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Pch - houi - White Water
The camp was situated on this
Creek at 10,000 feet altitude.
about 4 miles from the base of the
Snow nin Peaks. North stream
runs in a rather deep V shaped
valley the sides coveredly forest of
pine, spruce, & hemlock of land.
The creek bed is wide + shallow
with an even regular descent +
no rapids here. The bed is cover
by lythragony or whitish limestone
rock which does given rise to hummng
in places from the forest debris.
Ledges + boulders occur through out
the meadows in black spruce,
Trees -
1 Spruce -
common tree.
2 Pine (white) Armandi
Open seen everywhere, near Mt.
3 P. (Black) Maximiana
Common on the drier hillsides only.
4 Hemlock.
Seen chiefly n Blackwater in
moist spots.
6 Larch
Common with Spruce on moist
slopes turning brown.
7 Juniper Druif - fristrate
Common on rocky open hillsides
near rocky banks of creeks.