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     At St Ignace the ground is half bare & snow a foot deep in places.  The snow increases to Trout Lake, where it becomes practically continuous and about a foot deep.
     Pure Canadian zone all the way north of the Strait.  See lists of trees in note book.
     Country mainly flat & swampy occasionally high sharp ridges with some rocks.  Dense swamps of cedar ([[underlined]] Libocedrus [[/underlined]]) Picea, Tamarack, birches, alders & willows.  Extensive growth of young aspens over old burns.  Three species of pine common in places where left by fire & ax.  [[underlined]] P. strobus [[/underlined]], a long leaved, red backed pine - (P. resinosa?) and a little scrub like virginiana.  No gray pine seen.  Some sugar maple, elms & ash.
     Much open country, marsh, burnt swamp, & stumpy, brushy plain.  Little lumber & mill towns all along.  Not much farming.  Some fields & grass lands No fruit trees.

Transcription Notes:
Vernon's c's look like e's, his e's look like i's without a dot on the top, lowercase s's can sometimes look like x's.