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 geograp...