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82 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
The grass was luxuriant, and the region teemed w i t h tiger-l
i l i e s , yarrow, and the w i l d rose.
The L i t t l e F r a i r i e . as it is called, is r e a l l y a lovely region,
in appearance resembling the Saskatchewan country. There
was an old Hudson's B a y cattle station here, at that time
deserted, and here, too, we were charmed w i t h a mirage of
indescribable beauty, an enchanting portal to the . mighty
Peace, which we reached about mid- day on the 15th o f J u l y .
The view up the Peace R i v e r from the high p r a i r i e level
is singularly beautiful, the river disclosing a series of
reaches, like inland lakes, far to the west, whilst from the
south comes the immense valley of the H e a r t , and, farther
up, the Smoky R i v e r , a great t r i b u t a r y which drains a large
extent of p r a i r i e country mixed w i t h timber.
To the north spreads upward, and backward to its summit,
the vast bank of the river, varied as to surface by rounded
bare hills and valleys and flats sprinkled with aspens,
cherries, and saskatoons, the latter loaded w i t h ripe f r u i t.
The banks of the Peace R i v e r are a country i n themselves,
i n which, p a r t i c u l a r l y on the north side, numerous homesteads
might be, and indeed have been, carved out. Descendi
n g to the river, we found a Hudson's B a y Company and
P o l i c e post. The river here is about a t h i r d of a m i l e wide,
and was i n freshet, with a current, we thought, of about six
miles an hour.
At Smoky R i v e r we met a couple of prospectors, M r .
T r y o n , a nephew of the i l l - f a t ed A d m i r a l , and M r . Cooper
B l a c h f o r d , down from the Poker F l a t mining- camp, this
side the F i n l a y Rapids, i n the Selwyn Mountains. They
reached that camp by way of Ashcroft, B . C . , i n twenty- two
days, the Peace R i v e r route being very much longer and
more difficult. They described the camp there as a promisi
n g one, w i t h much gold- bearing quartz i n sight, but the cost
of provisions and the extreme difficulty of development under
the circumstances held it back.
There being but a few half- breeds here, we crossed the
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| OCR | 82 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN The grass was luxuriant, and the region teemed w i t h tiger-l i l i e s , yarrow, and the w i l d rose. The L i t t l e F r a i r i e . as it is called, is r e a l l y a lovely region, in appearance resembling the Saskatchewan country. There was an old Hudson's B a y cattle station here, at that time deserted, and here, too, we were charmed w i t h a mirage of indescribable beauty, an enchanting portal to the . mighty Peace, which we reached about mid- day on the 15th o f J u l y . The view up the Peace R i v e r from the high p r a i r i e level is singularly beautiful, the river disclosing a series of reaches, like inland lakes, far to the west, whilst from the south comes the immense valley of the H e a r t , and, farther up, the Smoky R i v e r , a great t r i b u t a r y which drains a large extent of p r a i r i e country mixed w i t h timber. To the north spreads upward, and backward to its summit, the vast bank of the river, varied as to surface by rounded bare hills and valleys and flats sprinkled with aspens, cherries, and saskatoons, the latter loaded w i t h ripe f r u i t. The banks of the Peace R i v e r are a country i n themselves, i n which, p a r t i c u l a r l y on the north side, numerous homesteads might be, and indeed have been, carved out. Descendi n g to the river, we found a Hudson's B a y Company and P o l i c e post. The river here is about a t h i r d of a m i l e wide, and was i n freshet, with a current, we thought, of about six miles an hour. At Smoky R i v e r we met a couple of prospectors, M r . T r y o n , a nephew of the i l l - f a t ed A d m i r a l , and M r . Cooper B l a c h f o r d , down from the Poker F l a t mining- camp, this side the F i n l a y Rapids, i n the Selwyn Mountains. They reached that camp by way of Ashcroft, B . C . , i n twenty- two days, the Peace R i v e r route being very much longer and more difficult. They described the camp there as a promisi n g one, w i t h much gold- bearing quartz i n sight, but the cost of provisions and the extreme difficulty of development under the circumstances held it back. There being but a few half- breeds here, we crossed the |
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