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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... Lake Mistassini , depended on the sketchy maps made by Low in 1885. Dan Carpenter Sr. was the leader of many of these early excursions . He began a legacy of trip leaders emanating from his descendents that now collectively add up to ...
... Lake Nichicun Lake Naococane Long Portage Creek Neoskweskau ( Tide Lake ) Marten R. Rupert R. Natastan R Lake Mistassini Mistissini START N route 2002-900 kms in five weeks route 2003-100 kms in one week hydro dam on river.
... Lake Nichicun , Caniapiscau River , Koksoak River , Hamilton River , Lake ... Mistassini , for which he was second in command , he had had enough of the ... Lake Mistassini to Lac Saint - Jean in frigid weather and deep snow with one ...
... Lake Mistassini in rugged country east of James Bay . The next year , the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed while Low was in wild country west of James Bay . The Northwest Rebellion , the Klondike Gold Rush , the death of Canada's ...
... lake appears on the maps as a most amazing body of water , with thousands of islands , peninsulas and elongated bays ... Mistassini . From there , we will follow the traditional trade route of the Hudson's Bay Company brigades from Lake ...