# Outing; Vol. XIII.; October, 1888 to March, 1889 An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation.

Author: Various

Genre: Category: Sports/Hobbies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63593

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## Summary

One hundred years ago, “through Canada to the Pacific” was first achieved by Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Making his way in a birch canoe from Montreal up the Ottawa and connecting rivers to Lake Huron, he came to the Sault Sainte Marie. Then followed hundreds of miles of paddling along the homeless shores of Lake Superior until civilization was seen again at Fort William on the northern shore. Yet that was only the real starting-point. Here Mackenzie began one of the most adventurous and productive explorations of that era, when the world was busy with exploration. Through rivers, ponds, and portages to Lake Winnipeg, across it and up the Saskatchewan, he pursued a well-defined route of the...

## Chapters

- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/outing-vol-xiii-october-1888-to-march-1889-an-illustrated-month-dbc98dfb/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/outing-vol-xiii-october-1888-to-march-1889-an-illustrated-month-dbc98dfb/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/outing-vol-xiii-october-1888-to-march-1889-an-illustrated-month-dbc98dfb/chapters/1/index.md)