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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, ... under the command of Stephen H. Long
Year: 1824 (1820s)
Authors: Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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three parts by two islands, andthe effect is quite picturesque; the foam produced by thesetwo falls, exceeds that observed at any other, and impartsto the river, for a certain distance, a white, milky aspect.Mr. Seymours view of this fall, which we have called theUpper Falls of the Winnepeek, was not taken at a favour-able spot, as the rocky nature of the bank prevented himfrom landing at a place from which an advantageous viewof both the falls could be obtained. The Bois brules callthis the fall of the petite pointe de Bois. A short dis-tance above this, another, called Jacks fall Avas seen, whichwas also very fine. On the 23d we passed six portages andone towing place. The distance travelled was thirty-twomiles, and on the first twenty, the fall in the river couldnot have been less than one hundred and fifty feet. After passing Jacks falls, a great change in the appear-ance of the river was observed, and was distinctly tracedto a difference in the nature of the rock. The granite and
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SOURCE OF ST. PETErs RIVER. 101 sienite were replaced by a slate, which appeared to varyfrom a mica to a clay-slate, presenting chiefly the charac-ters of the latter. It is very distinctly stratified. The strataare nearly vertical. Its junction with the granite was ob-served in many places; the slate was superposed. The hillswhich we had observed above Bonnet Lake, did not con-tinue after the slate had made its appearance. A corres-ponding change in the features of the stream is obseived.The river expands considerably, being in some places se-veral miles wide; it includes a great number of islands,all of which have a solid, rocky foundation. The colour ofthe rock is of a deep blue or black, imparting the samehue to the water. The river is not deep; its current isswift, especially near the islands, but it is free from rip-ples ; we observed none of the foaming rapids which cha-racterize the lower part of the stream. The islands, whichin some places are countless, are generally small, a

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