The Winter of 1920, spent in the Capacity of book keeper for the Hudson's Bay Company, at Fort Chipewyan, was not yet over when I received instructions to leave for Gravel Point, the shipyard of the Company, with some Carpenters who were going there to put new top works on my old ship – the McKenzie River.
One sleigh was able to handle all the baggage as we were travelling “light”, so we were able to take it in turn to ride which made the 140 mile journey a very pleasant one. On account of all Rivers freezing up in the Winter, boats, large and small,
