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t.hen 4 ,000 square miles .
At first, spread out 1n a ne tvork of ramifica.tions 11ke the tentacles of 8
gigantic oct.opue, vhcse ~ume rous eucker-e dr-ew t r ibute f rom t he fllll8 11 lakes, tarns
and spongy marshe s , vhf cb ab oun d over those higher e l evat i ons of the country. The
curious streams , uniting after a vhfIe 1n one msin cbanneL , soon a s sume the proport -
ions of 8 river of c ons i derable size . It be c omes navagabl e f or can oe s about ten
miles above George I V Lake . Thi s lake , 8 0 na med by the intrepid t r aveller Cormack,
who crossed t he i sland f rOOl e a st t o wes t in 1822, is known to the Micmacs as Pl uchiopaeg
or Cr OBB Pond . I t bears 8 rude r-e seabrance to 8 cross , or rather to t he
lette r T , hence t he name. I t i A t he first l a ke of a ny co ns equ e nc e or con siderable
size on the rive r , hav ing a surface area of e i ght squ are m Ies , It is pict uresq -
uely dotted over \lith sever-aI s:nall wooded islets, a nd its shores are also for the
most part 'Well vooded , A l itt l e t o t he South of t he I ake , a hi gh rugged r a nge of
bare-topped mountains begdns to rise , which, extending dovn the va l ley of the Uppe r
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cr osses the river a bove Red I ndi a n Lake , And t.bence bears evay northeaster
ly towards t he Topsails, or heieht of I en d , The I ndf an a call t hi s r an ge
Anneopsq,uatch , vhfch means rugge-d or unsightly looking . I t nevertheless forms a
magnificent back-ground t o the scenery of the I a ke e an d river a .
Eighteen miles of ~~~~t w t er!; frequently choked u.i~h e..,AoI"m OU_S boul c1e ~ ~:
se parate George IV f rom Lloyd's Pond , the next lake-like e:xpansl~n of the r i ver.
The sc enery along t his section 1s wild and beaut iful ; but, a narrow be l t on eit her
side of the river i s vood ed , while t.ocer-dng a bove
the t rees on the Sout h the
serrated peaks of the Anne opsq ua t ch present a constantly varying panoramic l a ndecepe
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Lloyd ' s Pond i s 6 1/ 2 mi lctt l ong, a nd ha s 8 cu r -face a r ea of sdx squar-e mile s .
It is a deep, trough-like be san, ovfng to the proximity of the mountain r anee, ....hich