. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . TAKING ON CORDWOOD. LESSEN SLAV] RIVER. INDIAN TEEPEE. NORRIS LANDING To face p. 236. THE PEACE RIVER 237 within a mile of the confluence of the Lesser SlaveRiver with the Athabaska. The portage takes allthe afternoon ; it pours with rain most of the wayacross, and we are sitting in the wagons on topof our bundles of blankets and dunnage, and tryto make the best of it. At Mirror Landing we find the Northland Echo,one of a fleet of steamers running on the AthabaskaRiver. They are stern-wheelers, like all riversteamers in this country, stan
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . TAKING ON CORDWOOD. LESSEN SLAV] RIVER. INDIAN TEEPEE. NORRIS LANDING To face p. 236. THE PEACE RIVER 237 within a mile of the confluence of the Lesser SlaveRiver with the Athabaska. The portage takes allthe afternoon ; it pours with rain most of the wayacross, and we are sitting in the wagons on topof our bundles of blankets and dunnage, and tryto make the best of it. At Mirror Landing we find the Northland Echo,one of a fleet of steamers running on the AthabaskaRiver. They are stern-wheelers, like all riversteamers in this country, standing very high out ofthe water, the space between the decks being open—strange-looking craft. Being on the last wagon,I find that there are no berths left when I arrive,but ultimately am told thai U will be all right0and am shown into a spacious cabin with only onebed. It is the wireless operators cabin, and partof the apparatus is already installed, but there isno operator yet. They arc up lo dale here all right ! The Athabaska is a line river, something likethe Peace; but the banks are
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