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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... trade in the region ; and Jim's supportive friends at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade who encouraged him in this venture . Very high in our order of thanks are Jane Gibson and Melissa Hughes and the others at ...
... 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 an intimate look into the life of an ...
... trade route of the Hudson's Bay Company brigades from Lake Mistassini , descend the Natastan branch of the Rupert River , the Marten River , and finally the Rupert itself , to end at Waskaganish on the coast of James Bay . The trip is ...
... trade with neighbours . Many of the ancient routes were well - established , with the portages cleared and trodden innumerable times by moccasined feet . Europeans have nibbled around the edges of this land since the Vikings sailed to ...
... trading post on the coast of James Bay at Rupert House . By this time ships came not in search of a passage to the orient , but for furs . Soon other coastal posts were set up on both the east and west shores ( the East Main and West ...