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200 Appendix 1another medical farce when Dr. came on board + all grd Classpassengers herded in dining room for over 1/2 an hour till youcd. cut the air stewards guarding every gangway + nothing donein the end. A glas9' sea all di!Y with blue or greenish colour after those brownseas off Newfoundland.SUNDAY 23 MAYQuebec at 6 0' c dismal brown rainy deserted wharves. Up at 6ashore at 8 for four hours we were penned herded + kept waitingfor train in huge waiting rooms where YMCA, Red + + everyorganization had little side rooms. About 6 hours run toMontreal 2nd class. Lovely yellow Erythroniums, sheets of whiteTrillium + a claret Herb Paris. Woods just breaking into green:country flat + raw untidy shacks for dwellings. Copses full ofpoplar (faint gold leaves) birch, spruce + a maple with redbunches of flowers. Took train at Montreal to Mt Stephen Avenuefriend of Gwen's then back + supped at Government Hostel Drummond St.for 1/6 each. (g5C.). So into our sleeper + on at 10 o'c: TouristsleepersMONDAY 24 MAYInfernal night heat turned on till we nearly stewed 28 bunks inI coach: windows shut we had a fly trap who let in a little air.Dressed somehow b'fast 7 .go in dining car 1.50 between us.Sun'!)' dqy: lakes rivers dark firs green-yellow Poplars justbreaking into leaf. Untidy shacks, lumber camps: monotonouscountry but the trees are faSCinating. Miles + miles of a low growingshrub Cassiope? of whortleberry habit. Gulls on a lake a brownheron? a blue king-fisher? with white below-crows. Dined in dining car + tobed again a cool night. 20 mins. stops at North Bi!Y + Sudbury.Gordon Mactavish200 Trust + Loan BlocTUESDAY 25 MAYDull dqy at 1st country much greener white poplars now in leaf + birches justbreaking: middi!Y 1st tunnel ((ry di!Ylight) since Quebec. Ma,!), lakes + ponds fewbirds eveningflatter land almost prairie better soil (black) 10veJy evening light.Winnipeg 8.15 + walked to St Charles Hotel off Main St. MrMactavish came round + had a long chat. he brought literature +much advice + is thrilled.WEDNESDAY 26 MAYBfast 8.30. Mr Mactavish came at 9 0' c for us + we had such aday. 1st to Canada Bank of Commerce + Bank of Montreal finebuildings then to Hudson's Bay (Mr Brooks) + Mr Harman who gave usmaps + introductions. Then to Hudson's Bay stores + bought a copperkettle + saw the Museum with interesting Indian relics bead work goose skin +beadwork +c +c Then to Fort Garry gate. Then to Mactavish's flatto see his books + taste pemmican + borrow his rifle + flowerbooks. Then to book shop for bird + flower books. Then to MrChristie in his office a fine old face.WJ. Christie 300 Paris BuildingsThen to an A I lunch at Fort Garry Hotel with Mr MactavishMr Christie + Lady Tupper. All dqy Mr M. talkingofHudson'sBqy +explorer's history his heart in it all + he is thrilled over our journry: a charmer.Mr C then motored us round Parliament Bldgs + parks a fewanimals confined a gopher wild + a palm house well kept. Then a lovely run20 miles along Assiniboine + Red River to Lower Fort Garry. Hotdqy + everywhere 10veJy fresh green of Manitoba maples. Most excitingbirds: yellow canary flicker, oriole, ducks terns grackles robins.Tea in delightful Fort Garry Club 100 Year old fort on the riverwith woodpeckers in garden. Then back to Mr Christie's house todinner Mrs. C + a son: cool room overlooking river such adinner. W,'nnipeg a fineJy laid out town with long wide streets one-PortageAvenue runningawi!Y to Rockies-Mr C motored us to station at 10. go+ he + Mr McT put us into our Tourist Section. Winnipeg lookedfine lit up at nrght. A foil + well spent dqy: we begin to realise the bignessof our undertaking: everyone filled with envy + wonder but stillmore because ofMr MeT's hints about our outfit. Left Winnipeg about 11.30.THURSDAY 27 MAYWoke up 6 to find ourselves in lovely fresh valley with rollingslopes + a river teeming with bird life + birds singing + a springfeeling in the air. Heaps of ducks. Ayellow lupin. All day theponds were teeming with ducks + waders unlike the waters ofeastern Canada. Rolling plains + ridges + richer looking land.Spring is here in the W strange contrast to the brownness bleakness+ snow of Quebec. Dull + thundery evening. Slept our 2nd night ontrain + to Edmonton at 6.50 AM Friday 28th May. To MacdonaldHotel very swagger 5 $ for double room. After breakfast toHudson's Bay Co. with our letter. A long chat with Mr Brabant+ then poked round Woolworth's + the H Co. Stores + fixed up to meet MrWarner. Lunched low haunt for 35 cents. Mr Warner came to see us atgo' c + we got several points cleared up (I) Our Indians walkback in 4 days from La Pierre House the road we track up in 9days. (2) We buy our paddles + Tump line with canoe. (g)