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Waterton Park. July 17, 1945.
Cloudy, some rain during the night + scattered
showers during the day.
Rode into Bertha Lake, alt. [altitude] 5800' and
saw 20 goat [underlined] - including 1 kid at
a mineral spring high on the
ridge to the north of the lake.
Whistlers at the west end of the lake.
Then rode down to the boundary trail
+ s. [south] to within a mile of the International
boundary. No elk sign seen in this
part of the park
Waterton Park. July 18, 1945.
Crossed the lake + worked along the lower
shoulders of Vimy Mt [Mountain]. Very little game
sign + plenty of good range. Some
pikas in the big slide, buff-bellied
chipmunks common.
Saw 2 [female symbol] deer + 1 fawn. I
In the evening went out to see Rigall again.
Waterton Park. July 19/45 [1945].
Drove to the summit on the chief
mt [mountain] road + then hiked to the head of
Crooked Cr. [Creek] + climbed Sofa Mt [Mountain] to the
base of the rimrock cliffs.
Sidehill vegetation at timberline is
about 18" deep + consists of thimbleberry,
mt. [mountain] maple, + saskatoon with Heracleum
present in abundance locally. Limber
pine + whitebark pine dominate at timberline.
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