The distance of this island from Norway House is thirty-eight miles and a half.
The westerly winds detained us all the morning of the 9th, but, at two P.M., the wind chopped round to the eastward; we immediately embarked, and the breeze afterwards freshening, we reached the mouth of the Saskatchawan at midnight, having run thirty-two miles.
_Sunday, October 10_ .-- The whole of this day was occupied in getting the boats from the mouth of the river to the foot of the grand rapid, a distance of two miles.

There are several rapids in this short distance, during which the river varies its breadth from five hundred yards to half a mile.

Its channel is stony.

At the grand rapid, the Saskatchawan forms a sudden bend, from south to east, and works its way through a narrow channel, deeply worn into the limestone strata.

The stream, rushing with impetuous force over a rocky and uneven bottom, presents a sheet of foam, and seems to bear with impatience the straitened confinement of its lofty banks.