Miles. Fort Saskatchewan to Athabaska (teams) 90 Athabaska to McMurray (scow) 280 McMurray to Graham’s Landing (steamer) 290 Graham’s Landing to Fort Smith (teams) 12 Fort Smith to Fort Resolution (canoes) 180 Fort Resolution to Fort Reliance (canoes) 240 Pike portage route between Great Slave lake and Artillery lake (portage and canoe) 25 Artillery lake to height of land (portage and canoe) 100 Height of land to Thelon river (portage and canoe) 170 Thelon river (canoe) 220 Beverly lake and river (canoe) 35 Aberdeen lake (canoe) 60 River between Aberdeen and Schultz lakes (canoe) 20 Schultz lake (canoe) 25 Schultz or Lower Thelon river (portage and canoe) 35 Baker lake (canoe) 60 River foot of Baker lake (canoe) 25 Chesterfield inlet, Hudson bay (canoe) 130 == Total 1,997 Of the canoes used on this patrol, one was an eighteen foot length, forty-two inch beam, the other eighteen and one-half foot length, forty-three inch beam; both were eighteen inches deep, longitudinal strip cedar, varnished, fitted with oars for hard pulling against strong winds on the lakes. Inspector Pelletier had a good stock of paddles and fifty-five foot lateen sails. Each canoe weighed one hundred and twenty pounds portaging weight. The portage from Great Slave lake towards Artillery lake was found to be about six miles from the site of Fort Reliance, of which historic establishment a stone chimney alone remains standing. Some interesting topographical information regarding the region between Hudson bay and The Pas was obtained through the surveys made under the direction of John Armstrong, C.E., for the Department of Railways and Canals in 1908 and 1909, for the purpose of determining a projected location for a railway to Hudson bay from The Pas, the nearest point on the Saskatchewan then having railway connection. From The Pas to a point north of Pipestone lake a single route was laid down; thence two routes, one to Port Nelson, the other to Churchill, were surveyed. Mr. Armstrong, in his report (Sessional Paper No. 20 d.—1910), makes some interesting references to the natural resources of the district covered by the surveys.