Diary, 1904, of trip to the Athabaska-Mackenzie region
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below to mouth. Mr reached & narrer cutting from banks in the evening. All along the banks have held a great deal of ice, but below here, the quantity is same thing advancing and much if it probably from this mouth of the East river as much as 20 feet in thickness. Mr had difficulty in finding a Campground place on account of the ice and finally laid ed under left bank below the long stretch of high bank and made some kind of a camp. Roth Clarke as directly across at is fully will cross Mr Snow Friday June 10. Made a family early start and continued on down to river. Had a fair wind to start with, but it soon turned and we had to paddle against it nearly all this afternoon. Mr passed several long bends and large banks and built right around miles above Norman — a long stretch of very high banks of sandstone and even which is an out in several places. Mr reached First Norman at 7.30. Found the Wragley there as she had decided not to go down to Crook Point.