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its widest point about three. South Bay extends to the south-east; Beaver and Suckerbrook Bays to the west; Boulder Bay to the east; the Outlet to the north-east; and North Bay to the north. The total distance which we had to paddle from the south-west corner to the north-east end of the outlet was about eight miles.
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We stopped for luncheon a couple of miles up Outlet Bay and found the place so attractive that we stayed two hours. In a little hollow we found two plants of Habenaria orbiculata (or possibly H. Macrophylla) - one an immense one, three feet high, with large oval leaves over a foot in diameter. The spike of greenish flowers was over a foot high.
The storm had now entirely passed and a short paddle brought us to the carry to Forked Lake. This is a very level easy carry, less than a mile long, quite a contrast with the one from Eighth Lake and others which we were yet to encounter. These carries form a very interesting part of a canoe trip. It is a pleasant relief after several hours of paddling to meet one of these, even though the canoe may prove somewhat heavy and awkward.. Carries occur either between two bodies of water where there is no connecting stream that is navigable or they occur around falls 
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