the best channel and in any case, had learned, the year before, to “read” the water.
On the Mckworth, we had to cover the whole 1300 miles journey form Fort Smith to Fort McPherson, delivering freight. We pushed one scow in front and had one on each side.
As soon as our scows were loaded, we left Fort Smith and headed down the Slave River to Fort Resolution, on Great Slave Lake.
The distance from the mouth of the Slave, to the Fort, 50 miles and that route has to be followed by the large steamers, but
