Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. LowDundurn, 29 նոյ, 2004 թ. - 319 էջ The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life surveying the area. Employing Aboriginal canoemen and guides, he travelled by canoe, snowshoe and sailing vessel to map and document much of this vast territory. Challenged by the mystique of this extraordinary Canadian, canoeists Max Finkelstein and James Stone retraced Low's routes -- by their admission, their toughest canoe trip ever! Using archival sources, oral history and personal experience, they tell the story of A.P. Low and, in the process, reveal the environmental issues now facing this much threatened Canadian wilderness. "Once again Max Finkelstein has blessed us with his incredible ability to make history of exploration come alive. Rather than sit behind a desk and try to imagine the 'misadventures' Low would have had, he goes out and duplicates them, and along the way creates a few tales of his own. This is one great read and we should be thankful that people like Max and Jim Stone exist in this world of ours." "From A.P. Low's logs and reports, Max Finkelstein and Jim Stone give vitality to that great geological surveyor. Interspersed are vivid accounts of their own challenging canoe voyages on the same rivers and portages of the boreal forest and rock in the James Bay/Ungava/Labrador country of the Cree, Innu and Inuit. What emerges is an eloquent testimonial for the wilderness canoe trip in the Canadian experience." |
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... A.P. Low / Max Finkelstein & James Stone ; foreword by Becky Mason . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 1-896219-98-5 I. Low , A. P. ( Albert Peter ) , 1861-1942 - Travel . 2. Geologists - Canada - Biography . 3 ...
Rediscovering A.P. Low Max Finkelstein, James Stone. steps from the irregular weathering of the rocks forming them . " 4 " At one point , Low counted and measured 27 different sedimentary layers in the cliffs at the entrance ...
... A.P. Low : An Overview of His Life / 29 Five : Interlude : At Mistissini / 52 Six : A.P. Low : Yachting In Ice / 63 Seven : Interlude : Flying Over the Land of Low / 86 Eight : Nine Epic Canoe Trips , 1884-96 / 97 Nine : Interlude ...
... A.P. Low and other travellers past and present who have journeyed through it . Max Finkelstein and Jim Stone's modern day retracing of some of the routes done by Low in 1885 gives us a slice of the boreal forest at its most rugged and ...
Rediscovering A.P. Low Max Finkelstein, James Stone. threats than ever before . Hydroelectric development is but one . I have travelled through some areas of Canada's boreal forest and I can tell you that forestry , mining , global ...