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Immediately around the lake the cover is
much as it is at Balsam Lake viz. Balsam,
Spruce and Mt. [Mountain] Hemlock, with Azalea on the s. [south]
slope and heather on the north facing slope.
The trees rapidly give way to broken rock
slides of huge boulders, these become finer
and with some earth where the slides get
steeper and end in the abrupt pinnacles and
cliffs of the peaks. Around lake level red
and white heather are abundant, higher up the
yellow replaces the red and in a few places the
pink takes the place of the yellow.
On the steep s. [south] facing slopes white heather
predominates.
July 11, 1937. Eva Lake, B.C. [British Columbia]
Mouse traps held 1 Clethrionomys but I took
a cony, a Blue grouse and a Varied thrush.
Hermit thrush and Juncos common. 1 Clark's
Crow, 2 pairs fox sparrow, 5 Canada Jays and 1
Golden Eagle seen.
We were disturbed repeatedly by Pack rats
gnawing under the shack and porcupines gnawing
outside it last night, so set out some traps.
Mr. [Kenneth] Racey took 2 Synaptomys.
July 12, 1937. Eva Lake, B.C. [British Columbia]
Weather still fine, saw a coyote hunting
marmots, traps held nothing but one squirrel.
Before breakfast I climbed to the foot of
the cliffs and shot a Leucosticte saw another.
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