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From New York to Penetanguishene, by the route we travelled 760
Lake Huron 250
Lake Superior 406
From Fort William to Cumberland House 1018
Cumberland House to Fort Chipewyan 840
Chipewyan to Fort Resolution, Slave Lake 240
Fort Resolution to the commencement of the Mackenzie 135
Head of the Mackenzie to Fort Simpson 103
Fort Simpson to Bear Lake River 271
Bear Lake River to, and the return from, Garry Island 1206
Length of the Bear Lake River to the Fort 91
Dr. Richardson's excursion to the north-east termination of }
Bear Lake } 483
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Distance travelled 5803
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Number of Miles surveyed 2593

FOOTNOTES:

[1] An attentive perusal of Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Narrative leads me
to the conclusion, that it was this northern branch which that traveller
pursued in his voyage to Whale Island.

CHAPTER II.

TRANSACTIONS AT FORT FRANKLIN, 1825-26.

Mr. Dease having passed the winter of 1824-25 at the Big Island of
Mackenzie, arrived here with fifteen Canadian voyagers, Beaulieu, the
interpreter, and four Chipewyan hunters, on the twenty-seventh of July,
1825; which, on account of the drifting of the ice, was as soon as he
could, with safety, ascend the Bear Lake River. Several of the Dog-Rib
Indians were on the spot, which enabled him to take immediate steps
towards procuring a supply of dried meat for our winter use, as well as
of fresh meat for present consumption. It having been ascertained that
the Rein-deer are most abundant in the north-east quarter of the lake,
during the months of August and September, a select party of Indians was
despatched to hunt thereabout, under the direction of the interpreter,
who took a large canoe for the purpose of bringing home the produce of
their hunt. Other men were sent to inform the Hare Indians of our wish
to purchase any meat t