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  • Journal Aug [August] 2/43 [1943] considerably + we did not make this camp until 8:30 - 8 1/2 hrs [hours] on the trail - Distance covered about 22 miles. Most of the route lay through timbered country with little feed summer or winter. Elk cows + calves + some moose are summering there. Coming up the Southesk we observed much sign of elk winter activity + saw one bull + a kill with antlers on. The lower part of the Cairn River to about 2 miles below the cabin is burned over + is an elk _ moose winter range utilized to its maximum + with carrying capacity declining. The cabin is situated near the lower end of the open creekside willow + grass meadows that extend over the pass. The pass is visible from here. Rain started about 7:30. Game seen:- Elk 2 Moose 1 Cairn Cabin. Aug [August] 3/43 [1943] Heavy rain all night but it stopped with dawn + by 10 o'clock cloud ceiling was 8500' + rising fast - about 10000 by mid-day. Jim [Simpson] + I left camp up the creek coming
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