Diary, 1910, of trip with George and Samuel Mixter to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Washington
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Durran July 24 To Buckley Lake Creek (Men-cho-ti - Brig Lake Streek) 10 miles on Telegraph Line from Fil. Creek 8 miles Got back to camp. Early and as the horses we had engaged did not come we put the loads on our 7 horses and went on The way with the horse porters us. at 5mile Lake a few miles beyond. The trail ascend the valley through fine many spruce woods and crossed a nearly broken rocky spur opposite the high hill. from south across a deep gorge the valley of South Fork -(Mestee) Then we descended and went through a succession of muskegs and through poplar flats for some miles, striking into Telegraph Trail. and following it to our camp in the creek. The country is all Canadian but Hudsonian begin on the hills a little higher San Anton at many places along the Trail. Ledum groenlandicum common in the muskegs also a small willow almost prostrate yellow Castilleja common Lupinun att- Potentilla fruticosa Common Monday July 25- To Men-cho Lake (9 miles) We went up the stream on which we were camped but at a little distance from it, and crossed a succession of poplar ridges with muskegs between them and through many spruce woods to Musko Lake which we reached about 4.30 We passed Ptucker Lake on left the middle of the afternoon, a small kind bordered with grass & some spruce woods. and beyond a smaller manly pine flat on our right Looked on specimen until dark Saw Eriophyllum nigrum in some of the muskegs and some Cassiope Tetragona as much. Betula glandulosa Roses, Rubus arizonensis (old) - Potentilla fruticosa