The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 300 An account of a journey in 1889 to the desert region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Sea, in order to find and study the musk-ox and its Indian hunters. |
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... bank of the North Saskatchewan , and historical in the annals of the Hudson's Bay Company , by whom it was estab- lished as a fur trading - post many years ago ; it is fated shortly to lose its individuality in the stream of ad- vancing ...
... bank of the North Saskatchewan , and historical in the annals of the Hudson's Bay Company , by whom it was estab- lished as a fur trading - post many years ago ; it is fated shortly to lose its individuality in the stream of ad- vancing ...
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Warburton Mayer Pike. told me on our three - days ' journey to the banks of the Athabasca ; tales of the good old times when the buffalo were thick , and the Crees waged perpetual war against the Blackfeet , and whisky formed the staple ...
Warburton Mayer Pike. told me on our three - days ' journey to the banks of the Athabasca ; tales of the good old times when the buffalo were thick , and the Crees waged perpetual war against the Blackfeet , and whisky formed the staple ...
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... banks , and , dropping down a steep hill , found the Company's steamer loading up with freight for the far north ... bank of Peace River , I spent a pleasant enough day loafing about , Mr. Wood , who was in charge , showing me great ...
... banks , and , dropping down a steep hill , found the Company's steamer loading up with freight for the far north ... bank of Peace River , I spent a pleasant enough day loafing about , Mr. Wood , who was in charge , showing me great ...
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... bank , and , sending a skiff down to take the news , awaited the arrival of boats from below to take our cargo . For ten days we lay at the junction of Pelican River , a small stream coming in on the north side of the Athabasca . There ...
... bank , and , sending a skiff down to take the news , awaited the arrival of boats from below to take our cargo . For ten days we lay at the junction of Pelican River , a small stream coming in on the north side of the Athabasca . There ...
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Warburton Mayer Pike. the bank , and early in the morning she started back for the landing while we proceeded on our journey down stream . These inland boats , as they are termed , are extra- ordinary specimens of marine architecture ...
Warburton Mayer Pike. the bank , and early in the morning she started back for the landing while we proceeded on our journey down stream . These inland boats , as they are termed , are extra- ordinary specimens of marine architecture ...
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