[-]ticularly from Lake Nipising is hardly fit for cultivation except in certain choice spots such as Sault S^t Mary and Rivier of Lac Lapluie[.] 29^th[.] [M]ade three running portages of the River Blanche and two small Rochers above the Bonnêt, passed Lac du Bonnêt two leagues in this direction with a stiff aft wind. Overtook the Hudsons Bay traders with their three boats and two canoes as the Indians had informed us in the Bonnêt, where they had slept, having done as much in two days as they had in ten; this party is headed by M^r M^c Donald M^cKay late of Pointe Claire and a M^r Sutherland[.] This day we made nine carrying places and passed the night at the Grand des Eaux qui remeuent[.] Friday 30^th Aug^t[.] Passed the three Decharges and the last portages of the River Winipie[.] Upon a high round knoll between the last Rapid on the N.E. shore of the River stood a french Fort of which there is now not a vestige remaining except the clearing[.] This place is now called by the men Pointe au F___e. Two leagues lower down on the opposite side of the River is the North West Company's Fort built by Mons^r Toussaint Le Sieur a year ago[.] This is also called bas de la Riviere Fort, for three miles below it the Rivier Winipie discharges into the lake Winipie

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