICAL SKETCH 11 and reachcfl ilic coast at the liead of Lvnn caiuil. Dr. Dawsonsrepori of
. The Yukon Territory, its history and resources . g, is designated as the boundary linefrom the vicinity of Mount St. Elias to the Arctic ocean. Dr. I )invsr)n entered the interior l)y the Stikine, Telegra]dicreek and Dease lake, which is practically the same routecovered by Campbell in 1810, nearly fifty years before. Heascended the Frances river and crossed Campbells portage tothe headwaters of the Pelly, which he descended to Fort Sel-kirk. He then ascended the Lewes, crossed tlie Cliilcoot pass HISTORICAL SKETCH 11 and reachcfl ilic coast at the liead of Lvnn caiuil. Dr. Dawsonsrepori of his cxplniiiiidii in 18S7 tlirnws a tlood of lio-ht ontlie country tliroui>li wliidi lie traversed. lie gives an excellentdescripl ion of tlic l^illy river and it>: ti-ilnitaries, and also afull description of the geological ami i^cncial tVatnic< of I liecountry. ^ In the same yeai- ^Ir. M. (i. McConnell commenced at theconfluence of the Dease and Liard, and made an extensivesurvey of the Mackenzie vallcv to Fort ^IcPhersoii. ^IcConiicll. then crossed to tlic Poi(U|tinc, ihc course of which he followedto its conllucncc with the Yukon, which he ascended to the siteof old Fort Selkirk. Dr. Dawson, writing of the geographical data obtained andthe length of route travelled hv Messrs. Ogilvie, McCoundland himself, savs: Mi-. ()i:ilvi(^s iustrumentallv measuredline from the head of Lynn canal lo the iutersectiou of theYukon or Telly hy the 141st meritlian, will form a sufliciently 12 YUKON TERKITOKY accurate base for further surveys. In addition to tliis, we nowhave an instrumental survey of the Stikine from its mouth tothe head of navigation (Telegraph creek), Avhicli is connectedwith Dease lake by a carefully placed traverse. This is con-tinued by a detailed running or track survey following thelines of the Dease, Upper Liard and Pelly rivers, and connect-ino; with Mr. Offilvies line at the mouth of the Lewes, thetotal distance from the mouth of the Stikine to this point,
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