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SW Keewatin; NW extremity of Nueltin Lake; mouth of Windy River #1672, 1675, 1676, 1677, September 17, 1947

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 78

Dates

  • Creation: September 17, 1947

General

1672: Gravelly portion (on and above light-colored strip) of an ancient beach terrace on s knoll about 100 feet above Nueltin Lake. Looking N. Dwarf birch, crowberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, Cladonia, Rock lichens. 1675: Gravelly portion of an ancient beach terrace on a knoll about 100 feet above Nueltin Lake. Dwarf birch, Crowberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, Cladonia, Rock lichens. 1676: Barren Ground Caribou scats, on a carpet of Cladonia, Vitisidaea, and Vaccinium uliginosum. (Not extremely fresh.) 1677: 'Stone men' on top of a knoll about 125 feet high, looking NE. Used somewhat as scare crows to keep Caribou from passing. Crowberry, Moss, Rock lichen [Stamp of Natural History Magazine on back, along with various editing notations (mostly in pencil), including "NQ HT 3 1/2 x 2 3/4" , "2309", "82" and a circled 9 in ink. Published in Natural History -- In Caribou Land.]

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