Mollie Adams Diary of her Journey in the Canadian Rockies July 27, 1908

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A hard bit of bush, Mary Schäffer Fonds,
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (V4527 / PS 1-17)
Castillea Camp.
Monday, July 27.
               Off at 9.30.  We knew the trail would probably be bad, so thought it might take 5 hrs., being about 7 or 8 miles.  But it was 7 P.M. when we made camp.  The trail was a sweet mixture of fallen burnt timber, muskeg, and no trail at all.  It took the three of them half an hour to cut through about 100 yds. at one place.  It looked as if it might not have been used since Coleman went over it in 1893.  We struck the shores of the `beautiful Su-Wapta`  at 6.15 P.M. We were in a patch of green timber, but no feed visible in any direction except across the rushing, muddy river. U tried to cross, but his horse could not go 5 yds in without swimming. So he prospected up the river and W down, and after three quarters of an hour`s wait, decided to camp right there, and drive the horses down to a place where there was a chance for them to get a snack that night. There had been showers sweeping up across the Su-Wapta all day, but luckily they did not reach us to add to our troubles. We were also spared hot sun and bugs, so there was something to be thankful for on this wearisome day.

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