General Account 1938-1939
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The eastern shore of the lake, to either side of the inlet broadly, is marshy. This is an extensive area of land covered with grass, sedges and other grass like plants. For the most part these grass-like plants are thick and matted at the surface and often interlaced with reeds. There is a small meandering stream passing through the brackish growth leading emptying into the lake (thicket). Along this stream are a few scattered trees. To south and south east side of the lake there is a grass-shrub zone about 10-20 ft wide which gives way to a low, poorly defined, scrubby grass vegetation. As soon as one leaves the lake border he enters the clays for dense bush vegetation at the low grass vegetation. The difference is probably due to the steeping influence of the lake on the immediate surroundings. Such as with cut through the low shrubby-grass land the hard rains and there are 1/4 a more visible whirl which is probably due to the lodge lodge limestone formation limited them. The vegetation of this zone consisted of grass, as low mixed bush-shrubs on the north side. On the south side a vegetation much like that of the northern lake shore rather the lake's forest edge. Along the lake shore with the exception it was much less extensive being limited in most cases to 20-30 yards. At the south central portion of the lake there is a peninsula extending for about 50 yards into the lake. This vegetation is much like the other lodgepole forested regions. The most interesting thing about it is that we found the 1928 camp of Carmen and von Abel. They were the first and only other party to visit the region. They had built a line of shelters some 60 or 70 ft long with a low floor and a pole as bed rail, shielded by mud rain. The type of shelter is the same as in most other log cabin or dugout. There are also a couple of firewood and old tin galvanized sheet. [Plot the roof had fallen down and structure in bad state of disrepair]