George Elson (ca. 1875-ca. 1950)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Davidson, James West, Rugge, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Biographies; Caribou; Elson; George; ca. 1875-ca. 1950; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Hunting; Innu; Starvation; Grand Lake; Labrador; Naskaupi River; Ungava; Baie d'; region; Québec; Dillon; Grand Trunk; Moose Factory; Ungava Bay; Arctic; naskapi
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64805

. We know little of Elson's childhood. His father, a Scot, worked for the Hudson's Bay Company and, as was often the custom of the country, married a Cree. George grew up nurtured by both cultures, yet in some respects caught between them, like so many children of mixed parentage. In his m...