MacDonell, John. Description of Lake Athabasca and the Chipweans, ca. 1805 and Journal of a Voyage from Lachine to Fort River Qu'Appelle, 1793. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0005

then pass Knee Lake

Trout River 

19th Trout fall 

50 yds Long 

20th Middle Portage 

60 [yds Long] 

21st Upper Portage 

60 [yds Long] 

22nd Crooked Chute above 

20 [yds Long] 

23rd Back Creek 

200 [yds Long] 

Then holy Lake

Oxford house

Jack River 

24th Wapanassans 

40 [yds Long] 

25th Middle Portage 

20 [yds Long] 

26th Upper Spout 

25 [yds Long] 

27th Hill Portage 

800 [yds Long] ½ mile 

28th White Fall 

1200 [yds Long] ¾ mile 

29th Painted Stone 

40 [yds Long] 

30th Stony Beaver Dam 

40 [yds Long] 

31st Little [Beaver Dam] 

20 [yds Long] 

32nd Sea River 

25 [yds Long] 

Jack River-Rivière au Brochêt

Plea Gree & Lake Winipie

My informent says this is utmost number of portages to be carried over at the lowest he ever saw the water.

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