Title

The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition - Great Falls on Little Dog River..., 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition - Great Falls on Little Dog River, at Great Dog Portage, 1858. 'The Falls in the accompanying Sketch, by Mr. Fleming, assistant to Mr. Hind, lie some distance to the west of the beginning of the Great Dog Portage, one of the most formidable barriers on the canoe route between Lakes Superior and Winnipeg. The Great Dog Portage rises 468 feet above Little Dog Lake, into which the water, passing over the Falls...rushes with a wild, indescribable beauty from Great Dog Lake, north of the barrier just noticed. The difference in the level of Little and Great Dog Lakes is 347 feet, which is descended by the water of the connecting river in six successive leaps'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

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Keywords

travel river waterfall waterfalls falls arts rocks rock mountain mountains fall exploration art British Canada geography color dramatic century Britain exploring newspapers press print concept natural phenomena B&W Great Falls cataract tourist attraction engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century tourism The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper landscape Unknown 19th-century Little Dog River John Arnot Fleming Fleming John Arnot