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DOWN THE MACKENZIE
AND UP THE YUKON
IN 1906
Copyright Ernest Brown
S.S. WRIGLEY AT THE JUNCTION OF THE MACKENZIE AND LIARD RIVERS
DOWN THE MACKENZIE
AND UP THE YUKON
IN 1906
BY ELIHU STEWART
Formerly Superintendent of Forestry
for Canada
WITH A MAP AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON : JOHN LANE : THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK : JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO : BELL AND COCKBURN : MCMXIII
SECOND EDITION
THE BALLANTYNE PRESS TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN LONDON
TO
THE RIGHT HONORABLE EARL GREY
Former Governor-General of Canada whoduring his Term of Office found time toacquaint himself with much of our NorthernWilderness these pages are respectfullyDedicated
ERRATUM
The Photograph entitled “A Moose and Indian Tepee,” reproducedto face page 218 and on the wrapper, is the copyrightof Ernest Brown of Edmonton
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PREFACE
The following narrative is based on a reportwhich I made to the Government of Canada,dated November 16, in the year 1906, shortlyafter my return to Ottawa from the farNorth.
In writing this report I had to resist thetemptation to give many details which werepresent in my mind at the time but whichwould be scarcely warranted in an officialdocument. In the following pages I haveallowed myself more latitude and have alsoincluded several illustrations, the greaternumber of them being photographs takenby myself. Many of these were snapshotstaken from the deck of one or other of thesteamers on which I was a passenger, andfor that reason are not as good as when timeexposures were obtained.
I cannot allow this little narrative to passout of my hands without expressing heartfeltthanks for the unfailing kindness and8hospitality, as well as assistance, that Ireceived from the officials of the HudsonBay Company, as well as from the agentsof the independent trading Companies, from