Day 14 - July 17
Partly cloudy, 22C

After a few Kms of river travel, it becomes apparent that I've taken a channel farther south than the one I'd thought. As the channels come together again, we see some gulls and a golden eagle feeding on shore. We paddle over to see what they've got and find a well decayed caribou carcass. There's lots of musk ox tracks on shore, but we haven't seen any.

Still farther downstream, we pull in to another campsite we stayed at last trip. On that occasion, a herd of musk ox was feeding on the willows nearby. The long stretches of sandy beach hold few tracks. Musk ox passed by some time ago and more recently a wolf trotted by here, but none of that happened recently, so we push on.

As we near Lookout Point, the map indicates a cabin just upstream. We stop to see what's left, but can't find much of anything left. Whatever existed when the map was drawn was of a fairly temporary construction. We find skeletal remains of a frame and hints that it was once covered in canvas. Discarded containers of outboard motor oil are strewn around what's left.

We saw musk ox along the shore often

We continue on until we reach Lookout Point where we set up camp. The weather is overcast and dreary. There's a light rain and a moderate wind. I intend to haul the tents up to the top of the bluff, but Deb suggests that it would be easier to set up camp on a flatter section of the bank near the water. I wasn't looking forward to hauling the gear up the hill, so we proceed to set up where she suggests.


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