"Surely no part of the world better deserves that name", wrote, Hearne.

They appeared to be a confused heap of stones quite inaccessible to the foot of man.

Nevertheless, with the Copper Indians as guides, they got over this range, though not without being obliged frequently to crawl on hands and knees.

This range, however, had been so often crossed by Indians coming to and fro that there was a very visible path the whole way, the rocks, even in the most difficult places, being worn quite smooth.

By the side of the path there were several large, flat stones covered with thousands of small pebbles.
These marks had been gradually built up by passengers going to and fro from the copper mines in the far north.