used whilst fishing, an occupation followed all summer. The Distributor whose Captain knew more about the Skeena River than he did about the McKenzie, had run too close to a sand bar, grounded the scow he was touring & set her adrift. Scows with Canoes lashed alongside, a mast for a sail and a long steering sweep out behind. Being cut from a spruce tree and shaped like an oar, it rested in a notch on the stern.
