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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... close to the border with the United States . Canada then was a young and emerging nation , defining its dreams and visions of the future . When the first Canadian National Park , Banff , was established in the Rocky Mountains in 1885 ...
... close to the shore of the lake ... the houses were built of small squared logs , with board roofs ... the dwelling- house was in a fair state of repair , with the window sashes and some of the glass still in place ... This building is ...
... close to the house were several patches of rhubarb eighteen inches high ... 9 The route between Fort Nascopie and Goose Bay led McLean and Erlandson down the Hamilton River . They were stopped by Grand Falls ( now Churchill Falls ) ...
... close look at Low's map shows that the details of Grand Lake and the rivers flowing into it are sketched with dotted lines , which Low always used when the information was based on hearsay , or A Brief History of Boating and Canoeing in ...
... close ties to the land . Late in his life , he took an interest in canoeing and , in 1988 , he took four teenage boys on a summer - long trip from Mistissini back to his traditional home near Nichicun . He wanted to help the Cree ...