Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . d twining floweringplants. The current begins to be rapid about nine milesabove Fort William soon after passing Point de Meuron,the site of the fort established by Lord Selkirk before re-ferred to, and continues so, in the ascending course of thestream, to the foot of the first demi-portage, called theDecharges des Paresseux, where an exposure of shalecreates the rapids which occasion the portage. The fallhere is 5 feet 1 inch, in a space of 924 feet. The d
Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 : and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858 . d twining floweringplants. The current begins to be rapid about nine milesabove Fort William soon after passing Point de Meuron,the site of the fort established by Lord Selkirk before re-ferred to, and continues so, in the ascending course of thestream, to the foot of the first demi-portage, called theDecharges des Paresseux, where an exposure of shalecreates the rapids which occasion the portage. The fallhere is 5 feet 1 inch, in a space of 924 feet. The dis-tance of this portage from the lake, by the windings ofthe river, is about 22\ miles, and the total rise probablyreaches 35 feet. THE KA-KA-BEKA FALLS. 35 The current continues rapid to the foot of the GrandFalls, and high rock exposures commence on the pre-cipitous banks three miles below them. These graduallyassume the form of mural cliffs, capped with drift, in-creasing in altitude until they attain at the foot of theGrand Falls, the height of about 160 feet on the left bank,while on the opposite side of the river the mountain. Deeharges cles Paresseux. portage path winds round the steep hill side of a boldprojecting escarpment, 91 feet in altitude, and nearly halfa mile from the falls. At our camp, seven miles below the Grand or Ka-ka-beka Falls (cleft rock) as they are termed, the level of theriver was estimated to be 40 feet above Lake Superior,and the foot of the falls 16 feet higher. The Grand Fallsthemselves were found by leveling to have an altitude of119-05 feet, and involved a portage of 62 chains or threequarters of a mile. They are distant from the mouth ofthe river by its windings about 30 miles, and in an airline 17 miles. D 2 36 RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. As the altitude of these falls has attracted the attentionof several observers, the different results obtained maynot be without interest: — Feet. Altitude ascertained by leveling (Mr. Dawson, August
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