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a small river comes in.
The ground is low here for a short distance with low bluffs on either side.  About N. magnetic is seen Sushitna Mt a high peak near the Sushitna river.  The land on both sides of Turnagain Arm as seen from here is high & mountainous.  Anchor here for the next flood tide.
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July 25/95.
Leave about 2 A.M. with miners boat in tow.  Thick & foggy.  Arrive off Fire Id about 4 A.M and stand over to Pt. Possession then along the shore at 2 miles distance to a small rocky point with a lump at the end, wooded and with a small flat rock off its end.  Anchor here (in 7 fms less one foot) at high water about 8 A.M.  The point turns the strength of the ebb a little outside 

Transcription Notes:
Sushitna Mt = Susitna Mt