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' f : PH Ey RATE E YiRUsR TAN A Canoe Trip to Fort Temiscamingue in '79 By Sha-Ka-Nash Before taking the lake, the, canoes are gone carefully over: with gum and a burning stick to, repair whatever damage has; been done on the portages. The' wind being favorable, a sail is again rigged up, this time witha forked stick tied up in the centre of the canoe. with the end set up in a frying pan on the bottom of the canoe; a light pole being made fast to one of a covering,a pack strap put over the fork at the mast head that serves for hal- yards, and then brought aft to serve as backstay. So we put off and sailed down the big Lake Temiscamingue. When we came down to the big steep rocks on the west side the Indian crews had a' great talk in their own language, and every one who used tobacco, put a lit- tle piece in the water in front of the steep rocks, the writer add- ing his quota with the rest. I never learned the real signifi- cance of the performance, but anyone who has passed on the lake with a loaded canoe in front of those rocks will know that it was very advisable to court the favor of the water sprite. Before we got down the lake had all the wind we wanted we but a big bark canoe, if it is not} loaded, and well handled , will] stand a surprising amount of sea. We could see the Old Fort build- ings as we came down the lake and when geting near the Nar- rows we went ashore on the west side, had dinner and a_ general clean-uy Most of the men car-} ried a bit of soap, a towel and a} piece of comb | In a deep bay to the eastward of us, on the Quebec side, there was a lone trapper or hermit of some kind, name of Kelly, and the bay was called Kelly's Bay.! We unt our uling gear, Cut Ss takine it with us in the canoe and paddled Ones 51 byw. side, down un throug the rrows. As | .came trough th rTrows 4 couldt see t buildings belong-| ng aN O.M.1. on the west sic | and we turned in and landed on} the south side of the point in| front of old Fort Temiscamingue., | iat little things we have | on the heach, and turning the canoes bottom-up over it The guide delivers the packet to the office. and we are at liberty: for the rest of the day to take in the sights around the- old historic Fort Temiscamingue. Such a number of Indian tents and birch- bark wikiwams reminds one very forcibly of the old trading days, and of the time when the Hud- son's Bay Company's birch-bark brigade left LaCloche, as soon as the trade returns of furs were all collected, came through Nipis- sing Lake past Mattawa, other canoes joining them as they pass- ed the Posts and on up the Upper Ottawa to Ten.iscamingue, where the canoes from the Fort joined with them going up north through Quinze, on to the H.B. Post at Abitibi, then down the Abitibi River and the Moose River to Moose Factory, where the river runs, into James' Bay waters. Quite a canoe trip. I, myself, have seen and talked with two men who had made some_ trips from LaCloche to Moose Factory and return; in fact one of them had a muzzle-loading gun that he had got at Moose Factory in part payment for one of his trips. The trip took them nearly all sum- mer, each canoe bringing back with them from Moose Factory, their supplies for the year. Just think of it, you railway men and train travellers! From Nipissing to Moosonee in two days; not to mention the airmen in a_ few hours. Progress, you will say; MAYBE so. However, at the time of our Mr- John Turner, of Bear Island;} who was at that time blacksmith at the Fort. I met the late Mr, GC. Parr; who was then in charge of the Hudson's Bay Com- pany's trading post, Hunter's Lodge. Mrs. Farr being along with him, probably on their way in to his post. I made the ac- quaintance of the late Wapi Ki- shik, a splendid specimen of a good old Indian, and also, his wife who, by her appearance could only have been part Indian. There were quite a number of Indians camped in the vicinity, coming in to the Fort from the surround- ing country. In the evening, my partner and myself pitched our little tent on the beach. The rest of the crew slept here and there, some of them under the canoes and others in the camp of some friends. «In the morning several members of the crew went across the Nar- rows to the Priest's place, and later in the day, we made ready for the return trip. We loaded each canoe with two half-barrels pork, two kegs lard, twenty-five bags flour and three packing cases each nearly one hundred pounds. We got eight days' pro- visions on the same scale as we | | | | i | own trip, Fort Temiscamingue |, ; TI id was a place of great importance. aE tase ae gue pa : could have had more if he hac There was a large trading store i e a Sones x ie Tegra and office combined and a big|*20U8" ; ere ae EEN . storehouse a little piece apart.|Wet weather. ey TS leet OL 9G the two buildings facing each trip, all right, but there are some other, forming two sides of a things he must not do. He can- square enclosed between the two Lekote (eH, sae letter x ge ends fronting the lake with high how ae" small it may ae on y stockades, two large buildings, what is inthe packet he gets ORO rat ben hee Glced tacoma som the Om Coy ae amish no house, the other the clerk's house travel in the rain nor break car- {Sinaller buildine tor a. men's|so he main objective, first, Weta ahi Gaiabt a ie caret last and all the time is to land i ; t, |the carg Ryo intac The post buildings The late. Mr the « ay dry and MEN Colin Rankin, chief factor, was rules made by the officers of the paee : i § id compa are ade e in charge of the Temiscamingue ol eae vice a Lo Pi District and had control over an]? DEVAS Spee aS : phases us Pen CORTE LOeD DOT the Lomeoe Medes and Persians that immens ory, bo Province of Quebec and Ontario Itereth not. The principal posts were Nipis- The guide gets the packet and sing, Matta, Grand Lake and Abi-|bill of lading from the office and tibi,. with. a. lax number of|after a hand-shaking with every- maller posts stationed here and|body in sight, we get in the ca- ere all over the district. There}noe and paddle away through the ve io iclerkee) mamed Gume | Narrows) andethenwup te lave mings and mpson, and David}but' what a difference .between gs a ny gat av aU McLaren was in the store He|that and the light canoe coming eemed to hold position as wn [The canoe gunwale is a tore man or ste rd. at least|bare. hand-breadth out of the soinethine ibove ordinary labor fimalel Sontuatemeareq line mayan Che only.oth I ¢ l were|able weather, which we fortun- Wijhiam Petrault late|ately had and landed at our pgr- - Mod ee = : ) ath a =| | | | DAUGHTER: "Mother, how old do puppies have to be before they stop Lake Temiscamingue and the tearing things up?" --The Humorist, London CHEMICAL FACTORY EXPLOSION CAUSES IMMENSE DAMAGE » Our picture shows all that was left of more /7an twénty houses adjoining the W. J. Buch chemical factory at Mitcham, England, after the factory blew ed considerable damage to all property wif" 4 mile oflthe factory = were injured by falling roofs and wal he terrific explosion, @vhich occurred early in the morning, caus- person was killed. Scores of people tage alongside of the creek safe and sound. Where there is no dock it is quite a job loading and unloading the canoes at the portages, and along the river where we camp- ed. The canoe must be side-on to the shore, one man in the water holding onto the canoe, and moves it in the water so as the other man in the water doesn't need to move while he is hand- ling the pieces he receives from the bowsman( who loads and un- loads the canoe and pass it on to men on the shore, standing in line one after the other to receive it. The cargo must be piled on stout poles to keep it off the ground, with poles on top of it to rest the coverings on, as every precaution must be taken to pre- vent the cargo from getting wet. Our cargo looks quite a formid- able pile to start over the por- tages with. First thing that is done is to run the pickle off from the half-barrels of pork, the pickle being replaced as soon as the pork gets up to the post. On the short portages each canoe crew carried over their own load separately, but on any long por- tage like between the creek and Sesekinika, the cargoes are car- the end, when they come lake. To keep the stuff t the portage is divided i, maybe a quarter of a and one stage is alwé ed before starting i another one. Our loads® generally aver- aged thre etrips over the portage, not including the canoes, so that four men hal always to make the stages or less, complet- four trips. The portage between Sesg¢kini- ka and Clear Lake is somewhat hilly, as also between Clar Lake and Mud Lake. All men who are able are supposed tacarry two hundred pounds weight as a load on the portages ,and it is no trouble at all for any ordinary man to carry two bags of flour, as on the sandy portage between Mud Lake and the river, a good level portage where we put down the load halfway across, several members of the crew carried three bags of flour and some of them four in one load, though such actions are not approved of by the company. Here we are at the river again. Load the canoes and pick up the material we left and start to face the current, and that we do pret- ty soon. After leaving the por- tage for a piece the bowsman an part ¢ paddle u eddy, and ti that I have alway risky thing to do. We Cros the big swells of the rapid ti other side; the bow of the ca: must be kept nearly heading up stream and crossing over at the same time. In a long rapid they may cross several times to get the benefit of the eddies. 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