. A biological investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region. Zoology. 104 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. I mi. 27. and the right rather low. Xo feature of particular interest occurs until Blackwater River, 28 miles below the Rock, is reached. This stream at its mouth spreads out over a broad gravelly flat. Below here the river makes a sharp bend and for several miles pursues a westerly course, being bordered on the north by banks of gravel and clay upward of 400 feet high. A few miles below where the river turns northward again, or 10 miles below the Blackwater, Red Rock River comes in from the west
. A biological investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region. Zoology. 104 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. I mi. 27. and the right rather low. Xo feature of particular interest occurs until Blackwater River, 28 miles below the Rock, is reached. This stream at its mouth spreads out over a broad gravelly flat. Below here the river makes a sharp bend and for several miles pursues a westerly course, being bordered on the north by banks of gravel and clay upward of 400 feet high. A few miles below where the river turns northward again, or 10 miles below the Blackwater, Red Rock River comes in from the west through a broad valley. At its mouth is a broad stretch of willow-covered country. Salt River, 22 miles below, is an insignificant stream on the right. The next feature of interest is Birch Island, a large wooded island occupying a dilatation of the river. Gravel River, 8 miles below, is the next tributary of. Fig. G.—Roche Trempe-l'eau, or Rock by the Riverside, Mackenzie River, near Fort Wrigley. ; It is a clear-watered stream which forms one of the principal highways for the Indians of the mountains, who descend it in large boats. It approaches the Mackenzie through a broad gravelly Hat, and has a swift current. Below here the river is broad and incloses many wooded islands. At the lower end of this stretch of islands a high bank on the left, with a thick layer of peat on its top, is passed, below which the river is bordered on the left by low banks. The right bank now becomes the higher and continues so nearly all the way to the mouth of Bear River. In one stretch the sandy banks are very high and some stupendous landslips have occurred. The beautiful Hedysarum americanum, the roots of which a The name Dahadinne has been applied by authors to both the Rett Rock and Gravel rivers, but is not here Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t
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