Diary, 1903-1904, of trips with A. F. Camsell, Merritt Cary, and Alfred Emerson Preble to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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Tuesday Sept 15 Mr Left Camp at 7 airich and after passing one or Two points came to the deep bay at the bottom of the big head. something over 40 mile from the outlet of the Lake. The day was fine but dead calm and Mr was enabled to strike across the mouth of the bay about 3 miles. While crossing we saw many large trout. We had our front wheel on the point across the bay. The Manito Islands which had been in sight since mid afternoon Yesterday now appeared quite near. They are high and rocky and apparently grown over with Ericaceous shrubs. Their apparent nearness and constantly changing appearance as one fronts along the creek has apparently been the reason for this name. Mr passed them about one mile off. shorn In the afternoon Mr came about 20 miles, along a nearly straight Creek with low and fairly still water and with sandy and gravelly shores. Mr camped at sunset on the shore which seems to keep on much the same direction. The day was warm and perfectly calm and the flies we quite trouble some. Tracks of Bears and mice seen on the shore in the afternoon and in front swans off the deep bay and saw them Trickle on the shore in one place. I shot a mink I took and took some photos. The morning is fine though in the afternoon it casted a little threatening.