Stikeen River journal., 1898-05-14
THE TRAIL ID LAKE TESL|M
Complete Description of Courses
 and Distances.
IT'S NOW IN GO CONDITION
The Shes.lay Cutof-Teslin City --McDOnald's Sawmill Running
 Flesh and Fish.

| son, who returned rom Lake 1eSlln en the 9th instant, the following infor- nation is gained in regard to the trail between Telegraph Creek and Lake | Teslin.
 Starting from Telegraph Creek the trail goes up nine miles due north tc the summit of the pass between the mountains. The elevation is 3,65O feet above sea-levcl.
 | From the summit the trail swings around little to the east, then north and then to the northwest, going down. following little creek on it's right hand side. eleven miles to the Little Tahl-tan river The stream is about twenty yards wide.
 From the Little Tlhl-tln the trail goes northwest about four miles to the Big Tahl-tan, over a bushy, rolling country. The Big Tahl-tan is here about forty yards W idle, and is fordable. The British government is now build ing a cerduroy bridge at this point.
 From the Big Tahl-tan the trail goes west twelve miles up the river over to the divide between the Big Tahl-tan and the hcudwaters of Salmon creek. IL follows down the right hand side of Salmon creek about thirteen miles passing two small lakes, the widening of the stream. to Egnells, an aban- doncd Hudson Bay post, six miles from the last lake.
 EGNELL'S
 consists of two deserted log houses The buildings are in fair condition.
 From Egncll's the trail branches The Salmon creek runs into the Shes lay river, and the Shes-lay runs in to the Tahk-koo river. which empties into the Tahk-koo inlet above Juneau
 THE SHES-LAY TRAIL. From Egnell's there is trail known est trail to Lake Teslin. but the better It has no horse trail. and is good only in the winter.
 Leaving Egnell's the trail continues down the Shes-iay river fifteen miles. northwest. through a very flat valley. The river winds in and around Half rocks two rocky bluffs which run for half d mile on either side of the river They stand up 300 feet. They are colored purple and blue by some kind of natural pigment that oozcs out of the face of the bluffs The trail is on the ice. and has not been exploi ed for d summer route.
 .At the l1-miie point. the trail turns north. and leaves the Shcs-lay valley and climbs to the summit three miles. l .00 feet above the river. There the trail leads along d creek flowing through willow swamp. for 70 miles to Il lake. three miles long and a II it. and half wide.
 Flat creek flows ont of this lake. The trail follows Flat creek north into the Nntiin river. Three miles up the Nah-lin the tl'a.l rejoins tie govern mcnt trail from E.ugeli's.
 Five miles fl on the Nah-ln. on Flat creek. are fifty foot. perpendicular falls. V hen Ar. Ronayne Was there in MA'. they ware frozen solid. He o,rrtoos Mcbonald's party there. and tn Y lat him down over the frozen falls with block and tackle.
 THE GOVERNMENT TRAIL.
 From Eynell's the government trail goes north up a very steep, zig-zag path four miles. to the summit of Cow ketchi mountain. There 1t crosses the Observation-Disclosures river. From this rolling. swampy country. interspersed with low Ei's covo rei with spruce and pine. and d plentiful supply of bunch grass. This is d feeding ground for five stock. The trail passes four lakes. from half mile to four miles long. and about two miles wide. Here are found thousands of cariboo. which give abundance of food to travellers.
 It is forty miles from the summit of Cow-kcfchi, to the Nah-lin river. where tho government trail rejoins the Shos-!ay trail.
 The Nah-lin river is about 100 miles wide at the crossing furdable b,, has d very swift current
 Crossing the Nah-lin the trail con tinucs up the river about d mile. and ,.urns to the left. and climbs north by northwest to the summit of Nah-lin mountain. which is the divide between the waters of the Teslin and Tak-koo rivers. There is glcnty of spruce and lack pine.
 From the summit, the trail leads down the same direction. following a succession of small thickly wooded I..1 s fs C