II.—Notes on the Pleistocene of the North-West Territories of Canada, North-West and West of Hudson Bay

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Author: Tyrrell, J. Burr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1894
• Subjects: Geology; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Churchill River; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800143596; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800143596

In the extreme northernmost part of Canada, lying between North Latitudes 56° and 68° and West Longitudes 88° and 112°, is an area of about 400,000 square miles, which had up to the past two years remained geologically unexplored. In 1892 the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada sent the writer to explore the country north of Churchill River, and south-west of Lake Athabasca;in1893 the exploration was continued northward, along the north shore of Athabasca Lake