New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-15

n md the resder hat this lake IS only the OTTAWA
Videbed out There seems to be as much water here
in the Lsse Of the Two Mountains many mile. below
be scepeTy on this lake Is interesting and beautiful
lie traveller now begins 10 large forests Of pine
aid 10 understand where the immense rats Of timber
cen from that are hoaied down this great river PAS
ire over this Like twenty hve miles. YOU reach Les
SLs,snr or the Channels where the river is divided
INTO s.yersl streams smoug many islands The water is
u;ts rand n the channel in which the boat passes up
I'D there is s,mgle between tbe force OF the carrent
aid the cover Of steam The latter gaiDs the vctay,
I'd The boat lands YOU seven miles above Les Szeasr,
At Porsce dn Font This is the terminus OF regular
item b. 81 paygst but net Of the Ottawa river Port
a.e du Font is small yiisge snd handsomely situated
IN DIX sandy land There is Catholic Church here, a
tut.ic heuse. stores mills. &c
Six miles shove Portage du Fort Is q most beautiful
r,pd called the Calumet IL is one Of the most inter
t,iIg rapids 90 tie river, snd wen ""asu nlsn ine
eoupr, il Wild and somewhat bn,ken. The Ottawa here
SENS 10 retain its magnitude AID the rushing waters AZ
The slurrt one ire ble for the safety OF rats and
a en- they borne alosg upon tee RAPID current
Above these rspds ycu come to quiet water again. Hnea
could be- nsygated by stesmbost. upward OF tniry
niles To- Pembroke large sud fonllshing village AS
you ascend this noble river the scene! grows sui more
hold Wild and interesting Ii Cd. traveller ~ishes 10
ssctLd the Ottawa above Portage du Fort he must par
chase bark canoe ard employ yoyaSeur and then he
90 into Hudsons Bay. II his courage and PROVISIONS
lold out The of the Ottawa IL somewhere near
lat ~ \ sbd 10 " long lis course is generally
south vest. through country almost unknown. recey-
rg several tributaries from the hight of land which sep
Glstcs il, waters from those that fall into Hudson Ray,
40, ssiur through several lakes OF which eighty
miles long il enters narrow lake. called Iemiscaming,
Which is si,ty.sevtn niles long. From Lake Ienisca-
ming the Ouswa downward has been surveyed. The
in euse country sbove this lake il yet unexplored,
sid Known only Ia the natives sud The agents 81 the
Hudson Ray Company This uneXpoFed region is lar
tlan all New England and occupied by ie~ hundred
nile, Of wandering Indians. The whole course ot the
Cttava j. about So miles nearly long as that OF the
Rhine About thirty miles below the lane the river
Montreal falls into tie Otavs. This riyer 10 the canoe
route 10 Hudson's Bay. few miles further down, q
a Great river, called the keepaws, enters the Ottawa
IL Passes through unknown region, aud lake my
lies long The keepawa exceeds IN volume the largest
rivers in Great Britain snd 10 It's descent "a Lake ienis
csmirg presents magnificent Ga cade hundred ana
twenty ZEE in hight II Issues from the west side OF Lake
k,.tsvs and the River Dumane which enters the
Ottawa one hundte ell niles below the keepasa, COMES
cut OF the southern extremity Oi the same lahe 'nus
presenting phenomenon similar Ia the connection oil
The RIO Negro and the Orinoco The Ottawa dralns
square miles If territory alarge portion OF which
is We, me1plored This region Is capable OF sustaining
ca, lulf as many persons now live in the United
States
Some idea may be formed of the immense volume
Of alter ruI ming in the Ottawa, If we examine lts tro
uiaries Besides the rivers Dumalne and Montreal,
hr,pdy mentioned aud many other tributaries above,
which have no places any wap, the following rivers
viii Give the reader view of the mighty Ottawa The
Ptttwawa i. l40 miles IN length; Black River, lJp the
River CouOnge. 100; the bOnDecbene. l2O; the NADIA
NasLa 2l0 the Mississippi lcl the RIdeau, no. the
Gstiueau uearly 500 the RNierc de LoIone 300 the
North and South Nation Rivers, esch about 100; tho
River Rouge 90 the River du Nord, 100; the River
Assumption, which has a course Of $50 miles The
uqh OF these rivers is more than three thousand miles,
and drain immense area, besides many other large
rivers not here enumerated which swell the volume OF
The OTTAWA Many OF these rivers equal IN size to the
Hudson the Shannon the Thames the Tweed, the Spey
and Tue Clyde have scarcely place upon any map
Vet any Of them, flowing IN some parts oil our glooe
would sOon become famous In story aud song
Above the village of Pembroke the Ottawa, for some
dstar &C. is called Deep River In this region too Is
found Alumette LAX. with it's many beautiful wooded
i,lan,s These green islands and the high mountains
and abrupt bluffs along the north side Of Deep River
render tie scenery truly magnificent and exceedingly
IictureFgue far surprising IN the opinion OF many tho
beautiful axe Of the Thousand Islands" the st.
Lawrence Here beauty rnd grandeur united, while
there nothing but beauty meets the eye In all these
streams sud lakes there is nm abundance OF fish, and the
wide spread forests afford homes for the deer The val
h o the OTTAWA has extent Ot territory eight times
os LARGE A. the State OF Vermont. This immense region
oyer,sa great variety OF geological formations and
pr, scIts all their characteristic features from tho level
Uniform surface of the sllurisn system which prevails
H d. great extent OF the south shore Ot the OttawS
Ia the rugged and romantic ridges in the meamsrphie
nd priuye formations which stretch FAR away 10 the
north and northwest There are usually employed upon
the OTTAWA and s tributaries about 2OOOO ldsbermen
every season. aud what is still more remarkable, nearly
all this great multitude are engaged by their employers
up.p the condition OF total abstinence from all inofi
cstrp drinks II il found by experiment that lumber
inv operatoIs are carried much more proha0y WITH
ont .imuht Dg drinks ,ban they used To be when liquors
II AIDE part OF the camp furnishings The RATS are not
now so liable 10 he shattered In pieces and the timber
10 rest up, the ragged rocks Of the numerous s ana
"a. bich 4 INNS
on. gentleman Who is largely engaged in NUMBERING on
hi. river told the writer that the tlmber hewn much
por straight Dow than ia years past when the brain oi
tie axmi n was fired BY ach0hOic liquors THIS hewlng
the trees in the forest however great waste oi TIM
Der and the best and cearest part 81 the lumber 100
II is practice which ought 20 be abandoned, ior ths
tine has already come when clear, white pine boards
command too high a price and are too valuable Tor
building purposes 10 have The trees OF which tney are
manufactured thus heWn mp aud wasted Thousands ana
t., Of thousands Of pounds thus thrown away every
season because the good people OF the Fast anchored
d" lfle' must have hewn timber! =,
Tie OTTAWA lun Der trade was commenced by a Mr.
Wrilh Massacfu sttts in the year l5H. 10 l1I3
lie business found employment for 900 iunbermen
and 7743 sesmen ard furnished cargoes for 900 yes
.es at sesson than thousand vessels cleared
al tie PeTt of QUEBEC which we're almost exclusively
On 0yed in the export ~ lumber; AMI nearly All theso
v,ssels were Of hTee tunnsge The whole number of
esels uLicb arrived az bee Ibe last season was
1919 their tunnsge being f3i,%J the number OF pas
..roer. brought in them was 3y.<tl The export BY
te,e b- square timber aud deals az appears by the
Cu,toH's returns for the year ending December last
Wa a. foiows: white pine, square irrt, i5,DD1IVi
teG me 3!sG 40: OAK, !, JIG 80; elm, ,J266D !;
a,h 4 2sU; birch, 1e02D0; tamarac, 36bDD ;-makng
a. aggregate Of l9-534:s2 square feet or pine AMI
,uluce deals there were exported 25lS '13 prces To-
with large quantity Of stsves laDs abd 0tber
uuIer Thir important branch Of Canadian commerce,