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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... seems odd . He returned to Moose Factory on July 21 , stored the Alle and , rather than paddling and portaging his many rock samples up the Missinaibi River , he shipped them to Ottawa via an HBC steamer to London , UK , where they ...
... seems to have been such a private man that we hope he approves of us bringing his life , and his accomplish- ments , into public view . We also hope that this account , as limited as the private side may be , gives Low the honour he ...
... seems to really know . In 1819-20 , James Clouston , an Englishman in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company , explored as far inland as Nichicun . Clouston drew a rough sketch map of his inland routes , which A.P. Low found in 1888 at ...
... seems to result in a people who were happy , strong , kind and wise in the ways of living . " Nothing could be more strenuous than freighting on the Rupert River , but it is ... natural work , the very strenuousness of it is decid- edly ...
... seem to be a struggle between the need for love and secu- rity and the need for adventure , independence and freedom . Perhaps this tension is the force that holds the universe together . Is true enlighten- ment being able to live in a ...