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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Արդյունքներ 50–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... Fire and Rain / 168 Twelve : Cruising for Canada : The Voyage of the Neptune , 1903-04 / 179 Thirteen : Interlude : The Route of the Rupert Brigade / 203 Fourteen : Interlude : James Bay or Bust ! / 223 Fifteen : Low the Mandarin , 1906 ...
... fires of 2002. But this account is not simply the story of a good canoe trip through the heart of the boreal forest , but is also an intimate look into the life of an unher- alded Canadian who somehow slipped through the cracks of ...
... fires provided heating and cooking ; coal oil lamps provided light . The daily menu was simple , and varied with the seasons . Meat was pork and beef . Oranges were a luxury , bananas non - existent . In winter , root crops , stored ...
... fire in April 1900 and burnt a large section of Ottawa , including this house . Fortunately , the Lows had moved out two years before . In June 1895 , their third child , Albert Reginald , was born.50 It seems incredible that Low was ...
Դուք հասել եք այս գրքի դիտումների առավելագույն քանակին.