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  • Banff. Alta. [Alberta] June 2/43 [1943] Came back on N [North] side - bears have cleaned up all remains- including the skeleton I had so carefully prepared + hung up. Saw 44 elk. 24 sheep 7 goat 15 deer. in June 3/43. [1943] Clearing with intermittent sunshine during the afternoon - moderate E. [East] wind. Left Banff at 8 AM + drove to Boom Creek, walked into Boom Lake + then returned to Banff. On the way out examined the bluffs at 6 mile. These + the others as far as 10 mile are badly overgrazed with local sheet + gully erosion + considerable mechanical injury to the soil cover by the continued trampling. Found the elk widely scattered + working into the conifer timber Saw a total of 10 single cows in this way, at least 2 of them had obviously given birth within a few hours. One cow up as high as the Vermillion [Vermilion] Summit. Along Boom Creek 4 or 5 moose had spent part of the winter. Two had been there within the
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