Note 225 — Chapter XXVIII
J. V. (Jedediah Vincent) Huntington translation
French River has so many islands and deep and narrow bays, that it often appears more like a number of parallel streams than a single river. It is about seventy-five miles long, and sometimes broadens into a lake. About twenty miles from Lake Nipissing are the Récollets Falls. This river owes its name to serving as the early waterway from Lower Canada to the Upper Country. See J. Long’s Voyages, vol. ii of our series, note 36.—Ed.