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. s t was time to get some fish
| Outside we shared a beer tT :
S F S H MI GHT Y MOE... another man of the north -- 2gain, eee nent bike Mee toad
, : a man of the mines and lumber ginal. e drove back up rive

s to the bridge. There we put
° had taken to repeati :
and the yaar Scans ie especialy Che in while Moe drove our truck

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wen : back to his camp. The miners at
Se Siac ee A en rn Dn a Going Ment -al cane Le DEASE RIVE that Moe was confined to bed. He the asbestos mine in Cassiar were

showed us where four-fingers Sam
was buried, Sam was trying to heading down to Telegraph Creek,

Is that what you "ment" to say? ; crawl back out of the grave. We BAC aHOtea usr ere cunnine an |

For each definition below write ‘could see his fingers -- a den- Ghe Stimine Rivers Gicokeniaved i

a word that ends with MENT, dritic tree roots) Moe had wplaced; eos eine een namrdwocaa
| an old toilet tank float for ei aaa el |

Sam to use as a rattle when he andy SNOW INE LORE ines mabLenmey

came out in the evening, The truck. We tried valiantly to

f writing on the stump saids paddle upstream to Mosquito Lake

i "Hear lies fore fingers Sam.” for northern pike. The lake was

Al . Nee nane aptly named, but the combined |

pccere renee before we had break- forces of submarine currents and |

le. a substance made of lime
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ZiniigbOs MOURN ire shit Sala iyeN

3e, an instant _

4, make insane _

air-borne waves of mosquitos 1
SA fast. During breakfast, the we sy
Sei aNeUL Sli wenn etarbe Arcata tories resumed. We heard wore: UST compe cEeam OH Otker

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-' about the camels broughtin dur- Joe Irwin Lake was a disap- |
jj ing the early days, "Camels can | pointment. We fished it for an \|
go six days without eating, you hour using big spinners, small

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For every animal there was Of the species, The fish was I
a story: "Seagulls -- they give fat like a sucker with a single . ‘i
Newfoundland the world’s largest dorsal fin that fanned out beyond ,
air force.” "Grizzly bear--they its point of attachment like a

toss ser capt Shedicsarcnaain eS as m 8, agitation know, and a full week if you - Spinners, little cleos, fiord “y
‘ ‘ ‘ eA. ae eer the ass on the Spoons and big daredevils, At \i

Grade A Students In front of d Longhouse 9. vermin yee kiy Sa be = - een nee ; They als@ have the mouth of the river, we saw i
FL a bs ce : | 10. basic part ‘| webbed feet which make them the first evidence of fish --
nes . —- il fi Se ee ; more sure-fo oted on mountains. rises on the surface snatching ;

: i rst principle to be Llama from South America were drowning mosquitos, We rounded \Y

Pci heo stele Apmis Mamet yar also tried. But snowshoes on two more bends in the swift 4

12. decoration _ _ the horses seemed to work the Eivey wen popper Eee tine a "

pe Care best. Sometimes, however ole ett) e€ canoe, nally the _ vit

13. very slender thread ___ _ _ moose had to be drafted to “scouting” popper found a gray- \

14, hinged window frame pull logs or supplies." ling and we caught our first : Mi

15. violent _

16. lowest storey of a building

can’t see but three feet, no sail, Underwater the thin, brown 4

| eel ction : at wonder theychase you if you run, 8411 sparkled with specks of 4

17« dwelling house 2) rae - MOE SHOWS OFF A FINE CATCH. they want to get a better look,” reds aarti, AG ike ‘4

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18, something that borders on : An excerpt from THE CAN-AL PAPERS Moose -- dozen moose legs _ Toa ee eo thens Withoe ecrai \)

- something else __ BY DR. LOWELL L. KLESSIG, 1977 nailed to my cache (above ground © 4

ps an ote ; : foi? : food storage shed) I use then MePps spinner. Moe had been a

— ity ere oo 19. connecting tissue = __ _ ae : as spares for three-legged moose wight, whe: ereyi ing, concentrate x

Grade Four -on Tour a GicatOd Nui Tanta An Indian woman stepped out that limp into cam © in the slower water just above — 4

: : ‘ : anit Fa : e medicated rubbing liqu from the log Sabathia her te : De the fast water in the narrows of 4
Ee ee oe ; pe yl Ra a jet black agains e gray Sky Sometimes it was hard to a bend, igs
NNUAL STUDENT CANOE TRIP .21. animal skin prepared as a and blue lake behind her. It distinguish fact from tale. But We entered another lake and V4

On May 23, 19 students and three surface for writing was evening and a curl of smoke the long blow by blow story of as we prepared for fishing at \
teachers started out on a five-day safely. The rest of the day was spent Ueber he cesiep ict od one wound its way up between the a pack of five wolves killing its mouth, the ever-changing vi
river trip. We left the school at fishing and relaxing. Some hard CM Pipaeeorars ceed pines. : a@ moose on the ice across the mountain wea ther changed again, — vi]
Wlunch on the 23rd to start our journey Paddling was done before reaching the a, peer a epee a i "The boss is sick, but please lake was told with the sensit- ui saw the rain coming and we put ‘4
at Pinetree Lake and end it at French hay fields which was to be our camp 23. to carry into effect come in,” she said. Inside the ivity borne of observation and in to shore. But then the clouds \
Creek. It was a 150 mile long stretch -for the night. -That night the group “US er Se 12" by 12" cabin were three other understanding. “Wolverines,” Seemed to change direction and ey
4 down the Dease River. On the first day WaS very energetic, a sand castle 24, anything that nourishes people, At the foot of the bed noted Moe, "are so territorial move east instead of south. We ‘ ]
canoeing lessons took place. On this WaS built which was later used as i ‘ on the pillows were two children that they will even kill their ventured out into the predict- V4
same day we went through Pinetree a wrestling arena, both boys and girls NAT ANS NSN pot SSA under three years of age. On own mate if one violates the able weather, Just as entered \4
Rapids and Cottonwood rapids. The ~ Participated. A group of boys then D5. ila ertee ter Contes the bed was a small old man, territory of the other at any the mouth, the storm broke. We Mae)
Wee rae eae en we el a decided to go swimming in that icy : Curled under a blanket, his 90 time except during the mating huddled under some tag alders-- V4
ER ey eueterre oe aris) eae cold water. A big bonfire was then Bear NR RU eR Rie pth efi pound frame fiiledionty a small season.” Beane chen ton both ereheiees 1
Mrapids. An hour down-river en built to warm the "blue boys". Unlike part or e sma Cae and anchor. -S we sa in @ ye
Sietsccyas Gerd ene ee ppaieGicon! ocho Wiohea ner ore save) ana gaeueaies Answers on page 20 “How'd partner" he whispered it Heres noes faeces wend nearly fetal position, a bull Va
ee camp for the night. We thought the many games played around the fire. ‘without lifting a muscle. yP moose waded out into the lake, i

ourselves lucky not to have had rain We still had not had rain by this day.
on this first day. The last day on the river was ver

2B k 9 | “Want to participate in the of prospector-trapper who keeps looked around and began its
Books? Boo S: Cassiar Winter Carnival?" Before MOV=n& on -- away from people. underwater browsing. Every few

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Around five the next morning exciting. We drifted in between a ild' Pee ou nap one Sande EA YOUT Clie we could answer, we were signing BOR ceen tec OULS Ee RUCtnuG minutes it would raise its big ‘ad
| s bed lately? Along with that in the thick old + visit with a crude sign of hos- porns and vi : Vd
students started crawling out of their 9112Zly and a moose with her calf... i : our names in Ei 2 CERO Sn IS - Orth nd vigorously shake its vi
leepi the calf the obvi missing sock, you may unearth a few book, The Indian woman pulled out Pitality on the road -- "Mighty head while getting a breath of 4
sleeping bags, excited to start off Pee tan oon CUS ea gOL) Oz school library books! Please re- “ ; a : ra Moe*’s Place -- The Goffee Pot 3 5 14
a new day. The sun was shining high the bear's dunch. The gri2Zly was turn them to the school. No fines buttons with a Participant i Is Always On." Recently the air, The grayling were feasting - +4
and the birds were singing. The aroma VeTy angry with us for distrubing his are charged - we are only interest- ribbon on them. Our winter Provincial authorities were out too on the millions of mosquitos Nt
of bacon and eggs soon filled the air. lunch. During that same day we also ed in having books returned. carnival is usually just 365 to check on his business, since that had also gotten caught in \4
This was the day (May 24th) that we saw a beaver, a martin, a bald eagle TE yo tare. nundn pene eo utH days long, but this year we have j;, has no restaurant license, the storm. The water in front \4
Sighted the famous MacDame Flats. It 2nd many birds. There Reet ORS Bere especially appreciate a careful ee i Special CDC Rome: 366 aa) They felt that a free cup of of us was boiling with a mosaic ‘4
was a slow hot and tiring day. Every- sho to negotiate on the river not check to see that no library books carnival in leap year. coffee, a Cassiar Winter Carn- of rain drops and fish rises, aye
one was more than happy when the flats ‘4% from French Creek, but luckily depart. We had just heard the first ival button, camping for $3 a The storm and the dinner lasted ‘s
finally ended and fast water was ahead. W@ all made it. We then drifted all Alth of hundreds of yarns -- yarns © night and tai f $ about 40 minutes. 4
i j Aa though our loss rate is much f Michty M W hatted f nig guiding for $7 an an
That night we camped about one mile © way to French Creek. Once there lower than average, it is far from 2 eee SEC UC, SOL hour constituted tourist facil- The moose left after a few
above Stoney Island rapids. Lots of we had a spaghetti dinner. Wee f a few more minutes about running

perfect. We are especially eager to
have returned the following books:

He told the authorities hesitating looks when we paddled

fishing was done that night and many We camped at French Creek that

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the river in the morning and as . ities. Be to trapping license out into the sunshine, Blinded

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ight and a! we stepped out to ca 8 ; Ha
| hae Nee He Laclel pete : ee ae Sena ete ne te) es Petersen Automotive troubleshooting night ve noticed Aree to oeee and a trapping permit for the En galbey tee Sr ad pack i"
ot many people felt like crawl- on aioe (eau: is roug. and repair manual (large coilback Vhieheae anes nth 1 100 miles from Dease lake to nto €@ busn, bu ris forbade nt
ing out of their sleeping bags on tips like this that we learn what book) i Di come UO RR COr, the Yukon border "In winter, me to stop to fish while we oh
Qthis 3rd day. Exhaustion took over. real friendship is all about. Cooking of the British Isles (Time eens ea eae Moe. "Yeh", I trap fur wana and in the shared the same little lake, an
But when everyone was up and ready to We would like to thank all the ; ‘ meee volunteere e tle sick man an urists." "Be- | The grayling stayed around ay
es, everyone became apprehensive of parents who came out to pick us up. aoe i i F from his bed, "that is my grave- & 3" ae ot trying to skim off more mosquitos vi
the well-known Stoney Island rapids. We 2lso wish to thank Mr. and mrs. fa ale recente Rees of stone. I want to be buried under cola er ee r ae wife ‘Three more found our spinners j ‘i
; Ol f i i ; ji oye - $ ° nt

mics Sarge fhe rapids we were aegeekoee ae trip and wish them intermediate and secondary students one oonan he OUN AY Sta eh bbe and two kids went on welfare?” pene teed: iletite amet was getting \4
ae ee cee pes Ser ee ies Tr Coots take a look under the bed (chester- visit. they can stomp on the floor Mh a evtharthier cleft, we steseusvu nee enaneds Hs eS ree \ ,
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