John Hornby (1880-1927)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Stewart, Hugh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; History; Hornby; John; 1880-1927; Survival; Travels; Starvation; Great Bear Lake region; N.W.T; Thelon River region; N.W.T./Nunavut; Canada; Great Bear Lake; Nunavut; Arctic; Subarctic; Thelon River
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65242

. John Hornby was 23 years old when he came to Canada from England in 1904. From then until his death 22 years later, he pursued a lifestyle uncomplicated by long-range goals and plans. . Hornby went north to the Great Bear Lake region with Cosmo Melville on a trading expedition in 1908. Fascination...