The distance of this island from Norway House is thirty-eight miles and a half.
RIVER SASKATCHEWAN.
The westerly winds detained us all the morning of the 9th but at two P.M.
the wind chopped round to the eastward; we immediately embarked and the breeze afterwards freshening we reached the mouth of the Saskatchewan at midnight having run thirty-two miles.
Sunday, October 10.
The whole of this day was occupied in getting the boats from the mouth of the river to the foot of the grand rapid, a distance of two miles.

There are several rapids in this short distance during which the river varies its breadth from five hundred yards to half a mile.

Its channel is stony.
At the grand rapid the Saskatchewan forms a sudden bend from south to east and works its way through a narrow channel deeply worn into the limestone strata.

The stream, rushing with impetuous force over a rocky and uneven bottom, presents a sheet of foam and seems to bear with impatience the straightened confinement of its lofty banks.

A flock of pelicans and two or three brown fishing-eagles were fishing in its agitated waters, seemingly with great success.