Hungry Horse news., 1955-09-23
Hunters, Oi|men at Work in F|athead, &c

oil companies Standard, Gulf and
Shell have been busy most of the
prospecting.
Last Sunday we drove from Col
umbia Falls up the Flathead's North
Fork mostly over improved gravel
highway for 56 miles to the Canad-
ian line. Then we continued for an
other 60 miles over a road better
fitted for covered wagons before
reaching pavement between Michel,
B. C. and Crowsnest, Alberta, on the
continental divide. The North Fork
appears more basin-like with fewer
obstacles for a good highway north
of the border than it does south.
NEW ROAD
Canadian section of the North
Fork road (near the American bor-
der) was pushed through by the
British Columbia Forest Service
about two years ago. We felt like
we were speeding, and looked down
at the speedometer needle every once
in a while reaching up to 20.
At the border we found Jack Muir
dock, Bill Wasiliew and Jim Fabro
of Rex Speed Delivery, Gran
brook, B. c., removing all furniture
from the customs station recently
occupied by George Griffith. The
truck of course was going down to
Columbia Falls, then to Whitefish
and Eureka.
SEE THE 'MOUNTIES'
Henceforce all persons crossing
into Canada are directed by a sign
to report to the nearest Royal Can
adam Mounted Police, and the
"Mounties" will be patrolling the
sector.
Just across the border we went
over the best of three bridges that
span the Flathead's North Fork in
Canada.
Four miles further we came to the
Kootenay well, which has been in
active for about seven years. It did
find gas and an oil show at shallow
depths.
ANOTHER BRIDGE
| The side by side ruts then crossed
the Flathead's North Fork again
over a bridge that has been out most
of the summer 1t does not look par
ticularly stable even when repaired
but the North Fork road in Canada
is not yet designed for visitor use
We crossed bridge of four large
logs placed the long way. The tire:
seemed to run on the curved log.
satisfactorily. S
! View to the west was of noun
tains in Waterton and south to Ola
cier National Park. First snow ol
the season gave them a white top
ping, and there were heavy cloud.
floating in the sky.
The country appeared fine fol-
wildlife. It had been completely burn
ed. Snags were all about, bu
browsing conditions good.
BUTTS CABIN
Nearly IL miles north of the Dor
der we came to Butts cabin of tn
British Columbia Forest Service. ]
was new and one-roOm replacing al
lold cabin-in poor repair-nearby.
h The road seemed somewhat in
proved. We found we could go 2
miles an hour at times instead {
! hitting 20 once in a while.
Gordon Herbertson of Port Albern
Vancouver Island, B. C. was huntin
in the area with Jack Somers. He
! bertson said that a few elk had bee
- brought out. He praised the size (
8 British Columbia's Flathead are
8 and its fine hunting. Residence b
= game license is ST.
HUNTERS CAMP
We passed another hunters tel
81 and then came to an old cabin al
q tent, the hunters camp of Fergl
8 Mckenzie and Pete Kubinec of Fe
81 ME, B. C. They have the province
n outfitters franchise for this who
n section. Mrs. Mckenzie, native
- Victoria, B. C. was at the camp. T
So men were about eight miles up
the mountains with two Pittsbur
!. brothers, Kenneth and Don Snyd'
who had bagged two goats, an e
y deer and grizzly.
!. British Columbia has the trop
system. Out-Of-province hunters T
$25 license fee, and then a troI
fee of $50 for moose, $50 each
elk and grizzly, SIS for goat {
deer and S. for black bear.
raj The whole area seemed devoid
ng timber, and brush patches and sn
in reached across the wide valley
the bare mountains. There was so
rels resemblance to the bare, bur
ind sections of the upper South Fork
the Eight miles further on, we eros
ting the North Fork again-a sma
stream, and the valley was I
tied rover.
lou- FIRST TIMBER
,usy, Two miles further we entere,
sual spruce timber stand-it was 80 m
north of the border-and first pl
lave on our jaunt that didn't show he
'ats, burning in years past. The sil
:. lane road wound through the he
an forest, and up on a gravel and ]
feed shoulder overlooking the river.
INKS. Then we came out on the
tally and 33 miles north of the bo
an came on the camp of California
store dard Co. of Calgary side by
with a Shell Oil Co. camp.
ator. A heGcopter was taking off,
hers we took a picture The Stan
mat crew numbers five biologists,
packers, pilot, l engineer,
that and they had % head of horses.
q on Shell crew was smaller
hard They told me that a Gulf Oil
'rved crew of three men was pres
'cono down on Sage creek, which is {
six air miles north of the [
border, and the drainage v
Pacific Petroleum Ltd two
E.uc ago spent about $750,000 in Or
ra;n 10000 feet we'll. The HI