This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Bay by this route would be made up as follows: Lake Superior to Long Lake 22 miles. Long Lake free navigation, about 54 " Kenogami River and Lakes on its course 90f" Pembina Island to junction of Kenogami with Albany.. 99" Albany to James Bay 150" 416J" The route from Pembina Island to the junction with the Albany and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...Bay by this route would be made up as follows: Lake Superior to Long Lake 22 miles. Long Lake free navigation, about 54 " Kenogami River and Lakes on its course 90f" Pembina Island to junction of Kenogami with Albany.. 99" Albany to James Bay 150" 416J" The route from Pembina Island to the junction with the Albany and thence to James' Bay, is without portages, and admits of canoe navigation. It would, however, be more correct to say that the Albany to the point of junction is fitted for navigation by larger craft, a fact that has been well-known ever since the earliest opening of the Hudson's Bay Company's tisade. Itwas at this point thatHenly House, or Fort, was erected, to protect'the trade of the Company against the attempts of the French Canadians to intercept the Indians coming from the west to trade their furs and peltries at Albany, and not a few sharp encounters took place between the rivals, who in a limited scale, thus maintained a warfare, too often raging on a far more extensive one between the representatives of their respective 3 nations nearer home. To the capabilities of the Albany for navigation as described by those who have tested them more recently, older authorities also bear testimony. Before a committee of the British House of Commons in 1749 one John Hayter, a servant of the Hudson's Bay Company, gave the following evidence: He said, "that he had been twelve days' journey up the Albany River to a Fort or Factory called Henly House, which is 150 or 200 miles up that River, that he saw large trees there but no corn." Being asked the occasion of building Henly House, he said " that the old leading Indian had been used ill by the Governor (at Albany) and brought four French Indians (Indians fav...
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