────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Diam. Age in in. by 3 ft. rings, from of ground. growth. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Tamarack, Winisk river, 32 miles from 9 100 mouth Black spruce " 32 " 12 125 " " 32 " 12 153 " " 32 " 8 75 " " 50 " 10 275 " " 65 " near bank 8 130 " " 65 " " 6 115 " " 65 " 10 chains back 3 105 Tamarack " 65 " " 3 80 Black spruce " below Wapikopa 10 130 lake " " Wapikopa lake 9 145 " " " 6 135 " " Nibinamik lake 9 75 " " " 5 75 " " above 15 130 Nibinamik lake Aspen poplar " " 15 130 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── _Note_:—It will be observed that this paragraph and other portions of this testimony really refer to the Athabaska country treated of in the preceding chapter; but to save an awkward dislocation of Prof. Macoun’s testimony, it has been kept intact. (E. J. C.) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────