JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 22:24 on 25 Aug 2007:

 JW> Here in Yellowknife we are seeing low rainfall, low water levels,
 JW> forest fire warnings and forest fires on the north side of Great
 JW> Slave Lake and lots of rain, high water levels etc on the south
 JW> side and throughout Northern Alberta. There was even a July flood
 JW> in Dawson Creek, B.C. that wrecked a lot of basements. Did Gord H.
 JW> mention that already?

We had nothing like that here.  The rise in the lake levels had to do with
glacial melting and the melt of a bigger than usual snow pack.  At least
the water level is beginning to recede.

 JW> I got to meet Gord and Margo in July on my way to Edmonton (with a
 JW> wee detour to go through Dawson Creek instead of Grimshaw.) We had
 JW> a great time visiting together.

I've always meant to make one of those detours but haven't got around to it
yet.  One of these days.
  
 JW> In other news around Yellowknife we have had quite a few black
 JW> bears within city limits (some had to be shot) and even two cougar
 JW> sightings near the city. There seemed to be more bison than ever
 JW> around Fort Providence (extending as close to Yellowknife as half
 JW> way between the city and Rae-Edzo) with lots of new calves as well.

We had lots of bears as we had a bumper crop of berries but no harm was
done.  Cougars still don't seem to have made it much further north than
Watson Lake.  As for 'our' buffaloes, they are actually British Columbia's
but they are pretty peripatetic as they have sighted at various points
between Contact Creek and the lower Liard on the south side of the Hot
Springs.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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