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  • Journal. Head Brazeau L. [Lake] July 27/43 [1943] Today drove from Banff to Camp Parker leaving Banff at 9AM + arriving at 1:30. En route saw only 1 [female symbol] deer + 1 [male symbol] moose. Flys [Flies] bad. Distance by car 114 miles. Left Parker camp by horse at 3 PM + made camp here at 5:10. Distance by horse 7 miles. Country over Nigel pass broken rolling alplands with rock outcroppings + shale slides. Some ideal sheep range. Jim [James Simpson] saw 8 sheep on the pass yesterday. All we saw was 1 [male symbol] elk, a Goshawk a Leucosticte + the usual Brewers sparrows white crowns + robins. We are camped just above the Jonas Cr. [Creek] trail junction with the Brazeau R. [River] Trail. Brazeau Basin. July 18/43 [1943] Left camp this morning at 9:30 - beautiful day. Rode down the Brazeau R. [River] about 3 miles then took the Jonas Pass trail over the pass + over Jonas shoulder into the valley of the Poboktan R [River]. From there we went over Indian Pass + down to cut the main Brazeau River about 3 miles above the lake. Rode upstream some 5 or 6 miles + camped at 8 P.M. A long tiring day through some of the finest alplands I have ever seen. Distance 35 +/- miles Game seen. Caribou 5 Mule deer 5 Moose 9 goat 3 Elk 2 coyote 1
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