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abundant as we approached Great Bear Lake, owing to the 

 country being better suited to its needs. . . . Along the 

 southern shore of Great Bear Lake we found it a common 

 and in some places an abundant species." There are im- 

 mense areas abounding with proper food for this animal in 

 the latter region, and where the native population is sparse 

 and poor moose hunters, the moose flourish. In the winter 

 of 1903-4 they were abundant near Fort Simpson, and 

 while descending the Mackenzie in June their tracks were 

 frequently seen and some animals were observed. Tracks 

 were common along the lower Nahanni, and two animals 

 were seen in this vicinity early in June. On the lower 

 Mackenzie moose were seen a few miles below the site of 

 old Fort Good Hope. They are fairly common in the 

 vicinity of Fort McPherson. ''In the mountains west of 

 the Mackenzie, where the snow becomes very deep during 

 some seasons, moose are said to form yards, but they do 

 not seem to have this habit in other parts of the region." 



"While exploring in the country between Athabaska 

 Lake and Churchill River in the summer of 1892, J. B. 

 Tyrrell found that moose occurred throughout the more 

 thickly wooded parts of this country as far north as Stone 

 River, near the eastern end of Athabaska Lake." A. J. 

 Stone gives evidence of the large size and abundance of the 

 moose at the headwaters of the Nahanni River. Between 

 Smoky River and Jasper House moose were abundant in 

 1896. J. W. Tyrrell found evidences of moose on the upper 

 Thelon River in 1900. Hanbury found tracks of moose in 

 August, 1902, while descending Dease River, northwest of 

 Great Bear Lake. 



Mr. H. T. Bury, of the Department of Indian Affairs, 

 reported to me in 1915 as follows: 



The moose is found, generally speaking, over the whole of the southern 

 section of this country (Northwest Territories and northern Alberta) 

 south of the Great Slave Lake, and also inhabits that section enclosed by 



