2 A fair truck road extends 72 miles from Telegraph Creek to Dease lake. Dease lake is just north of the Arctic divide and is the head of navigation for Dease and Liard rivers. Shallow-draft boats make the trip from the head of Dease lake to McDame creek in a day. From McDame, at the mouth of McDame creek, trails lead northward to the head of McDame creek and southward to the head of Fourmile creek. Several trails extend from the head of Dease lake to the eastern and southeastern parts of the area. The Muddy River trail follows the northern side of the broad depression between Hotailuh and Cassiar mountains for approximately 25 miles east of Little Eagle river to the junction of Snow- shoe creek and Muddy river. This trail is fairly well defined throughout the greater part of its length and although soft in places it is passable for horses from May to October. A poorly defined trail leads up Tanzilla river into Hotailuh mountains. Stikine river is open to navigation from June to the middle of October. Ice leaves Dease lake early in June and closes the lake early in December. Consequently, the working season for outsiders is relatively short, being approximately four months. Most of the area can be easily and quickly reached by plane from bases along the Alaskan coast or from Atlin, B.C. In the winter planes are used for carrying mail from Atlin to Telegraph Creek. Freight charges from Wrangell to Telegraph Creek are $50 a ton; from Telegraph Creek to Dease Lake $80 a ton; and from Dease Lake to McDame $60. Telegraph Creek is the outfitting point for this part of northern British Columbia. Supplies can be purchased also from W. H. Latimer and the Hudson’s Bay Company at the head of Dease lake, and from the Hudson’s Bay Company at McDame. Pack-horses can be obtained at Telegraph Creek and from Fred Callison at McDame. GAME The larger animals include moose, caribou, sheep, goat, and bear. These animals are scarce in the vicinity of McDame creek, but are more plentiful in the central and southern parts of the area. Moose and bear are particularly common around the headwaters of Eagle river, whereas caribou, goat, and sheep appear to be more numerous in Hotailuh moun- tains. Timber wolves are fairly common, but fur-bearing animals in eee rel are scarce. Whitefish and grayling are caught in the streams and lakes. PHYSICAL FEATURES The region here described may be considered as a cross-section, some 70 or 80 miles long, of Cassiar and Hotailuh mountains. Cassiar moun- tains trend northwest across the central and northern part of the area and are reported to extend southeast to the headwaters of Finlay river and northwest to Teslin lake in Yukon. Hotailuh mountains are a rugged, easterly trending range south of Dease lake, which merge with Cassiar mountains on the east side of McBride river. Both ranges contain peaks