Our North land : being a full account of the Canadian Northwest and Hudson's Bay route, together with a narrative of the experiences of the Hudson's Bay Expedition of 1884, including a description of the climate, resources, and the characteristics of the native inhabitants between the 50th parallel and the Arctic Circle
This book is a narrative of the Hudson Bay Expedition in 1884. It includes chapters on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Labrador, the snow-covered hills of Nachvak, the Eskimo Indians of the Hudson Strait, and problems with ice and icebergs on the voyage. Other sections deal with the establishment of s...
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C.B. Robinson
1885
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| Online Access: | http://www.archive.org/download/ournorthlandbein00tuttuoft/ournorthlandbein00tuttuoft.pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cbu_khattar/id/1290 |
| Summary: | This book is a narrative of the Hudson Bay Expedition in 1884. It includes chapters on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Labrador, the snow-covered hills of Nachvak, the Eskimo Indians of the Hudson Strait, and problems with ice and icebergs on the voyage. Other sections deal with the establishment of several observation stations, the Cree settlements, personal sketches of Lieutenant Gordon, Captain Sopp and Dr. Bell, as well as a number of zoological notations. Several charts, maps, and illustrations are included in this text. |
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