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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... carry and had got about half way up the narrows , when we were struck by a sudden squall which almost drove the boat under . To save the yacht we were forced to luff up , and drop the mainsail and could only run the boat head on to the ...
... . Neil writes : while ... we both carried our canoes on sleds ... made mul- tiple trips over the same ground , and relied on similar Contents Acknowledgements / vii Foreword by Becky Mason / ix 20 PADDLING THE BOREAL FOREST.
... carrying for our six - week trip . Halfway across Long Portage , we collapse , exhausted , at the point where the faint trail disappears ; this time for good . Soaked by yet another drenching rain , with the muskeg sucking at our boots ...
... carrying briefcases replacing the rowdy lumbermen . During his time he saw the introduction of sewers , telephones , electricity and automobiles . He and his wife , Isabella , the daughter of an influential alderman of Ottawa , C.R. ...
... carried their canoe and gear up a narrow , tumbling river , now called Susan Brook . On September 21 , they gave up . Exhausted and starving , they retraced their steps back to North West River . Hubbard didn't make it . He collapsed ...