August 1879, From Wrangell Up Stickeen, Second Trip to Cassiar Mines Image 8

Creator

John Muir

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a forest above 1500 or 2000 ft [feet] about 100 ft high some gray dead [spears] well lichened long strip lol [between] ava [avalanche] paths [there] [remarks] apply [approximately] 25 ms [miles]

only v [very] smooth & [steep] spots bare up to snow, ½ area [bush] covered. [Collumiads] [along] bank

Glaciated rocks [mountained] near bank of river at mouth

1st big [bend] of river 15 ms [miles] up bends to r [right] as go up on acct [account] of 4 large Tribs [tributaries]

Here is a Yo [Yosemite] val [valley] 2½ ms [miles] wide but where does it end, how long ? – 12 ms [miles]?

Looking up from here a

[sketch : On L. [left] side Stickine [Stickeen] R. [right] 3 ms [miles] above Great Gl [Glacier].]

Date Original

1879

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Original journal dimensions: 9.5 x 15.5 cm.

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MuirReel25Journal10P06.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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