. Hunters of the great north . ary had I clamberedmy way among the boulders and through the brush alongthe rivers brink for fifteen miles. Just then nothing ap-peared to me so desirable as getting quickly into a houseat Fort Smith where mosquito netting and closed doorswould shut out the insect world. At the Rapids we left behind our humorist, the sameLee who had astounded the natives as a canoeman. Hisjob was to build the sawmill which was to produce thelumber needed for the construction of a more modernriver steamer for service on the lower Mackenzie. In hismain purpose Lee succeeded well, f
. Hunters of the great north . ary had I clamberedmy way among the boulders and through the brush alongthe rivers brink for fifteen miles. Just then nothing ap-peared to me so desirable as getting quickly into a houseat Fort Smith where mosquito netting and closed doorswould shut out the insect world. At the Rapids we left behind our humorist, the sameLee who had astounded the natives as a canoeman. Hisjob was to build the sawmill which was to produce thelumber needed for the construction of a more modernriver steamer for service on the lower Mackenzie. In hismain purpose Lee succeeded well, for two years later onmy second journey through this country I photographedthe launching of the Mackenzie River, which had beenbuilt in the intervening two years from the lumber cutby Lees sawmill. She has been plying regularly sincethen up and down the magnificent 1300 mile waterwaythat lies between the Smith Rapids and the head of theMackenzie delta well within the arctic circle. The Wrigley awaited us at Fort Smith. The Mid-. Str. Mackenzie River Below Smith Rapids
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