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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]