Rainbow Mountains.

is through lush hay-meadows, where the hay is cured by the Indians for
winter feed. This is a very attractive part, with fine fishing for Steel-
head trout in the vicinity of Tanya Lakes, and for Rainbow trout in
the Dean River, and here it might be mentioned that these are two of
the gamest of British Columbia’s game fishes.

From Dean River Crossing to Euchu Lake is a distance of approxi-
mately 35 miles, and a two days’ trip. ‘The route lies over the high
benches of the plateau country and, while not really notable for its
scenery, it is still intensely interesting.

The first day brings one to the village of the Ulkatcho Indians, a
purely Indian settlement with a solitary white man in the person of the
fur-trader. The Indians here have barely felt the white man’s influ-
ence, and apart from a visit once a year by the priest, normally not
more than half a dozen white men are seen in the village from one year’s
end to the other! From the village to Euchu Lake, the route follows
an Indian sleigh-road and is very good.

On the Tetachuck River, just above Euchu Lake, the horses give
place to canoes for the remainder of the trip, and before setting out
upon the circuit of Euchu, Natalkuz, and Intata Lakes a day’s fishing
can be enjoyed in the pools below Tetachuck Falls.

Actually, from this point one has one’s choice of routes to Ootsa
and “ Journey’s End.” The one referred to above is the easier and

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