Diary, 1901, of trip with Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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thickly overgrew with white spruce with some Dutch Aspen & Paleson Poplar, with an undergrowth of Alnus incana cornus (red coar) willow etc. The rocks are covered with lichious some of a brick red color. Vaccinium ground cedar, Jumperies etc with Bunkscian pines mostly of small size. a little beyond this is Big Datands with two or 3 small islands near to the north. Beyond it as far as the eye can reach is an apparently unbroken ex. panes of ice. Back from the shore are many streams murkely with small streams drawing them which reach the Lake by underground channels in most casesh. Sam Many and Sexters always in passo and a few whiteh mugid Sexters and noisy Herring Gulls.. Shot a Rabbit and a spruce grouse while setting traps May 26. Got a few specimens in our Traps and made them up. My brother shot a Common Lanager in a poplar near the Tent Saw a grouse drum several times. He stood erect and had his arms only half open, the motion being from the shoulders. Took some photo- graphs of the Lake, rocks, etc. May 27. Up early. Got a fair catch of mammals in- Sliding Creek, Microscopex. Evert traps Putturus. Shot a rabbit and some spruce and ruffed about a number of small birds. Set some more steel Traps. Saw a Toad half a hour on the shore half a miles East of Camp. Park in the afternoon on pie rivers and finished up my thing. The location seems to be off the path of migration and for small birds we seem A very fine day.