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I think the river line preferable though a
little longer.  Wood is scarce along the river
It may however be procured in two ways - during
the freshets by securing drift trees carried down
from the mountains and by rafting from the
Coulee des Pins, a point of Woods some 30 miles
below Okinagan.  The drift wood is preferable
as there is among it much cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
commonly called the "Red Cedar" the most durable
wood in the country and always preferable where
it can be obtained as well for durability as lightness.

N.B. At the H.B Co post at Okinagan all
the wood for building purposes as well as for firing
used to be obtained by securing the drift trees
during the spring and summer.  A few Indians
were supplied with ropes and with their canoes effected
the desired object.

I should suggest crossing the Columbia some
distance below Okinagan, say at the first favorable
point above the mouth of the Riviere du Cidarette

This river falls in above the "Grande Rapids"
it and the [[Pis-calroiss?]] both fall in on the opposite
side (on the right bank).

From this proposed crossing there is a good
level track all the way to Okinagan the same
deficiency of wood always existing.

As there would be no object in following
the Columbia all the way to the mouth of the 

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