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A Pamphlet supplying further details is noiu ifi course of preparation at Montreal^ and after February \st copies may be had free of charge upon applica- tion to any of the addresses shewn herein. \ I 1 c I a t i a I S e: a g' 1 T oi ni w The Yukon District of Canada. r] Yukon District C(nui)i'ist'H, ^oiionilly spciilviug, llmt j'lirt t»f Hio North- Wost Torritorios lyiiij^ wo.st of tlio watorsliod of Un* Miickt'iizio Uivor, uiul »!ivst of tiio I Ust clej,'rte meridiiin which divides* tho lliiitod Htutua territory of Ahiskii from Cmmdii. 'i'iio Arctii; OccMvu bounds the district on tlio nctrtli, luid tho GUth pundlol of latitude oil the south, separating it from British Cohunbiii. Thu district has an area of l'J2,0U0 sfituire miles, oi- about the si/e of b'rancc, and of this ftrea 150,7GS square miles is included in tho watershed of the Yukon lUver. The rej^ion as a whole is naturally mountainous in character, hut it com[)risos as well a lar^^e area of merely liilly or i,'ently rolling country, besides many wi Je and llat-bottomed valleys. It is more mountainous in tho south-east, and subsides generally antl uniformly to tho north-westward, the mountains becoming more isolated and separated by broader tracts of low land. The average base level may l»e stated at a little over J. 000 feet. The Y'ukon lUver provides the main draimvgo of the region. This river passes from Canadian into American territory at a point in its course 1,<)00 ndles from tho sea. The liOO miles of its course in (Janada receives the waters of all the most important of its tril)utariea — the Stewart, Macmillan, lJ[)[Xir Pelly, Lewes, White Itiver, t^c.--each with an extensive suljsidiary river system, whicii spreading out liki; a fan towards tho north-east, east, and south-east, facilitate access into the interior. Ill 1887 the Canadian (lovernment authorised the organi^jation of an expedition, having for its object the (exploration (jf the region of the North- West Territories of Canada draint.Ml by the Yukon. The work was entrusted to Dr. (i. W. Dawson, n(tw Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, and to .Mr. W. Ogilvie, the well-known surveyor and explorer. Dr, Dawson devoted the whole of that season, an«l jNIr. Ogilvie a period aovering two years, to obtaining geological, topographical, and general information chielly respecting the country lying adjacent to the 141st meridian, the boundary between Alaska and tlie North- West Territories, where the explorers found that in proximity to that ))oundary on the Canadian side, there existed extensive and valua1)le placer gold mines, in which at the time of their visit as many as IJOO miners were at work. The Canadian Government have been keeping a watchful eye on the (level()i»inent of miiiiiiL? iu the Yukon region; in liS'Jl and hSUf) [nspector Constantinc, oi' tlie Nortli-Wcist Mounted iVilicc, was des- putclied to the country with a force of men for the maintenance of order, the enforcemeni of Law, and the administration of justice. THE KLONDIKE REGION. In August of 18yG came the memorable discovery of gold in the Kh)ndike region, which has been rcisponsible in bringing the Yukon district of Canada to the notice of the civilised W(n'hl. Mr. Ogilvie in advising the JJepartment of the [nterior of this tliscovery, under date Glh Septeniljcr, 18'JG, of this matter, says : — "I am very uuu;li plcasud to \>c iihlo to inform you that a most important discovery of gold hiis been made on a creek called Uonanza Creek, an affluent of the river known hero as the Klondike. It is marked on the maps extant as Deer River and joins tic.' Yukon a few niiles above the site at Kort Reliance. '•TliJ discovery was made liy (4. W. Cormack, who worked with me in I.HS7 on the coast range. The indications are that it is very rich, indeed the richest yet foiuid, and as far as work has been i;arried on it realises expecta- tions. It is only two weeks since it was known, and already about 200 claims have l);'en staked on it and thi; (jreck is not yet exhausteil ; it and its branches are consiilered good ft)r 300 or 100 claims. Besides there are two other creeks above it which it is confidently expected will yield good pay, and if they do so we iiave from SOO to 1.000 claims on this river wliich will reipiire over 2,000 men for tiieir proper working." On Decembe. 9th, 189G :— '•Since my last, the pros])ects on Bonanza Creek and trilmtarics are increasing in richness and extent, imtil now it is certain that millions will betaken out of the district in the next few years. " On some of the claims j)rospi;cted the j)ay dirt is of gnsat extent, and very lich. One man told me yesterday that ho w;isiied a single pan of dirt on one of the claims in i>onanza Creek, and found ;i!l4.2.") in it. Of course that may be an exci'ptionally rich pan, but .>5^.") to $7 per jian is the average on that claim, it is reported, with .") feet of pay dirt, and tlie width yet undetermined, but it is known to be '60 feet ; eve}i at that figure tlie result, at U to 10 jians to the eubi(! foot, and TiOO feet long, would reach $1,000.01)0 at $.") jier pan — one-fourth of this would be enormous. ■' Another claim has been prospettted to such an extent that it is known there is about .") feet pay dirt, averaging .'J2 per pan, width not less than 30 feet. Enough prospecting has l)een done to sliow there are at least l'> miles of this extraordinary riciiiiess, and tlie indications are that we will have three or four times that extent, if not all ecjual to the above, at least very rich. There is intense excitement here, and every one who can is staking claims."' On 'lanuary 7th, 1897 : — "Tlie reports from the Klondike region are still very encouraging ; so much so that all the other creeks arouiul are practically abandoned, especially those on the head of Forty ^lile Creek, in .Vmerican territory ; and nearly 100 men have madi^ their way up fi'oni Circle City, hauling thei, sleds them.selves many of them. Those who cannot get claims are buying in on those alre.idy located. Men cannot be got to work for love or money. One and a half dollars per hour is the wage paid the few- men who hire for wcjrk, and work as many hours as you like. Some of the claims are so rich that every night a few pans of dirt suffice to pay the iiired help when there is any. Claim owners are now very reticent about what they get, so you can hardly credit anything you hear ; but one tiling is certain : we have one of the richest mining areas ever found, with a fair prospect that we have not yet discovered its limits. Miller and (ilacier Creeks, at the head of Sixty Mile Rivei', were thought to be very rich, but they are poor both in ipiality and (juantity compared with Klondike. Chicken Creek, on tlie head if Forty Mile, in Alaska, discovered a year ago, and rated very high, is to-day practically abandoned.' QUARTZ MININC. TTiulor pxistint,' cniKiitioiis tlio scai'i'li i'or gold (jUii.tz li;is not l)<>cn .systoiiiati(j;illy uiKlci'lakt'ii, but the universal opinimi is that, tlic matrix from which the coarse f^old found in Forty Mile, Sixty Mile Ch-ceks and their allhients, and in the Klondike Rei^ion, cannot be far removed. In his battel' of January Sth, 189G, Mr. (>^nlvie reports the iirst notable lind of i;okl-l)earini,' quart/, in (Jone Hill, in the A'alley of Forty .Mile Eiver, tAvo miles above tlie junction with the Yukon, adding:— " The (|uantity in si!,rht rivals tliat of tlic 'rrcaihvcll mine on the coast, and the qnalitj' is better, so miu-h so. that it is thou},'ht it will pay to work it even under the conditiouH existing here. Ai^'lii^'ition has heen made to purchase it and an expert is now engaged in putting in a tunnel to test the extent. Indications in sight point to the conclusion that the whole hill is composed of this Metalliferous rock." On June lOtli, Mr. Oj^'ilvie recurs to this matter : — " Asaays of the Done hill (juartz are very satisfactory, and the ((uantity good for generations of work ; were it on tlie coast, the Tri'adwcll mine would lie dimiiuitive l)esi(h3 it. Five tons of rock are being sent cnit from it for a mill test. and shoTild they prove as satisfactory as the test of a ton s»!nt out last year, I understand the parties owning it wi'' proceed to dcvelojje it. If it starts ami prov(!S reasonably suci-essful. there are scores of other places m the C(iuntry that may yield as well. An expert here who prospects for the N. A. T. and T. Co., found a ledge last spring on the Chaidindu Itivcr f)f Schwatka ("known asTwt^ive Mile Creek here) and located two fidl claims on it. ITe told me tlie assay lip made of my spccimcUB of it w.as much more satisfactory than that of C!one hill, and this ledge, he claims, is where a commencement should be made in quart/, milling in this country, and there would Vje no fear of the resul* He appears to be pretty well versed in mining lore, is a practical assayer — that ia his profession — and he says he never saw or read of anything like it for extent in the world." On November 6th, 1896 :— " C!ooeen staked and applied fcjr, which I will survey in the spring, and at the same time make an examination of the coal area 6 wlicni tiioy Hii'. 1 iDjiy iuiti(M|)ate thiw to a certain extent by saying that, a ftvv (lays iiftcr I leiKirtnl to yon lust. fall. I wtiit uy Coal Creek to Hearcli fur this coal, to which I referred in my report of 1!->S7 and INSS. I found it a,lioiit 7 miUHUp tlie creek overlying a coarse sandstone and under drift clay and j,'ravel."' "TheHeani is 1 2 feet <> inches thick. It .seems to nie ;o he a good <|uality of lignite. T have packed 150 or Kl )»ounds of the best specimens J foimd a few feet in, and will send them out to yon in tlie spring, tiiat a test may lie made. That expo.'^ure has now been stiiked and jqiplied for to the agent here. I judge from the po-sition of these coal claims tiiat we have ([uite an area of coal here. l?oth exposnres ftniiish, as far as external features show, the same (character of coal, and iire about the .same level, so that it is fair to assume they are in the same seam. I will make a search in the intervening distance to detiainine this when J make a survey of the claims. Coal is reported in the drift on ('handind\i, about 30 miles up the river from here, which would go to show that thcri' is anotlier area or a contiimation f)f this one there." And a^'iiin, under Auf;ust. JcStli. in tlui same year : — " It is now certain that coal extends along the valley of the Yukon from Coal Creek for lO or 12 miles down, and from Coal Creek up to Twelve Mile Creek, which Hows into the Yukon al)o>it ItU miles above here. The latter stretch is init ')H" from tlie river by several miles of hills, as it is about <> iriiles direct from the . river at Cxiii Creek and about 18 on Twelve Mile Creek. This is the stream named W: Clianlindu by Schwatka. There is a seam on it about (> feet thick as reported by an it e-Njiert who went in search of it. I found drift coal on the south branch of Coal Creek. * ■' On the Cornell claim on Cliff Cr'iek the seam is 5 feet 4 inches thick. I have sent specimens of it out." And under .January lltli, 18i)7 : — "Coal is found on the upper part of Klondike, and tlie facilities for working it are good and convenient." *' GOLD DISCOVERIES IN THE YUKON DISTRICT IN 1897, MR. W. OGILVIE'S STATEMENT. j\Ir. Ogilvic returned to Victoria from the Yukon on November 10th, 1897, where he was naturally the object of great attention. The correspondent of the Times newspaper cabled home the same day an account of an interview with Mr. Ogilvie, which was published in the i.ssue of 11th November, and from which the subjoined extract is taken, Speaking of the inUuence of the Klondike discovery — "Mr. Ogilvie says tliat the impetus it has given to jirospecting in Yukon cannot fail to discover and develoj) one of the largest and richest mining areas in tlie whole i! world. 'J'liis area extends .south-eastwards from the 141st meridian into British Columbia. Indications show that it is at lea.st .oOO miles long and in places upwards of Idfl miles wide. Cood indiciitions have been found at si)nts all over this vast area, and there is no doubt that the diffusion of gold is general to the south and east of Dawson, t)f course, future discoveries will modify these figures considerably, but only to increase them. This statement is based on actual discf)veries of the metal, and not at all on geological theory. Rich bit.s of quartz have been picked up in tbe vicinity of the ireeks. and it is only a question of time until the mother lode of this gold is discovered close to whert. it now lies, a-s the gold and the rock associated with it in the drift bear no evidence of glacial action or of having travelled any great distance from where it is now found." "Has the richness of the goldfields in Canada been exaggerated?" "No," replied Mr. Ogilvie without hesitation: '"the finds justify all that is said of them. We jiave on liouanza Creek :il)0ut 100 claims, which will yield from $250,000 to$.')00,000 I'ach. ^\t Eldorado there are some !W claims that will, without doubt, yield an average of St^l,000,000 each, and many more on Eldorado will averjige large sums, 'faking the two creeks together, we have, say, 140 claims that I believe will turn >ut, before being exhausted, close on $70,000,000. Other streams in the vicinity, O' tliDUgh ii()t(nute ao rich, will rate very hiyh compared with anything' ever fniiiul in that country Vicfon-. (u'ld Uuttoni Creek, witli its brunches ilunker and Last (.'liance, n\) to the time of my dejuirturt; last -Inly, had not heen developed to the same extent, but it is wfll known tiiat tliey are very ric^ii. Three branelies of Indian Wiver l)nniinion Creek, (^biart/- Creelc and Silver Creek -were discovered lieforu niy dei)artiu'e, Ijut their character had lujt been established. Word has come out since that thoy are also rich beyond anything heretofore known, tliongh not to bu compared with the best claims on Ehlorado and Bonan/a. A creek known us Mooseskin, whi(!h joins the Yukoi\ abont a Miile-and-alialf l)elow Dawson, has also turned out well, with deej) 'pay.' This creek will probalily yield si.x or seven miles of yood pay dirt. The discovery of IJonanza and Kldorado has given that dia- tri) " Dry diggings," shall be 100 feet square and shall have placed at each of it« four corners a legal post. " Dry diggings '" shall mean any •mine over which a river never extcnchs. ((') "Creek and river claims" shall be 100 feet long nu^usured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or bench on each side, but when the hills or benches are less than 100 feet apart, the claim may be 100 feet in ile))th. Tlie sides of a claim shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as possible at right angles to the stream, and shall be marked with legal posts. (d) "Bench diggings." A Bench claim shall l)e 100 feet S(iuare, and shall have placed at each of its four corners a legal post. iMincs on benches shall be for the purpose of defining the size of such claims and be excepted from dry diggings. Entry shall only be granted for alternate claims, the Crown reserv- ing the other alternate claims to dispose of at future auction or in such other manner as may be decided by the Minister of the Interior. Tf any person shall discover a new mine, and establish it to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, "a creek and river" claim within 60 days tile with tlie Agent of the Dominion Lands Olhce in the district a declaration with full partic ilars of his discovery^ and pay an entry fee of $6. Po.ssession of the location will thereupon be granted, subject to renewal annually, for a term of five years. During each of the said five years a sum of $100 must be (sxpended in actual mining operations, a full statement of which must be furnished each year to the Agent and a fee of $5 paid. i: - i;/. i 5' w .J^ ■ \ a J ^4i 4 ^i 'i: • mi? tiJlTdlsle- l-%. SKETCH MAP OF THE RIVERS OF THE KLONDIKE DISTRICT. v. /7^2^V" <>"' • » .■ .**. CijKortReliancB ■^•"^"i ,>">.; V-'-'^.v;'' .V '. '•-■''.IH'*/.. J'"/. ...'"'-, ^^. \„ I , >^ ^ ^■^^i^;"C";> ^>';i'^^ ^^ y ■'-<%. FTAM PARTS 10 Ally party of miners, nut excCLMlinj^' l'i)iir, wlien; chiims a.-o iidjoin- iiif^, eadi of winch liiis boon entered within ii perind of iJ mouths, nnvy, upon tlie iiutliority of the A^'ent, make on any one of such h)cation8 dnrini,' the first and second years, hut uot subsequently, the ex|i('iidituro rc([iiireil liv the re;,'i;lation to be ma'lc upon each of the said hu-iitious. Any time liefuro the expiry of Jive yeais I'roin the date of liis, entry the chiimant shall bo entitled to |)urelui.so his location upon proof that ho has expended not less than J^oOO in actual mining operations. The price to be paid for the location shall be nt tlio rate of |r» per acre, cash. In luakintj: an a])plication for the purchase of his minin,L,f location the claimant shall deposit a sum of ,^50, which sum shall be deemed payment by him to the Government for tho survey of his location. Only one mining location shall })C granted to any individual claimant upon the same lode or vein. OTIIKU MINKHALS. . The Minister of the Interior may grant a location for the mining of iron and micii not exceeding IGO acres in area, which shall bo bounded by due north and south, east and west lines, and its breadth and length slmil Ite ('(pial. When there are two or more ap})licants for any mining location no one of whom is tho original discoverer or his assignee, the Minister may invite their conii)etitive tenders, or shall put it uj) to public tender or auction iis he may deem expetlient. ^ m^t, . COAL. Under the regulations for the disposal of coal lands, the property of the Dominion (iovernnient in Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and British Columbia, of 1889 and 189."), lands containing anthracite coal may be sold at an upset price of $20 per re, and coal other than anthracite at an upset price of $10 per acre, or may be sold at public auction. Not more than 320 acres shall he sold to one applicant. Settlers and others may obtain permission to mine certain quanti- ties of coal, for domestic purposes only, upon Poniinion lands sulijoct to the issue of a yearly permit, and upon payment of a royalty of 20 cents, a ton of anthracite coal ; 15 cents, a ton of bituminous coal, and 10 cents, a ton of lignite. ROUTES, RATES & DATES. P . By Atlantic Steamer from Liverpool to Halifax, N.S., or /■y i*\ St. John, N.B., Canada's Winter ports, or to Portland, Maine, ^ ■ ^ U.S.A. (after about April 10th, steamers run to Quebec and Montreal, Canada's Summer ports) ; Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver or Victoria, B.C. ; Steamer thence to Wrangel ; River Steamer thence up the Stikine River to Glenora, or Telegraph Creek, the furthest point to which Through Tickets can be purchased (see clause headed " Dates) ". The British Columbian Government, pending the building of a railway, is constructing and intends to maintain a good road from Glenora, or Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake. There arc no Mountain Passes. Transportation Companies are noAV arranging for carriage of passengers and freight by Stage and Pack-horses./ In LI ml "1 tl{ hd fri arl 68 roi I SECOND CADIN. .STKKRAGE. 7 m 18 9 £15 18 9 4 20 12 2 IS 12 2 2;i :^ 6 21 1 6 . •■ 11 *^ 'I'lioro is opon navif^ation 1)otwiH!U Tcslin Lal\e and Dawson City from about lotli May. A steamer is now })i'iii;.,' oonstructcMl on Toslin Lake and is »xpoct(Hl to bo ready for the opcnin;.; ot navi^'ation. Arrange- monts are being made for plucinj,' many oiiiers on the lake prior to or on opening of navigation. Miners iiavo already l)uilt in two days, with the timber, whicli is plentiful in the neighbourhood of Teslin Lake, barges or rafts large enough to carry themselves and 10,000 pounds of freight acros-s the Lake and down the Yukon Kiver. The only rapids are the ' Five Finger Kapids," soutVi of Fort .Selkirk, and tlioso are easily navigable on tiie right side of the river. A cornet map of the route is now in course of preparatioi^. Current Through Fares* from Liver[)i)()l (including free Rates, tickets, London to Liverpool, for intermediate and yleerage passengers) are as follows : — FIUST. To Vancouver or Victoria ... £24 12 To Wrangel ^,. ... 29 15 To Clenora or Telegraph Creek.. 32 17 Meals and Berths between Wrangel and Clenora or 'I'ejegraph Ci'eek are not included. In the case of first-class passengers ipcals and berths on the Canadian Pacific Railway overland journey between Atlantic Sea-board and Vancouver are extra, the former costing alwut 3,- (>ach, and the latter about £i 16s. Od. from Halifax, about £4 from JVrontreal. In the case of " Colonist " c» Second Class passengers-viJhe day cars are adaptable to sleeping in a^ #iight without extra charge and meals may be purchased at lunch counters en route from about I/- each, Many " Colonist " passengers provide their own c()mmi.ssa|;iat by taking a basket of provisi()ns and merely supplementing with cups of coffee or tea en route. There are only two classes oa rail — 1st class and "Colonistj'or 2nd class. Through tickets from P]ngland at least as far as Vancouver, I3.C., should be purchased, because rail tickets purchased in Canada cost more. Tickets for passage /i^f/omZ Vancouver Will probably be obtainable locally at the following prices : — ' ^" Vancouver or Victoria ) Ki,3t Class .... r Second Class . . . I First Class . . . I Second Class . . . ;■' '^ to ■ Wrangel Vancouver or Victoria to Glenora or Telegraph Crkek Distances. London to Liverpool, rail Liverpool to Halifax, steamer {-I Halifax to Vancouvci', rail Vancouver to Wrangel, steamer Wrangel to Glenora or Telegraph Creek, steamer Glenora to Tesliu Lake, Government , ■ road ' ' ", Teslin Lake to Dawson City, Lake ,„.\ /' and Kiver route " Total 7,92- miles. / / tl I ^1 18 Atliuitic Bleaniors loave Liverpool every week. Sailinp Lists Dates, will ])o, funuHJied upon ajipliijation to tlic atldresscs licrciii. Ciiiiadian Pacilio Railway trains leavt* foi- Vancouver six days a week. Steamers leave Vancouver for Wnvngfd at least onec a week, coinmenoin;^' K(!l)ruary inth, and, upon the opening of Stikine River navigation about M,iy 1st or earlier, there will ])e frequent services ^between Wrangel and Glenora or Telegraph Creek. Suitable outfits can be purchased at Vancouver or Victoria, Outfits. B.C., and there will, no doubt, be k'^en competition belween the various establishments at those important centres. It sl^ould bo nanembiM'ed t'.at outfits cau be purch'tsed as cheaply there as an;> tvhere else on the Pacitic Coast, and that new outfits purchased in the ll^nited States ' 9 subject to an additional charge of 30 "/q Canadian Customs Duty. The Chilcoot Pass Route (No 2). miles. Vancouver or Victoria, IJ.C. to Dyea 1,000 Dyea Inlet to Lake Le Barge 125 Lake Lc Barge to Pelly River (Fort Selkirk).. 278 Pelly River to L»awson City (Klondike) ... 173 Other Routes. Total 1,576 {The Summit of Dyea Pass is 3,500 feet above Sea Level.) The WniTi': Pa.ss Routk (No. 3). mii,ks. Vancouver oi' A''ictoria, B.C. to Dyea 1,000 Dyea Inlet up Skagway River to Summit of White Pass ... 18 Summit of White Pass to Lake \j^ Barge 94 White Horse Rapids to Dawson City (Klondike) 451 (The Hummit of White Pass is about 2,500 feet above Sea Level}, 1,563 The Yukon Kiver Route (No. 4.) milks. VancouviM' oi' Victoria, IJ.C. to Dutch Harbour, Aleutian Islands. 2,000 Dutch Harbour to St, Michael, Alaska 750 St. INIichael to Dawson City (Klondike) 1,650 Total 4,400 II \ LETTER FROM AN EARLY TRAVELLER BY THE 8TICKINE-TE8LIN ROUTE. Reprint from the " Vancouver iVorld" December toth, iSgj. „ "Tliore is huuIi a groat Uumaiid regarding practicable ruutuH tu the Yukon Gold- fields tliat [ iieriiwibh forward you a resuiau of facta concerning the Stickinu-Toslin oute, over which I have just niado a round brip. Most of tno information in derived from personal inspection, the rest carefully ci.'led from eni{uiri(\H inado of relialjhr persouH. Almost any one of the eoastiii.,' vossoIh will drop the travi^llo" at Fdi-t*' Wrangtd, which is the true atarting point for tlio journey t> tl»e Yukon via the Stickine, There is a very good restaurant at Wrangel, but the hotel accommodations are not wliat tluiy sh(juld bo. By next Feltruary tliere will be nouause'^- complahit on tliat score, as two good liotela are now under construction. ^leretolort; a small ,1 steamer capable of carrying about 40 tons, has been aufficienl; to inRjt the require- ments of the Sticking', but ne.\t year the .steamers '• Skagit Jt||i|f">"'t>f Puget Souml and tlie "' Oaledoiii.i " of the Hudson's Bay Co.. will mlUMkUtly trips from Wrangel to Telegrai)}! Creek. , ' JT^W " The mouth of the Stiokine is seven miles from Wrangel and loaded canoes «i row boats can be rowed up the river for about 50 miles. From that point on, the river is too swift to admit of any progress being made by rowing, so poling and towing is resorted to. A party of four men, with the assistance of two Indiana can take a canoe (jarrying two tons from Fort Wrangel to Telegraph Creek in 12 days. Tile trip Is a very disagreeable yne, because during the summer the voyage is tortured night and day by mos(iuitoes, and rain falls continually throughout the spring and fall, making it very difiicult to procure dry wood for camp fires, not to mention the discomfort of wet clothes and damp hhuiket)^ After making careful emui.rhs, 1 think it is safe to say that tki; river opens up for navigation about the 10th of May and closes usually during the first week of Novembt*. The river has been known i,.j be open for navigation on the 4th of April, /t is navigable for good river steamers during the entire open season. The distance from Fort Wrangel to Telegraph Creek is generally estimated to be about 150 miles. THE TRAILS. '• On the 14th of last September I left Telegjyiph Qfeek for Teslin Lake, taking the then used trail, viz., following the Deas Lake ^pf' for 14 miles to the mouth of the Tahltan River, thence up the Tahltan Va^y 45 miles to the Hudson Bay poat .situated on Aguell Creek. This sectiun of th'e route has been bettered and shortened this fall by a cut off beginning at Telegraph Creek, following the Creek to its source at the top of the divide, over the divide by an easy grade to the Tahltan Valley, making the distance from Telegraph Creek to the Hudsona Bay post 40 miles. A gang of men have been kept at work on this section by the Government all fall. It Ts now in first rate condition. At the llud.son's Bay post— which has been deserted for some time -the trail begins to climb the bluff out of the Tiililtan Valley to the liigh land beyond, winding along the face for three miles on an easy grade. " Capt. Yorke," of the Teslin Yukon Transportation Co., has put this bit of tiail in very good condition. This bluff is generally known by tlie name of Aguell's Hill. From the top of Aguell's Hill to Teslin Lake, distance about 12 miles, the trail is little ♦• 'A II ■| liOttir tliHit nil (inliimry cCr\\ juitli ; it wiii'lri tlirniiyli a widn wliiillnw Viillu}*, llii'iiiii,'li whicli Hiiwrt the l)tM)('k-(]«)n to and the NAliliiiii Uivcr. Inmidt-H 'icvcrnl uthur Niiiallur HtrviuitH. 'riio *)() iiiilt'i of tr:iil liutwuuii tliu top of Agiiull's Hill and tliu Np'ilina Rivor j)r»!Mt!nts no more soriousoljMtncleH thnn tliL* (jroBniny of tliM two above-mentioned rivors, tlitHc risurM lujin^' »'iisily fordiil)l«! at any time of tlii' year except during,' tho Hpring fri-nliKtM, winn, I liiivu vory littlo doubt, tlu-y will be too dtiop and rapid to ford. From tlio Nahlina to the liako ((>0 milea) thu trail passuH through a forest of principally odnift-nniH trecH. It in ever erookcd, winding around and over fallen ti?nb