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His disposition was not to magnify, or try to "throw a scare" into me, but he told me clearly the best way to tackle each rapid. Mr. Raymond Allen, whom I met later, told me he considered him the best canoeman on the Columbia River.
Emond treated...
2004-07-12
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mingling with the Columbia. Canoe River is about 200 feet wide at its mouth and here is the site of the famous Boat Encampment of David Thompson and the early voyagers. On the same side and a short distance below is Camp Creek. Off the mouth of...
2004-07-14
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investigation before running. I landed on the right, where there is a considerable bank and climbed to its top where I could look down the whole length of the agitated water. At Gordon Rapids the breakers start near each shore, approach each other...
2004-07-14
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begin at the summit of the Selkirks and extend westerly crossing the Columbia into Gold Range. Gold was discovered in the gravels of the channels in 1865 and a stampede was made to the district. Placer mining was extensively carried on for several...
2004-07-14
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telligence, and of natural kindness and hospitality. I will always bear for him profound respect.
On the afternoon of August 22 the rain ceased and the sky cleared. Mr. Allen suggested that we go across the River in my boat and inspect the old...
2004-07-14
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ment was, that after climbing the hillside he was hurrying along the trail, and just before reaching the cabin, Queen came bounding up the hill, through the brush, none the worse for her experience; and like myself, thinking she might be hungry he...
2004-07-14
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Image Caption: LOOKING UP DEATH RAPIDS, WAVES FIFTEEN FEET HIGH --page break-- foothold. The only thing to do is to run quickly across, in the swift current, between the two rapids, land on the left hand side, and then line.
We had found the...
2004-07-14
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Image Caption: FIRE WARDEN'S CABIN AT DOWNIE CREEK --page break-- in about ten miles I reached Eighteen Mile Rapids. They were easy and I ran them without stopping. Seventeen miles of good river followed, and then came two unnamed rapids,...
2004-07-14
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at this point that the Canadian Pacific Railway makes its second crossing of the Columbia from the high bench on the Selkirk side, and just below is the highway bridge. After Steamboat Rapids are passed the River is not so closely confined as...
2004-07-14
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wide and a half-inch thick, with two edges rounded, like moulding. Making the bottom boards come flush with the sides the rounded strips were nailed to the bottom, lapping over the sides a half-inch. The bottom itself was subject to little injury,...
2004-07-14
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support a street railway system. When that time comes ample hydro-electric power is available from nearby sources. The town owns its own water, light and power systems, the source being the Illecilliwaet River. Revelstoke is a division point on...
2004-07-14
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CHAPTER XVII
FROM REVELSTOKE TO THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY On the afternoon of September I the weather cleared, turned cool, and fresh snow fell on the mountain summits. The next day was favorable for continuing my journey. Mr. Bewes, the...
2004-07-14
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was again threatening and there was a great lake ahead to be crossed, possibly in a storm, I went into camp at the upper end of the town, on a low flat just under the railway embankment, and below the sawmill.
Arrowhead is at the north end of...
2004-07-14
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Northeast Arm and Galena Bay by noon, and reached the cliff-lined shore. There had been a light head wind all morning, which retarded my progress some, but it now became a strong, steady blow which soon stirred up the waves and crested their tops...
2004-07-14
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a wooden bunk, and a hard mattress. I had supper with Mr. Grady, and learning that Mr. Atkins had returned, walked up to his' cottage, there met him, Mrs. Atkins, and some young friends who were with them, and spent a pleasant evening, and learned...
2004-07-14
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time the pain was almost gone, and testing out my rowing abilities, I found that by holding myself erect, and not straining at the oars, I could row without discomfort. In the meantime Mr. Grady had to prepare all my meals.
On the night of...
2004-07-14
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Image Caption: THE TOWN OF NAKUSP ON UPPER ARROW LAKE --page break-- Arrowhead but is larger. Eight miles away, on Kuskanax Creek are Nakusp Hot Springs. The Canadian Pacific Railway from Kaslo, on Kootenay Lake, has' its northern terminus here,...
2004-07-14
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Image Caption: HEAD OF NARROWS, LOOKING DOWN STREAM --page break-- for the first time since leaving Columbia Lake, there was a light breeze in my favor, and going ashore I cut two willow sticks, about seven feet long, each with a crotch at the...
2004-07-14
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Image Caption: SAILING ON LOWER ARROW LAKE --page break-- and about a hundred yards from the shore, I noticed the corner of a building and went ashore to investigate. I found a one room log cabin containing a large hunk, table, and a dilapidated...
2004-07-14
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cabin, and stopped to investigate. In one room there was a small cot mattress', in good condition except that squirrels or mice had eaten away about a foot of one end. I had had some hard beds occasionally, spruce trees were becoming scarce,...
2004-07-14
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the Columbia River at Marcus, in the United States. From where I first saw this railway Lower Arrow Lake turns gradually to the left, soon has an almost due east course, which it maintains to Castlegar. As I kept down the right hand shore the...
2004-07-14
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United States and crosses the Columbia at Northport.
just above the railway bridge at Castlegar is the beginning of swift water. At this point the Government maintains a ferry boat—the only one on the British Columbia section of the Columbia...
2004-07-14
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short distance above its mouth. In the Columbia, just above the Kootenay, are Big and Little Tin Cup Rapids. They were rather choppy, but I ran them without trouble. A half mile farther was Kootenay Rapids, a mere riffle, easily run; and a few,...
2004-07-14
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four Doukhobors (two men and two women) who walked in from their settlement above Trail in British Columbia. Having no passports, they were stopped by United States Immigration Inspector O. S. Davis, who ordered them to return and instructed them...
2004-07-14
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the meantime, the Inspector, who had gone for help, started after them, carrying their clothes, with a big crowd of men and boys following him. When they came upon them, the poor, deluded creatures followed the Inspector to the Raffle Janni ranch...
2004-07-14
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