Recherche dans la collection - A Camp above the Gulch of Squaw Creek

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in brushpoint and black paint, recto l.r.: E.Lamarque/1935; on typewritten label previously attached to mat, verso: [in pencil, u.l.: 2 (?)]; A CAMP ABOVE THE GULCH OF SQUAW/CREEK, ABOUT TWENTY MILES EAST OF THE/SOUTHERLY END OF DEASE LAKE./SQUAW AND GOLDPAN CREEKS ARE OLD/PLACER GROUNDS. FOR THIS PART OF THE/CASSIAR DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/HAS BEEN KNOWN TO MINERS SINCE THE/EARLY SEVENTIES, WHEN GOLD WAS FIRST/DISCOVERED ON CREEKS FLOWING INTO/DEASE LAKE AND DEASE RIVER. THE/ELEVATION OF THIS CAMP IS ABOUT 5000/FEET;THE VIEW TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS/THE MOUNTAINS ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE/OF THE TANZILLA RIVER. (complete transcription)