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a considerable portion at both ends of this route (without having at any time traversed the whole from end to end) I can safely predict that you will find it the most eligible to obtain the point in view So far I write from personal observation but I have never travelled further in the direction of Babine Lake. I will however note down what information I have got from others The point where the Horse road strikes Stuarts Lake is called the Montie. It is about 9 miles from Fort St James. Here is a horse trail from the Montie to the Babine Portage at the end of Stuarts Lake, thickly wooded in most parts. From the end of S. Lake to Babine Lake 9 miles there is a good waggon or cart road used by the H.B.C to transport supplies across From the other end of Babine Lake the most accessable route to the sea is from what I have learned as follows Following down the Babine River a certain distance then striking over from the left bank by the Indian Portage to the Rocher Deboule or "Fallen Rock" on the Skeena River and following down that stream to its issue at Port Essington some 40 miles south of Fort Simpson. Thence to the fort 14