J. Groth 1987 journal 214. Eastern Trip - Ontario July 27 and continued W to a gravel road (cont'd) around Muskrat Lake, Ontario, where I pulled to the side of the road at about midnight and slept 'til dawn. July 28 The morning was clear + hot. I drove W to North Bay, Ontario, where I got some money at a bank, then continued W to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The weather was hot + sticky. Red pine became more common further W, this being the only pine seed-bearing conifer at this time. White pine had green cones where it occurred, but not all trees as not a massive crop. I then drove along the eastern side of Lake Superior to Wawa, Ontario. The forest between Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie was mixed conifer/hardwoods, with good representations of conifers in the Lake Superior Provincial Park. White pine became rare north of the Montreal River. White spruce became more common - but no cones. I drove onto a small beach cone just 1 km N of the mouth of the Michipicoten River and camped for