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Author: Pike, Warburton Title: The Barren Ground of Northern Canada Year: 1892 Publisher: New York: MacMillan and Co. Pages: 385 Source: Google Books Description: "August 1889 found Pike embarking by canoe from Fort Resolution on what he called 'an ordinary shooting expedition' north of Great Slave lake, where he hoped to 'penetrate this unknown land, to see the musk-ox, and find out as much as I could about their habits, and the habits of the Indians who go in pursuit of them every year.' Thus commenced the 14 moths of hard travel, privation, and adventure described so vividly in Pike's classic book The Barren Ground of Northern Canada" (Cockburn, 1985, Arctic 38(2):152). "He and James Mackinlay explored the region from Great Slave Lake to the Back River and back in 1890 (from 7 May to 24 August). Going northward they left Macleod Bay via Lac des Morts, Wolverine Lake and Camsell Lake to MacKay Lake and then as far north as Beechey Lake on the Back River. They turned back from there on July 23 and returned to Great Slave by the the more familiar route to Artillery Lake and 'Pike's Portage'" (G. Luste). External Link | Download PDF (7.2 MB)
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