The True Northwest Passage: Explorers in Anglo-Canadian Nationalist Narratives

• Main Author: Cavell, J. (Janice)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Yukon College 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Pacific; Northwest Passage; Rae; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15164

The Northwest Passage has always held a symbolic role in the mythology of Canadian nationalism, but the imagined geography of which it is a part has changed drastically over time. From Confederation to the present day, explorers have been described as the first builders of the Canadian nation. But i...