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." |
From inside the book
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... River post on a three - week sled trip with two Inuit , heading north along the Hudson Bay coast to Whale Point north of the Nastapoka River , then turning east for forty miles crossing over a succession of lakes to reach Kasiagaluk ...
... River for another 22 miles , they built a cache at its confluence with the Coast River to store supplies for their return trip , and resumed up the main branch . Low refers to this branch as the Abchigamich River ( now called the Great ...
... River , where he was beset by ice until July 2. Making his way back to Great Whale River , Low and his crew were held there by ice another five days , forcing him to abandon a possible side trip to the Belcher Islands . The ice ...
... river , which has never been descended by anyone so far as known.22 With a testimonial like that , who could resist ? Coffin and his party started their descent of the Romaine River which , as far as they knew , had never been paddled ...
... river trips to James Bay between 1962 and 1976 , including the Eastmain River and Rupert River routes . He met Maud Watt during his first visit to Rupert House in 1964. At that time , she was still active and operating a bakery . With ...