ITINERARY

on May 1, and after complet-—

he Valley, I reached a eee
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Leaving Okanagan Landing by car
ing certain duties in the Lac La Hac :
on May 5. The following day I proceeded to Puntchesakut Lake,
miles by road west of Quesnel, and remained there until June 4.
Headquarters were then established from June 5 to June 22 at Bouchie
Lake, six miles west of Quesnel. During the remainder of the Secon
the itinerary was as follows: Prince George--June £5; Summit Lake--
June 24 to July 2; Prince George--July 3; Nukko Lake--July 4 to July
9; Endako--July 10; Smithers--July 11 to July 17; Hazelton-—July 18;
Red Rose Basin, Rocher Deboule Mountain--July 19 to: July co; Hazel
ton--July 24; Smithers--July 25; Bulkley Lake--July 26 to July 31;
Ootsa Lake--August 1 to August 3; Francois Lake--August 4 to August
13; Vanderhoof--August 14; Prince George--August 15; Bouchie Lake-~
August 16 to August 20; Sixteen Mile Lake--August 21 to August 28)8
Puntchesakut Lake--August 30 to September 6; Lac La Hache--September
7 to September 10; Okanagan Landing--September 11.

DESCRIPTIONS OF LOCALITIES STUDIED

Baker Creek Region

Observations were restricted here to a series of lakes on the
3,000 foot level, and to the woodlands, muskegs , and sloughs ad-
jacent to them. The largest of these lakes, viz., Puntchesakut
(altitude--2,950 feet) is approximately 20 air-line miles west of
Quesnel. The lakes, as well as numerous small streams having their
origin in muskegs and sedge meadows, are tributary to Baker Creek
that descends some 1,450 feet in the 20 odd miles of its course to
the outlet on the Fraser River near Quesnel. Prominent in the
distant landscape west and south of the Baker Creek drainage are
low, rounded mountains with summit elevations up to 5,760 feet.

The district is reached by the Nazko Road, the greater part of

which is bad at any time and deplorable in wet weather. During

the period, May 6 to May 12, little sign of life was apparent in
deciduous tree growth; the days were cold and cloudy, and during

some nights the temperature dropped below freezing point. For the
remainder of the month weather conditions alternated between short
periods of warmth and sunshine, and periods when rain and cold winds
prevailed. On May 11 cottonwoods were shedding their sticky bud
sheaths and a mist of green showed on some aspen thickets. By May 30

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