A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador An Account Of The Exploration Of The Nascaupee And George Rivers By Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Junior
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I got up at 7 and
caught about twenty trout, small. All pretty tired and enjoyed the
long sleep. At noon George and I started up the river, following
the hills. Found small rocky stream coming in about 1 mile up.
Suppose it is the Red Wine River. Two miles up a 2-mile stretch of
good water. Best of all the portage route leading in at the foot.
We followed this over the hill to the Red Wine River, and found old
cuttings. This pleases us a heap. It shows that we are on the old
Montagnais trail, that we will probably have their portage routes
clear through, and that they probably found lakes and good water
farther up, or they would never have fought this bad water. To-
morrow we will tackle the 2-mile portage with light hearts. We are
3 miles south of where Low's map places us. Am beginning to
suspect that the Nascaupee River, which flows through Seal Lake,
also comes out of Michikamau, and that Low's map is wrong. Bully
stunt if it works out that way. Saw lots of caribou and fresh bear
tracks. Trout went fine for supper. Flies very bad. Our wrists
burn all the time.
Monday, July 20th. - Minimum temp. last night 37 degrees. Bright
day. Flies awful. I got breakfast while George cut portage
through swamp, and then we groaned all day - through the swamp 1 1/2
miles - across two streams, up steep hill, then along old trail to
foot of smooth water above these rapids.
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