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We continued on into the Richardson Mountains, into some of the worst mosquito country we had yet seen. The first pass marks the Yukon - Northwest territories boundary. On the west side water flows to the Pacific, on the east it flows to the Arctic Ocean. The Richardson Mountains were named for the surgeon who accompanied the ill-fated Sir John Franklin on several of his overland expeditions.We camped in the saddle between the two passes. This was beautiful country, awe inspiring in fact, with its views of folded, green-carpeted mountains.