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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... took 14 days to paddle up the Missinaibi in a large birchbark canoe to catch the train at Missinaibi Station to arrive in Ottawa on September 13 , 1899 . During this 18 - month season , he and his men had accomplished much , accurately ...
... took three consecutive trips on the Rupert and the Eastmain , then down the Caniapiscau to Fort Chimo ( Kuujjuak ) in 1974 , just before the James Bay Hydro power project robbed the Caniapiscau River of its headwaters and turned them ...
... took traditional wilderness trips for teenagers to a new level of challenge and difficulty.25 Also following the tradition set by Heb Evans for Camp Keewaydin is Bill Seeley , whose notes26 Jim and I consulted frequently . Bill has led ...
... took nine hours ! ) , past abandoned trading posts , Cree camps , and the vast area consumed by the forest 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 ...
... took us in many unexpected directions leading to many unforeseen places and people in our seemingly endless ( and sometimes fruitless ) search for information . The second theme of the book xii / PADDLING THE BOREAL FOREST.