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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... Bay to its east coast . Instead , he headed south along the coast to Cape Jones ( now called Pointe Louis XIV ) , which marks the east- ern entrance to James Bay . From there he proceeded to the HBC post of Fort George on the Big River ...
... James Bay Hydro power project robbed the Caniapiscau River of its headwaters and turned them backwards to flow into the La Grande River . In a letter to Che - Mun magazine in 2003 , Duke reminisced that these trips " were among the most ...
Rediscovering A.P. Low Max Finkelstein, James Stone. the Bay " ) was the personification of the wilderness way of Camp Keewaydin , leading 15 river trips to James Bay between 1962 and 1976 , including the Eastmain River and Rupert River ...
... James Bay or Bust ! / 223 Fifteen : Low the Mandarin , 1906-13 / 240 Sixteen : Our Last Word On Low / 245 Epilogue / 251 - Appendix I Key Dates – Albert Peter Low / 255 Appendix II Equipment and Supplies - Then and Now / 260 Notes / 263 ...
... James Bay region ; Dr. Toby Morantz of McGill University for her information about the history of the fur trade in the region ; and Jim's supportive friends at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade who encouraged him ...