Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:19:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199902130119.RAA00278@ns.intelenet.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: redcanoe@pangea.ca (Douglas Ingram)
Subject: RE: baidarka Canoeing with the Cree
Now I'm showing MY centrist leanings.!
In all fairness, though, its been 15 years since I read the book, and the
details of the Minnesota geography eluded me at the time of writing.
Wanting to get off the mark fast, I didn't stop to look up the details.
Essentially I meant to say that they paddled upstream from Minneapolis to
the point where they could cross the watershed height of land.
>Actually, they paddled up the Minnesota River to Big Stone Lake, then up
>the Little Minnesota, where they portaged over to Traverse Lake and the
>Red River. (As a personal note, during my first year of life, I was a
>resident of Browns Valley, Minnesota, which lies between Big Stone Lake
>and Traverse Lake.)
>
>Chuck Holst
>
>
Douglas Ingram
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