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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... Ungava Bay up the Leaf River to the lake , with- out passing any direct drops or heavy rapids . He returned the same way he came , meeting George Young who was continuing his micrometer survey at Richmond Gulf , then arriving back at ...
... Ungava . He was sent to France , to supervise the Canadian Mineral Exhibit at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900. The mineral exhibition , containing over 1,200 exhibits , was housed in the Canadian pavilion in the Trocadero Gardens ...
... peninsula from James Bay to Ungava Bay , and to the Gulf of St. Lawrence , through some of the most rugged country on the continent , considered at that time to be one of the largest " unknown " areas in the world . For xi.
... Ungava Bay , Hudson Bay and James Bay and into the high Arctic in the 1890s and early 1900s . However , we apol- ogize for not following his trail over salt water , but perhaps another time . A.P. Low's story has never been fully told ...
... Ungava . Portages are listed and rapids described with meticulous accuracy . Eastmain , Rupert , Caniapiscau , Leaf , Rivière aux Mélèzes , Mistassini , Nichicun , Clearwater , Hamilton ( now called Churchill ) , Romaine 2 PADDLING THE ...