A Northern Experience: The Journals of Norman Robinson
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in progress. Lake Trout weighing up to 50 lbs. – Jack fish (Pike) and whitefish up to 20 lbs. – Suckers, Dorys (Pickerel), Tulabees, and on Great Slave Lake a fish called “Inconnu” (unknown) or as we call him, a Conny. He is found nowhere else in the world.

Salt Water Herrings come up the McKenzie River as far as Fort Norman, 500 miles from the sea.

Besides a plentiful supply of fish, much

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