Biosurvey Journal 1965 July 8 contd. Continued on to road to Wells Gray, stopping frequently. At a ranch with a stream we saw 2 evening grosbeaks at streamside, and I observed them bathing. On the Clearwater River after entering the Park, we learned at Dawson Falls Campsite from 2 friendly people about a tragedy of the night before. A car with 6 people went off into the river after stalling on the grade up to the cleft from the bridge; 3 killed. Continuing on we stopped to look at Helmcken Falls. A spectacular site, the water plunges about 100 feet to the canyon below. The canyon walls are basaltic, and this appears to be the same geologic phenomenon as in our Columbia Plateau w/ Snake River, Columbia River etc. At a stop on the river we saw a family of Common Mergansers, a female with 6 chicks about half grown, still with lots of down. We scared them off the near bank and they went swimming off downstream, carried by the current which was considerable and finally we saw them make the other side. The river was about 300 yds wide here. In its forest, I caught a brief glimpse of an American Rooster. Make Camp on Fales Creek at the south end of Clearwater Lake. The lake is actually a widening in the river, although it is long and very wide but seems to be moving. We are camped among Spruce? Alders, birches, cedar and dense undergrowth. Soil type is volcanic with small cones behind us.