. Hunters of the great north . Str. Mackenzie River Below Smith Rapids. The Smith Rapids DOWN THE MACKENZIE RIVER 29 night Sun and the Grahame had both been typical riversteamers, flat-bottomed with shallow draft and with pad-dle wheels at the stern. The Wrigley was smaller, wasbuilt much like an ocean-going ship and had a screw pro-peller. It was then believed by many that only a spe-cially seaworthy ship with a screw propeller could safelycross Slave Lake, a great body of water subject occasion-ally to violent gales. There is probably some truth inthis view. The Wrigley could cross the lake


. Hunters of the great north . Str. Mackenzie River Below Smith Rapids. The Smith Rapids DOWN THE MACKENZIE RIVER 29 night Sun and the Grahame had both been typical riversteamers, flat-bottomed with shallow draft and with pad-dle wheels at the stern. The Wrigley was smaller, wasbuilt much like an ocean-going ship and had a screw pro-peller. It was then believed by many that only a spe-cially seaworthy ship with a screw propeller could safelycross Slave Lake, a great body of water subject occasion-ally to violent gales. There is probably some truth inthis view. The Wrigley could cross the lake almost atwill but I have heard that the more modern MackenzieRiver now watches for a fair opportunity and dodgestimorously from shelter to shelter in her dealings withthe lake. Flat-bottomed stern wheel steamers that lookabove water more like a house than a ship are well enoughon rivers but difficult to deal with on a lake or on theocean. The Wrigley had berths for six passengers only. Someof our fellow-travelers, such as Bishop Reeve (the RightReverend William Day R


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