The Making of the Canadian West Being the Reminiscences of An Eyewitness
The Making of the Canadian West Being the Reminiscences of An Eyewitness
Macbeth Roderick George
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Not at all. Escorted by Mr. Mayor and the Town Council we take him down to your quay, and ask him which he will ascend first, the Red River or the Assiniboine two streams, the one five hundred miles long, the other four hundred and eighty, which so happily mingle their waters within your city limits. After having given him a preliminary canter on these respective rivers, we take him off to Lake Winnipeg, an inland sea three hundred miles long and upwards of sixty broad, during the navigation of... which for many a 126 The Making of the Canadian West. weary hour he will find himself out of sight of land, and probably a good deal more indisposed than ever he was on the Lake of the Woods or even the Atlantic. At the north-west angle of Lake Winni- peg he hits upon the month of the Saskatchewan, the gateway to the North- West, and the starting point to another one thousand five hundred miles of navi- gable water flowing nearly due east and west between its alluvial banks. Having now reached the Rocky Mountains, our 'ancient mariner, ' for by this time he will be quite entitled to such an appellation, knowing that water cannot run up hill, feels certain his aquatic experiences are concluded.
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