If the RCMP catch you claim jumping, stealing flags or capturing people you will loose 20 points and spend 5 minutes in the pokey. Tie colored cloth strips or rope strips around trees or stakes that will mark the corners of your claim. Select an easily identified landmark such as a building or cross roads. Take a compass bearing from the landmark to the nearest corner of your claim. Record the landmark, compass bearing and distance from the landmark to the claim on your claim form.
Most teams record the sides by working clockwise around the claim.
Make a copy of the claim form to keep and sign each copy. Get your claim form to Dawson. Watch out for claim jumpers. Take the flag back to your claim. It must be flown on its own scout staff within the boundary of the claim.