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Cade
1956
General Account
1 July
Ben's boat, lightly loaded, had 6 smaller
tears in the same areas.
We camped on a high gravel alluvium,
overgrown with moss and heath and large
willows. Good ground for camping. Location
on right side of river about 1200 above Easter
Creek: 5 miles below starting point.
2 July
Left Camp #2 at 0900, Ben and I taking the
boats while Web walked overland. Made slow
trine again with both boat leaking badly
despite crew patching of yesterday. Please to stop
every 10-15 min. to bail out the water. We
passed a large creek coming in on the right about
1500, went another 4-5 miles and made camp
#3 about 20 miles above the C[illegible] Creek.
Web is flushed from the lake. We made about
15 miles today. Web killed an adult St Ignat
just below the large creek mentioned above.
We are serving it as food for ourselves and the
falcons. The meat is very light - like rabbit.
Birds seen so far include:
Cavia stellata - 1 on the river
Branta canadensis - on gravel bars - no nets yet
Chiongnula hyemalis - on lakes by river
Charadrius hiaticula - on gravel bars
Actitis maculata - common on gravel bars
Lobipes lobatus - flying along river
Larus hyperboreus