Aug 19. Left Camp Akamina at 7 A.M. Such a lovely spot that it may not be again visited for fifty years. Morning dull, foggy, but soon cleared up & became warm. Followed the old trail back to the forks Camp. Several of the men getting a ducking in the beaver pond, which these industrious animals had formed across the track. It was almost girth deep.

Afternoon started alone & rode W along the Kootanie trail from the Forks Camp about 4 miles to note character of rock &c. The trail is pretty good though often climbing up far on the northern hillsides. The stream soon becomes quite a river, a large body of water coming in from the N about 31/2 miles from the camp. Splendid scenery all the way. The valley seldom widens out to form anything like a flat & the stream forms rapids & small waterfalls among the rocks in its course. Hemmed in between Mts Yarrel & Kirby & Spence.

Geol. Itinerary from Camp Akamina to Forks camp
Leave 7 A.M.

7.20 Hard reddish sandstones dipping northerly at high angle.

8 A.M. Amphitheatre to left with cliffs Shows good section with heavy limestones underlying yesterdays trap layer. Dip westerly at low angles.

8.50 Mountains to left topped by thin bedded fawn coloured rocks say 100' seen. They appear to overlie the upper red series & dip westward at low angles.