Fortymile: American Outpost in the Canadian North
In the year 1887 an extremely odd village sprang up on the banks of the Yukon river, not many miles from the present site of Dawson City. It was called Fortymile, and, had it been on another planet, it could scarcely have been more remote from civilization. It was almost five thousand miles by boat...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/utq.27.4.413 2023-12-31T10:06:14+01:00 Fortymile: American Outpost in the Canadian North Berton, Pierre 1958 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/utq.27.4.413 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/utq.27.4.413 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) University of Toronto Quarterly volume 27, issue 4, page 413-423 ISSN 0042-0247 1712-5278 General Arts and Humanities journal-article 1958 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/utq.27.4.413 2023-12-01T08:18:00Z In the year 1887 an extremely odd village sprang up on the banks of the Yukon river, not many miles from the present site of Dawson City. It was called Fortymile, and, had it been on another planet, it could scarcely have been more remote from civilization. It was almost five thousand miles by boat from the nearest city (Victoria, B.C.), and for nine months of the year was sealed off from the world, its citizens prisoners of their own choosing in a dark and unknown land. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dawson Yukon river Yukon University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) University of Toronto Quarterly 27 4 413 423 |
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In the year 1887 an extremely odd village sprang up on the banks of the Yukon river, not many miles from the present site of Dawson City. It was called Fortymile, and, had it been on another planet, it could scarcely have been more remote from civilization. It was almost five thousand miles by boat from the nearest city (Victoria, B.C.), and for nine months of the year was sealed off from the world, its citizens prisoners of their own choosing in a dark and unknown land. |
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