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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... Maps by James Stone . Front cover photos : bottom left ( A.P. Low & David Eaton ) , courtesy of Natural Resources Canada , Geological Survey of Canada , photo GSC2027 ; bottom right ( James Stone & Max Finkelstein ) , top and spine ...
... mapping this large inlet until late June . Richmond Gulf is a beautiful gem along the coast of Hudson Bay . It is a roughly triangular bay , about 30 miles from north to south , and sepa- rated from Hudson Bay by a series of high cliffs ...
... maps made by Low in 1885. Dan Carpenter Sr. was the leader of many of these early excursions . He began a legacy of trip leaders emanating from his descendents that now collectively add up to almost a century and a half of guiding and ...
... maps . Like us , they tried to follow Low's exact route . Like us , they were humbled by the accu- racy of Low's maps and the pace of his travel . Bill Seeley writes , " ... in the face of the barrenness of the burned landscape and the ...
... mapping and noting any valu- able natural assets of the land . And then we are made aware of what's cur- rently happening to the boreal forest and how many of the areas that he visited by canoe are the same ones that are under threat ...