To Great Slave and Great Bear: P.G. Downes's Journal of Travels North from Ile à la Crosse in 1938 [Part I]

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Cockburn, R.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Downes; Prentice Gilbert; 1909-1959; Exploration; Canadian Arctic; Middle North; Saskatchewan; Northern; Arctic; Cameron Bay; Clearwater River; Eldorado; Fleuve Mackenzie; Fort Smith; Grand lac des Esclaves; Great Bear Lake; Great Slave Lake; La Loche; Lac La Loche; Mackenzie River; Rivière à l'Eau Claire; Rivière Athabasca; Yellowknife; Grand lac de l'Ours; Grand Lac des Esclaves; Mackenzie river; Slave River; Esclave*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65175

The narrative of P.G. Downes's trip by canoe, boat, and plane from Ile à la Crosse to Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in 1938, in which he presents a detailed account of his feelings, thoughts, and experiences, as well as his observations on individual men and women, northern lore, and geographic characteristics of the region. The journal will appear as five installations in Arctic.Key words: Ile à la Crosse, Lac La Loche, Swan Lake Portage, Clearwater River, Athabaska River, Slave River, Fort Smith, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Great Bear Lake, Eldorado, Cameron Bay, Yellowknife, Chipewyans, John Hornby, George M. Douglas, Paul "King" Beaulieu Mots clés: île à la Crosse, lac La Loche, lac du Cygne, Portage, rivière à l'Eau-Claire, rivière Athabasca, rivière des Esclaves, Fort Smith, Grand Lac des Esclaves, fleuve Mackenzie, Grand Lac de l'Ours, Eldorado, baie Cameron, Yellowknife, Chipewyans, John Hornby, George M. Douglas, Paul "King" Beaulieu