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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... flows out of a large lake of the same name ( now called Lake Bienville ) . They only were able to cover 25 miles , " ... owing to the soft weather , which by melting the crust of the snow , ren- dered travel impossible after ten o'clock ...
... flows reversed so they might feed the same insatiable hydro- electric dams . In a way it's chilling to think that nowadays these places are rarely travelled and yet they face far greater and more monumental threats than ever before ...
... flowing as they have since the melting of the great ice sheets of the Pleistocene Period . It is unnerving to think that the water flowing under the canoe on this trip is already des- tined for reservoir on the Eastmain River and ...
... 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 Quebec - Labrador / 15.
... flowing south and east to the Atlantic Ocean from the waters flow- ing north to James Bay . The highway has been greatly improved in recent years and , according to my observations , so have the drivers . We are amazed at the ease of ...