Incident #1000113
Wells, Cariboo Dis, British Columbia
Jul 1978
Account
Graham Conway, with a group of school staff and students, portaging between Kibbee Lake and Indianpoint Lake on the Bowron Lakes circuit, saw alongside split cross log walkway three tracks in springy peat soil leading from the walkway to the nearby bush. Measured tracks 17" x 8", 2" deep. Took four pictures (which don't show good detail but look like good tracks). Five toes clearly visible. Prints were flat. Appeared made since rain two days earlier.
When
- Observation Date
- JUN 24 1978
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1978
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- British Columbia
- County
- Cariboo Dis
- Nearest Town
- Wells
- Direction from Town
- Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 30
- Latitude
- 5316--
- Longitude
- 12117--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- trail
- Near or/at
- bush
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Exact Terrain
- trail
- General
- none
- General undergrowth
- none
Source
- Source
- Graham Conway, 11102 River Rd., Delta, B.C.
- Source Type
- letter
- Source Date
- JULY 1978
- Source reliability
- 10
- Incident reliablility
- 8
- Jwg file date
- JULY 1978
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Footprint Length
- 17.0
- Greates Width
- 8.0
- Average Depth
- 2.00
- Estimated Animal Weight
- 500
- Estimated Age
- 1
- Age Unit
- days
- Number of Tracks
- 3
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Trail Ended Naturally Y/N
- Yes
- Track Condition
- fair
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Number of Toes
- 5
- Size of Toes
- big toe far largest
- Longest Toe
- first
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Pattern of walk
- toe out
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Material Tracks Made in
- peaty soil
- Tracks Came From
- trail
- Tracks Went to
- bush
Witness
- Observer Was
- hiking
- Track witnesses
- 6
- Age
- 41 to 50