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Lillian Gest: Journal, 1925

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Boat on lake + Mary Hope + I go out. Then others swim + I wash Wind comes up + threatens rain. All five sleep in tenement Lose my trail rider's button back in tent. Big tepee is up + sit in there + have cocoa. Thurs 23. Wash all morning + dubbin boots. Caroline + Jim went down the lake + find the cached canoe of Curlie Phillips Lake quite rough + squally + raining

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Start 4 o'clock with boat + canoe for narrows Charlie rowing boat gets on a rock. Picture. Rain + we land + have supper in rain. Marguerite paddles with Jim in stern + Hope + Frank in bow Dried clothes in tepee + had cocoa. Fri. 24 Breakfast 8:30 + climb up draw to left of camp across lake crossing in boat. Canoe taken by Brewster outfit

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Walk up draw. Jim takes party up the side of the mountain but I [Keep?] down + hit a better way. Climb through timber + then above. Wait at pass while Caroline climbs a peak + Jim Marg. + Madelaine climb another. Say they saw Robson. Stay below with Caty + Frank. Start back about five. Rain + I get soaked + frozen. Bonar meets us with boat Dry clo + supper with Soup! Tepee with fire. Sleeping alone in Tenement.

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but rain at 2:30 brings Busty Caty + Marg in too. Sat 25 Sometime packing as tenement is in an awful mess. Leave 9:30 + ride down to end of lake through timber on good trail Cabins at end of lake Stay behind to take a picture with Louise + Patches + Tex have a fast gallop to catch up. Take trail to right to Medicine

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Lake. Bear on trail Those in front see him Travel fast with lots of canters. Camp on flat near {above the line: 'Medicine'} Lake, getting in at 2:15. Try to fish but lake is too shallow near shore. Quite tired. Horseshoe quoits on camp ground. After supper seven of us + Jim go to fish in Jacques Lake Riding Patches. Caroline camped there before + thought it would take about a half hour. Instead it took 1 1/2 hrs. Passed 4 lakes

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+ asked each time "Is this it?" Saw a large buck on shore. Finally reached lake about 8:45 It was shallow all around the edge with timber so that it was hard to cast. Fish were jumping in the center about two every half minute. Tried wading out into lake but water was too

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cold to cast more than twice but I could get my fly to within 10 feet of them. Rode home in pitch darkness. Couldnt see the horse in front at all [dash] Got in at 11:30 pm [dash] Grouchy + fix beds in Tenement Cocoa, biscuits + honey. Tired to death + bed. Sleep very well. Sun 26 [dash] Start about 9:45 pm on good trail along lake, then down

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Maligne River. Strike wide road + go in pairs. Wagon road not auto. Good gallops. Met a party coming from Jasper. Camp near Maligne Canyon. Ride down + look at Canyon. Madelaine + I walk down quite a distance expecting others to follow. Take pictures. Other ride fork to camp without us leaving

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our horses. We had a "strawberry crush" a strange drink bought chocolate bars, + rode back to camp. Camp is near the river + tepee, tenement + [chrise?] boxes are near together + form a little circle facing one another. Sun is very warm + it looks as if we would have a warm night. Curley Phillips + wife came up to visit [dash] Florence goes in to Lodge to spend the night with friends

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Mon 27. All ride into Jasper Stop at Lodge {caret: "see bear up tree"} swim [hyphen] ming pool there. See one of the rooms. in cabin with other rooms. Meet Bert Wilkins, Dick Dickerson, cook + very dressy, + Rufus Neigh [hyphen] bor. near station. Leave horses in their corral. Neighbor has little boy of six who rides with chaps. Cutest thing you ever saw. Went to Bert's house + met Mrs. Wilkins, also Rick. Go to Chinks for lunch.

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