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- for the south. Spotted only 2 deer before Tlell.
Camped here for night in the garage
May 26 [1960]
Drove south to QCC [Queen Charlotte City]. As [Ian McTaggart] Cowan sailed away it
began to rain + continued rest of day. Picked up
load of mail, dropped off some more equipment at the
ranger station in an attempt to have some sort of
ease in finding things on board. S.E. erly [southeasterly wind] began to
rise up as headed north. Carried on to Massett + as
was supper time drove out to local cemetery to cook
venison. Forest about us thoroughly moss strewn
+ gnome like: what a peaceful place to be buried.
After supper drove into Hensons to look up
Fisheries inspector Andy Skipper Also Henson had
a lead on some bats (California). Again spent evening
with Hensons, only finally going over to meet [Andy] Skipper
who was very affable + agreed to take us out to Langara [Island]
middle of next week. Turned Henson down in
sleeping in his house, but parked by his garage.
May 27 [1960]
Breakfast tea with Henson (54 yrs [years], 210 lbs [pounds]
stocky, sportsman, bright face, [illegible word], orig. [original])
At Sam Simpson's Cannery, filmed canning
of crabs. By time finished, lunch time + couldn't
find Walter Feyer to ask whether we could stay
at his cabin on McIntosh Meadows. Gordon's
garage empty so couldn't fix stove, Post office
closed. So went to nearby meadows + had
lunch. Also filmed Canada geese + Cranes.
In pm. [evening] made our contacts, including Scot
McKay of RCMP, cousin of Art Pearson. Then
struck off for McIntosh Meadows.
Just after turnoff from main road is
20' [foot] beaver dam, made mainly of alder + salal
above dam quiet water for long way, almost
hidden by tangle of fallen mossy trees. Mud
banks + upturned stumps along the edges.
Plenty of 'coon [raccoon] + deer tracks. A few indistinct
beaver runs thru [through] dense salal. Apparently this
food their staple. Alder not touched much tho [though]
2 4' [foot] trees had been taken down. Also an attempt
at a Hemlock. Set 5 steel traps for beaver,
2 by an opening we made in the dam.
Two secretive Steller's Jays nearby, likely
nesting. A shot at one, missed
Drove about a mile along into McIntosh
Meadows. Road of sawdust necessitated 4
wheel drive. Meadows greatly broken up by
forest. At road end a 2 story building,
windows gone, used as base camp.
Nearby saw a muskrat - + some grass
chewing signs, so set another steel trap for it
Set our mouse traps in the depressing rain
in mossy [words crossed out] in not very mossy, dense hemlock
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