we unloaded enough for the night, but were determined to start early in the morning & race King Winter. We still had 200 miles to go to reach Fort Chipewyan, where we intended to replenish our larder.
Next morning, having climbed a tree to see better, we decided that, as the water was so low, it would be risky to attempt “running” the rapids, but there was a channel close to shore, down which we could “line” the Canoe, that is, lower it on a rope, portaging (carrying overland) our Outfit.
Lining a fragile Canoe down rapids is a tricky performance and a false move can mean a variety of happenings, swamping, being crushed against a rock or being pushed high & dry on an outcrop which of course results in the occupant being upset when the
