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Friday Sept 5 Across Skema River
Left in good time and travelled
in rain about 6 mile to the
Skema fallon Mth of Sustut
The trail strike the river at a
Lomt when thin is a miniature
Canyon and the remains of an
Indian bridge This is said to have
been built long ago by the Stoney
and BearLake Indians who met
by appointment and finished the
Bridge in 7 days. It has not
been out of commission about
25 years
We carried our outfit heliways
across the horses. Had dinner on 1
side and then took the trail towards
Bearlake. It skirted around Nopim
and skates the valley of the Sustut
for a short distance and then
began to climb the hills through
Canyon J Skema about 15 or 20
mile and I reached my 4 mile at sta
3:00 at upper limit
Saturday Sept 6 Sustut Valley
We left fairly early and travelled
about 17 miles in the valley of the
Sustut though not near to Skema
River. At about 3:07 pm came to a
stream of red gurgly meadows and
followed that all the afternoon
camping late at 6:00 p.m. just west of
from's Mt. arrived about on the other
side. The man lasted rains
These enclosures alternate with thickets
of heavy timber with some devil's club,
Jordan can Fracture J Moore core
and calf.
In dam till one he went (only one) to
Europe red headed woodpecker (Cephalos)
at Indala Lake 10 miles below leading
a little bonus given since Mother north
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