and grizzlies are to be hunted on the higher hills. Moose-tracks are seen toward easterly limits. Caribou herd on the higher plateaus. Oppor- tunities for the trapper are many. At present only a few Indians reap good profit by trapping numerous species of fur-bearers, including beaver, mink, marten, otter, weasel, lynx, and large numbers of musk-rats. Many ground-hogs—a species of marmot—are taken every fall from the open mountain-sides. Although their fur is more or less valuable, they are taken by the Indians chiefly for their fatty meats, which, being dried and smoked, provide food during the trapping season later on. The various species of grouse were plentiful while surveyors were on the ground, and good shooting is afforded each fall when the ducks or geese pass along on their way south. “The presence of hot springs at the west end of the second lake will no doubt prove of future value. “The country was prospected for gold-bearing gravels years ago, but no information is at hand to show that any quantity of the precious metal was ever taken out. At present colours may be found in most of the larger creeks, and especially on the bars of Nation River, where work was carried on until comparatively recent years. All of which would tend to bear out the opinion that further prospecting might be attended with some results. “Tn contemplating the foregoing remarks regarding the Nation Lake country, one can confidently anticipate what the future offers to the pioneer. Richly endowed by nature, with soil that seemingly can be rendered highly productive at a moderate initial cost, and with conditions generally that are particularly suitable to mixed farming, settlement must be rapid as the various advantages of the country become known and transportation facilities secured.” F. C. Swannell, B.C.L.S., in 1912 said: “ There is still much land in addition to that surveyed in the Nation Lakes District, especially to the southward. The soil is mostly loam, but where the country escaped the fire the stand of timber is often too heavy for classification as agricultural land. Nation River occupies a wide trough-like valley composed of jack- pine benches. While considerable of these are gravelly and sandy, yet this is by no means the rule. A cruise from the extreme easterly end of Nation Lake across to the foot of the swift water on the river was through a new growth of jack-pine, but the soil was loam or sandy loam everywhere except on the ridges, which were gravelly. A large area of these jack-pine bench lands lies south-east of here, and if the soil holds as good as the portion cruised, six or seven townships are obtainable—approximately 150,000 acres. “A large valley draining into Upper Nation Lake parallels Indata Lake on the west and runs nearly through to Tsayta Lake, the north- western lake of the Nation Lakes. Twenty square miles of good land lie here, with much open meadow country. The meadows, however, are generally wet and need draining. Between Upper Nation Lake— Nineteen.