11' 8" N.; longitude 113 deg.

51' 37" W., being two hundred and sixty statute miles distant from Fort Chipewyan, by the river course.

The variation of the compass is 25 deg.

40' 47" E.The houses of the two Companies are small, and have a bleak northern aspect.

There are vast accumulations of drift wood on the shores of the lake, brought down by the river, which afford plenty of fuel.