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Ticks and moose changes across western Prairie regions
The writer notes ticks spreading north and west from the Interlake into Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with moose tick infestations affecting moose numbers in Riding Mountain Park. Anecdotes compare past and present distributions, then recounts a northern crossing accident in 1905 1906 involving Elmer and Homer Gill's relatives and a thawed ice crossing at Clear Lake.
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Interlake
Minnedosa
Saskatoon
Nature
Elmer
Homer Gill
Richard Gill
Clear Lake
Gill
Swan River
Arden
Riding Mountain
Thompson Trail