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84
6 miles
Thursday. Left 8. To near Boulder Creek
We made a rather late start having
to unpack packs and attend to other
things and then crossed the North Fork
and followed the old trail down to N.
bank. It had once been a good trail
but fire burnings have made it difficult
to trace and more so to follow, as the
trees have choked it completely in places.
We made only 5 or 6 miles and
camped at Sunset on the South bank
heavy crowed above a high bluff
Saw very few birds during this day
Saw more foxes here and there
Red squirrels were fairly common
85
6 miles
Friday. Left 9. To near Falls
The burning was rainy and we
were late in starting. Had to
wicross a quarter of a mile below
our camp. Then we had a spell
of burnt and then several miles
of unburnt woods white spruce
and fir. Here there was an
undergrowth of Rubus rubrum -
Rubus (black and hairy) Rubus arcticus
Rubus strigivus Rubus triflorus!
Echinopanax Alder Viburnum
Sorbus Caeruleensis in fruit and
ripe and very abundant
We crossed Boulder Creek about
an hour after leaving camp.
we are following a Kith whel
as well marked with blazes
We camped rather early at the
lower end of a patch of green
tuber where there had been a
camp of prospectors in 1908