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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... side of the Athabasca . There was absolutely nothing to do ; the low gravelly banks on each side . were fringed with thick willows backed by a narrow belt of poplars , and behind these the gloomy pine woods , with here and there a ...
... side of the Athabasca . There was absolutely nothing to do ; the low gravelly banks on each side . were fringed with thick willows backed by a narrow belt of poplars , and behind these the gloomy pine woods , with here and there a ...
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... side of the island can be used for dropping a light boat down with a line , but all cargo has to be portaged ; the north channel is quite impracticable for navigation , having a heavy overfall with an immense body of broken water . The ...
... side of the island can be used for dropping a light boat down with a line , but all cargo has to be portaged ; the north channel is quite impracticable for navigation , having a heavy overfall with an immense body of broken water . The ...
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... side of the river , just at the head of the rapids . I must take this opportunity of congratulating the Hudson's Bay Company on the efficient manner in which their steamers are managed . Considering the utter incapacity of the Indian ...
... side of the river , just at the head of the rapids . I must take this opportunity of congratulating the Hudson's Bay Company on the efficient manner in which their steamers are managed . Considering the utter incapacity of the Indian ...
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Warburton Mayer Pike. side of the river , and the portage is made with Red- River carts drawn by oxen . Twenty carts are in use , starting loaded and returning light , on alternate days . The road is fair in a dry summer , but full of ...
Warburton Mayer Pike. side of the river , and the portage is made with Red- River carts drawn by oxen . Twenty carts are in use , starting loaded and returning light , on alternate days . The road is fair in a dry summer , but full of ...
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... sides ; they were mostly mallard , widgeon , teal , shoveller , and pintail , the latter being particularly plentiful ... side of the Big River . Here we caught enough whitefish with the nets to enable even the dogs to have a small feed ...
... sides ; they were mostly mallard , widgeon , teal , shoveller , and pintail , the latter being particularly plentiful ... side of the Big River . Here we caught enough whitefish with the nets to enable even the dogs to have a small feed ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. W. VERRALL animals Arctic Athabasca band bank Barren Ground BEGINNERS blanket Book cache camp canoe caribou chance Chipeweyan course crossing Crown 8vo dogs Edited by Rev ELEMENTARY ENGLISH Esquimaux ESSAYS Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE fire fish flour Fond du Lac Fort Resolution Fort Smith Globe 8vo GREEK half-breeds HISTORY Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Hope hunt Illustrated Indians Introduction island John journey killed Lac de Gras land LATIN Lesser Slave Lake load lodge Mackay Mackenzie River MACMILLAN'S Maps meat Medium 8vo miles morning mountains musk-ox night passed Peace River pines plenty POEMS portage rapid reached revised rocks Saltatha SCHOOLS SERMONS sewed shore short Slave Lake sleighs snow snow-shoes STORIES stream tion tobacco tracks Translated TREATISE vols weather willows wind winter woods Yellow Knives
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