Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-20

to haul the boat over three portagcs only. viz: At the Painted Stone, 20 yards; at Robinson's portage. 1915 yards, and at Trout river fall, 24 yards, respectively. In the upward journey there are 2f demicharges or tracking places, where portage of 40 yards must be made at Island Portage. The distance over this route from Lake Win niFeg to York Factory is stated to be 272 geographical miles.
 That is the route that this canal is supposed to be constructed upon. will now give the distance of this canal between Winnipeg and the Hudson bay. The distances along the route hereto fore described are approximately as fol lows:
 Winnipeg tcity) to foot of St. An Head of Red river navigation to Lake Month %lhn59eE o} Red river to warrena Land 70 warrens lr Landing to Norway House 2s1a Norway House to Winter Portage (Sea Winter Portage to Moison's lake..... F Molson's lake to Inlet White Water river , ....'.'......',..... Echlmamish and Robinson lakes to
 Portage.... ....,.....,.,..,... =....... =. IF Robing6n Eoa d,li, ,P1gtag4 az ,a 10 Portage between Franklin lake and Lake Max to Pine lake.........#......... Il Pine lake and channel to Windy lake 10 Windy lake and channel to Oxford
 lake. -.......... .......t.............. .. 12 Oxford lake and Jackson's bay.......... 24 Jacksons s bay to Knee lake and Port 1ldse to(....'.. '..'.........' #.'......-...... knee Iake....... ...... .......,........... 40 Sack flVeT 10 Hill river to the Rock. ................... 26 The Rock to York Factory. .109
 ''The total is 6S1h miles, the last hundSed miles of which is navigable for boats drawing seven feet of water.
 "The navigable stretches for canal boats and steamers of light draught without improvement are approximate ly as follows:
 Head of navigation on Red river to '' Winter Portage on Sea river ....... 3341h Musketaboon channel, Molson's lake
 and White river to Fall. -...... 36 White river, Echimamsh river and Robinson's lake to Portage. e............ "A Franklin lake to Portage to Lake Lake Max, Fine and Windy lakes and intervening channels to the first rapids on Winnipinaipis. s........ ....... 27 Oxford's lake and Jackson's bay........ H Knee lake....... ....................... 40 Swampy lake. ................. 10 The Rock to York Factory ..............10
 Total, 616h miles.
 The distances which would require to be
 Miles. Rock cutting, height of land, White Water falls, Robinson Portage, Lake Max Portage, Winnipinaipis river
 ttwo cuts), Mission Portage (three | Dredging, sand and marsh, Winter Portage bay, Musketab boon, Robin son Portage, Pine river, Mission
 creek, Knee Lake creek, and three
 other points. ....... ..................... 14 Improvement by dams and locks Red
 river, Jack river, Hill rivex and other polnts..-..... ...... ...... ............... 46%
 "That is, only 51 miles altogether, in the whole of that distance, requiring any improvement to make r navigable from the city of Winnipeg to the Hud- son bay. I do not think all of that re- quires canaling. This includes all the portions where Instructions have to be removed, such as blasting shoals and re. moving powders. Of course, that opens i up an entirely new field"