1 pair; Holboell grebe, 1 pair; horned grebe, 1; ne ne
cinnamon teal. 1 pair; lesser scaup duck, 60; buffle hea 2 F 5 2
surf scoter, 11 August 31: Holboell grebe, 5; ring-necKe WyGlkee
brood of 6; lesser scaup duck, 75+, (adults and young); barge
golden-eye, 1; white-winged scoter, female and brood of 9; sur
scoter 4

Food items collected were amphipod Gammerus iimnaeus, water
bug Notonecta sp., the beetles, Gyrinus lugens LeC., Gyrinus
pectoralis LeC , Hydroporus sericeus LeC., and odonata nymphs.

Tiltzarone Lake is one of two relatively good nesting places
for diving ducks in the district. The other, an expansion of
Puntataenkut Creek known locally.as "Bouchie Lake," is described
later

Quanstrom Lake: 1/4 mile long, 1/4 mile wide, is situated approxi-
mately one-half mile west of Tiltzarone Lake. The surroundings of
both lakes are similar but here the areas of sedge meadow and mus-
keg are smaller. The shores are part boggy, part clay and gravel.
Extending from one lake to the other between two, low, dry ridges
is a swampy depression filled with tall willows and other decidu-
ous growth, but there is no water connection between the two lakes
On May 15, one pair of loons and two surf scoters, and on September
2, two loons, one ring-necked duck and three unidentified ducks
were observed. This lake would seem to be of little value as a
nesting ground for waterfowl.

Puntataenkut Lake: 2 miles long, 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide, lies about
four miles southwest of Puntchesakut Lake. It is one of the princi-
pal sources of Baker Creek and a reservoir for the Quesnel Light

and Power Company. A dam at the outlet of Puntataenkut Creek, (the
stream that drains the lake), built about six years ago has raised
the lake level some eight feet and, as a result, the shoreline
spruces along the less sloping parts of the littoral have died

(Fig. 6). The surrounding forest is chiefly black spruce, Engelmann
spruce and aspen, the latter predominating along the south side
where it has replaced a mixed forest burned over some years ago.

The lake has five small tributary streams; one of them, Crimmer
Creek, winds through a long muskeg before entering the lake. All
are said to provide spawning grounds for Kamloops trout that are
extremely abundant. A small wooded island is situated near the
north end. There are no nesting grounds suitable for ducks. On
June 4, waterfowl observed were: loon, 1 pair; Holboell grebe,

« pairs; surf scoter, 10; herring gull, 2; black Vereen ots

"Goose Lake": This is a sedge meadow occupying most of an 80-acre
depression in the forest about one mile south of Tiltzarone Lake.

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