Note 63 — VOYAGES AND TRAVELS (continued 2)

In the language of James Bain, Jr., librarian of the Toronto Public Library, “Long is the most indefinite of travellers, and English names of lakes and rivers unstable.” It seems an almost hopeless task to localize several of his geographical names by the aid of modern maps. As a matter of fact this part of Northwestern Ontario from Lake Nipigon to Lake Abittibi is still almost terra incognita. For the best current maps and descriptions, see Canadian Department of the Interior Report, 1890, part v; also Ontario Bureau of Mines Report, 1900.—Ed.