[1] Carver was not so remarkable for his actual journeys as for his confident predictions of a feasible transcontinental route being found to the Pacific coast.
[2] The white-barked conifer, which gives its name to this lake, is Thuja occidentalis. There are no real "cedars" in America.
[3] The famous place of call (the name means "Turtle Island") in the narrow strait between Lakes Huron and Michigan, and near Lake Superior. (See p. [230].) But some authorities declare that Michili-makinak means "Island of the great wounded person".
[4] There are at least two species of maple in Canada yielding sugar from their sap; but the best is Acer saccharinum. The maple leaf is the national emblem of Canada.
[5] Shell beads.