_ the flats near the mouth. Chief tributaries are

Pan

Herrick, James, and Captain Creeks. - James Creek,
Swift-running, about 25 feet wide, flows from Pacifie

_ ‘Lake, one of a chain of small lakes on the Fraser-
Parsnip divide in a flat narrow pass at altitude of

2,650 feet, with mountains on either side. An old
trail, over which canoes are portaged, connects
James Creek with the Parsnip. Three or four miles

__ from its source is a wide willow-flat, at the lower

end of which beaver-dams exist for a mile or two.
The country on either side is mountainous. There
are two falls and many log-jams. James Creek
flows into Herrick Creek, a large stream draining
mountainous country. Captain and Otter Creeks
are narrow, swift-running streams, draining moun-

-tainous country.

McGregor River, at the confluence of Herrick
Creek, is about 400 feet wide in a narrow valley ;
mountains come down close, leaving narrow spruce

_ and poplar flats here and there. Ten miles below

the river enters a canyon 6 miles long. Below this
the mountains recede westward, leaving large flats

‘along the river, which is very winding and has

numerous islands. Here the McGregor, about 400
feet wide, 11 feet deep, enters the flood-plain of the

- Fraser, which it joins 14 miles below the canyon.

About 35 miles up the McGregor is a fall 80 feet

high, a possible power-site for about 3,000 horse-

power. The junction is 27 miles above Giscome
Landing, where a trading-store is located, and roads
connect with Prince George and with Summit Lake,
which is at the head of the waterways leading to
Peace River. A store and boat-building plant is
located on the lake.

rs ; Bowron River.
Bowron River, heading in Bowron Lake about

- 20 miles northerly from Barkerville, enters Fort

George Division at Indianpoint Creek; thence flow-
ing north 22 miles; thence north-west to within
41% miles of Willow River; and then north-east
in winding course to the Fraser, which it joins
2%4 miles above Hansard Station. For the first
14 miles the river flows through a well-defined
valley with a strip of good land, grassy, and grow-
ing open willow, poplar, and jack-pine on either
side. Below this for considerable distance the only
open country is in scattered meadows amongst the
spruce forest. There are two or three sections of
good land near Pinkerton Creek. About 2 miles

_ below this land the river swings west for 10 miles,

and a low pass extends from near the bend to
Grand Canyon, 10 miles distant. The river then
turns north-west, and here coal lands, which have