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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... inland , the cliffs of the headlands are fully 1,500 feet above the water ... The cliffs are rarely perpendicular , but rather resemble gigantic steps from the irregular weathering of the rocks forming them 78 / PADDLING THE BOREAL FOREST.
... feet above sea level in the area of Richmond Gulf , but were lower elsewhere , meaning that the land around Richmond Gulf had risen by a greater amount than elsewhere since the end of the glacial period . That winter , he wrote an ...
... feet . Europeans have nibbled around the edges of this land since the Vikings sailed to the coast of Labrador over 1,000 years ago . In the 1400s , fishermen from the Basque region of Spain came to the coast of Labrador in search of ...
... in a fair state of repair , with the window sashes and some of the glass still in place ... This building is about twelve by eighteen feet ... about fifty yards behind. A Brief History of Boating and Canoeing in Quebec - Labrador / 13.
Rediscovering A.P. Low Max Finkelstein, James Stone. about twelve by eighteen feet ... about fifty yards behind , the powder - house covered with earth was seen ... Adjoining this is a small burying place with a large wooden cross in its ...