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  • Whooping Crane Sept [September] 16, 1947. Vancouver. Mr R.W. Turner, Bedford Fine Leathers, Tattam 1341 phoned + reported to me that during his 5 1/2 year stay in the eastern arctic as an employee of the H.B.Co. [Hudson's Bay Company] he saw whooping cranes on several occassions [occasions] All were seen in the vicinity of Padlei, 120 mi [miles] N.W. [northwest] of Eskimo Point + 300 miles N [North] of Churchill. He has a diary giving exact dates + will look them up. Described the area as one of rocky hills 360' high. He did not see any young but the Eskimos told him of nests.
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