A Trip to Manitoba

Indian Loyalty--A Nap on Falcon Lake--A False Alarm--The Power of Whisky--Magnificent Water Stretches--A Striking Contrast--Picnic Lake--How we crossed Hawk Lake--Long Pine Lake...

For Ostersund--Lake Lulu--Giant Rocks and Pigmy Mortals--The Island Garden--Heaven's Artillery--Strange Casualty at the Ravine--My Luggage nearly blown up--The Driver's Presence...

Faithless Jehu--The "Blarney Stone"--Mennonites in search of News--"Water, Water everywhere"--A Herd of Buffaloes--A Mud Village--Pointe du Chêne and Old Nile--At Dawson Route--...

Irish Wit--Bears?--Death on the Red Pine Lake--A Grave in the Catholic Cemetery--The First Dog-train--A Christmas Fête--Compulsory Temperance--Contraband Goods--The Prisoner win...

We had plenty of strange visitors; almost every day men passing along the line came in, either to inquire the distance to the next shanty, or to ask for a meal or drink of milk....

Red Lake River--Grand Forks--The Ferry--Custom-house Officers at Pembina--Mud and Misery--Winnipeg at last--A Walk through the Town--A Hospitable Welcome--Macadam wanted--Holy T...

The scenery just before entering the St. Mary River, which unites Lake Huron and Lake Superior, is very fine. As the steamer threaded the group of islands with their high, rocky...

Clear Water Bay transformed--Cahill's Farewell--Ptarmigan Bay--A Night under Canvas--"No more Collars or Neckties!"--Companions in Misfortune--Cedar Lake--"Lop-sticks"--An India...

The "Nor'-west Angle"--The Company's House--Triumph of "Stick-in-the-Mud"--On the Lake of the Woods--A Gallant Cook--Buns _à l'imprèvu_--A Man overboard!--Camping out--Clear Wat...

A detailed account of how we spent the next few weeks would be of little interest, so I will only give it in outline. We slept in the house and took our meals at the fort, Carri...

After many days of packing, general confusion, and disturbing dust, culminating in breakfast in the kitchen, dinner on a packing-case in the parlour, high tea at a neighbour's i...

Falcon River--An Unlucky Supper--The Fate of our Fried Pork--A Weary Paddle--A Sundial in the Wilderness--A Gipsy Picnic--"Floating away"--The Dried Musk-rats--Falcon Lake--How...

A few weeks after the fire, the C----s had another loss, in the sudden death of two cows. No cause could be assigned for it; unless there might have been poison in the wild hay...

Summer Days--The English Cathedral--Icelandic Emigrants--_Tableaux_--In chase of our Dinner--The Indian Summer--Blocked up--Gigantic Vegetables--Fruitfulness of the Country--Ice...

Tilford--Pedestrians under Difficulties--The Railway at last--Not exactly a First-class Carriage--The Jules Muskeg--Whitemouth and Broken-Head Rivers--Vagaries of the Engine-dri...

Winter Amusements--A Winnipeg Ball--Forty Degrees below Zero--New Year's Day--Saskatchewan Taylor--Indian Compliments--A Dog train--Lost in the Snow--Amateur Theatricals--Sir Wa...

After leaving Duluth at four o'clock on Tuesday morning by rail, the country through which we passed was very beautiful. Lake succeeded lake, then came wooded hills and tiny mou...

The _Minnesota_ again--Souvenirs of Lord and Lady Dufferin--From Winnipeg by Red River--_Compagnons du Voyage_--A Model Farm--"Bees"--Manitoba a good Field for Emigrants--Change...

After a long day's journey on the Grand Trunk Railway, without even the eccentricities of fellow-passengers in our Pullman car to amuse us, we were all glad to reach Sarnia. The...

Lakes Smith and Howard--Lovely Lake Scenery--Long Lake--The Little American--"Wait till you see our Minnetaunka!"--Minneanopolis--Villa Hotels--A Holiday Town--The Great Flour-m...

Lakes Smith and Howard--Lovely Lake Scenery--Long Lake--The Little American--"Wait till you see our Minnetaunka!"--Minneanopolis--Villa Hotels--A Holiday Town--The Great Flour-m...

Indian Loyalty--A Nap on Falcon Lake--A False Alarm--The Power of Whisky--"Magnificent Water Stretches"--A Striking Contrast--Picnic Lake--How we crossed Hawk Lake--Long Pine La...

For Ostersund--Lake Lulu--Giant Rocks and Pigmy Mortals--The Island Garden--Heaven's Artillery--Strange Casualty at the Ravine--My Luggage nearly blown up--The Driver's Presence...

Faithless Jehu--The "Blarney Stone"--Mennonites in search of News--"Water, Water everywhere"--A Herd of Buffaloes--A Mud Village--Pointe du Chêne and Old Nile--At Dawson Route--...

Falcon River--An Unlucky Supper--The Fate of our Fried Pork--A Weary Paddle--A Sundial in the Wilderness--A Gipsy Picnic--"Floating away"--The Dried Musk-rats--Falcon Lake--How...

The "Nor'-west Angle"--The Company's House--Triumph of "Stick-in-the-Mud"--On the Lake of the Woods--A Gallant Cook--Buns _à l'imprevu_--A Man overboard!--Camping out--Clear Wat...

The _Minnesota_ again--Souvenirs of Lord and Lady Dufferin--From Winnipeg by Red River--_Compagnons du Voyage_--A Model Farm--"Bees"--Manitoba a good Field for Emigrants--Change...

Clear Water Bay transformed--Cahill's Farewell--Ptarmigan Bay--A Night under Canvas--"No more Collars or Neckties!"--Companions in Misfortune--Cedar Lake--"Lop-sticks"--An India...

Winter Amusements--A Winnipeg Ball--Forty Degrees below Zero--New Year's Day--"Saskatchewan Taylor"--Indian Compliments--A Dog-train--Lost in the Snow--Amateur Theatricals--Sir...

Irish Wit--Bears?--Death on the Red Pine Lake--A Grave in the Catholic Cemetery--The First Dog train--A Christmas Fête--Compulsory Temperance--Contraband Goods--The Prisoner win...

Red Lake River--Grand Forks--The Ferry--Custom-house Officers at Pembina--Mud and Misery--Winnipeg at last--A Walk through the Town--A Hospitable Welcome--Macadam wanted--Holy T...

Summer Days--The English Cathedral--Icelandic Emigrants--_Tableaux_--In chase of our Dinner--The Indian Summer--Blocked up--Gigantic Vegetables--Fruitfulness of the Country--Ice...

Tilford--Pedestrians under Difficulties--The Railway at last--Not exactly a First-class Carriage--The Jules Muskeg--Whitemouth and Broken-Head Rivers--Vagaries of the Engine-Dri...