Labrador: The Country and the People (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Wilfred T. Grenfell

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330239873 ISBN 13 : 9781330239872

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Labrador: The Country and the People

The coming granary for the world's wheat supply was yesterday despised as the land of snows; to-day the subsoil of the world's best wheat land never thaws out, and the frozen valley of the Peace River is vying with the corn lands of the Pharaohs.

To us here, away out of the world's hum and bustle, it seems only a question of time. Some day a railway will come to export our stores of mineral wealth, to tap our sources of more than Niagaran power, to bring visitors to scenery of Norwegian quality yet made peculiarly attractive by the entrancing colour plays of Arctic auroras over the fantastic architecture of mountains the like of which can seldom be matched on the earth. Surely it will come to pass that one day another Atlantic City will rise amidst these unexplored but invigorating wilds to lure men and women tired of heat and exhausted by the nerve stress of overcrowded centres.

It has seemed appropriate, in this belief, to try to collate available information in the form of a book that should bring within easy reach of the public the facts that are of interest concerning Labrador. It is hoped, also, that such a book will act as an incentive to others to come and pursue still further the studies and explora tions herein described. With these objects in view I sought the help of friends skilled in the various branches of science, as it can now declare the meaning of Labrador, the land and the people.

Dr. Reginald A. Daly, Professor of Geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Boston, had.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It has been said by some one, within recent years, that all the places now unexplored were so miserably bad that no one would care to have anything to do with them. The caribou country or northeastern Labrador may or may not be an exception to this rule. There are worse regions to wander in. Moreover, the people are to be considered. Not every one cares for native races, but most wilderness travelers do. I have myself found the Labrador people well worth while. The Indian names I have used need some explanation. A ssiwaban, the name of the fine stream the George .R iver people come to the coast by, is pronounced A s-si-waw-ban. It means Waiting place, from a deer pass near the coastal height of land where the Indians camp and wait for the migration to come from north. The river, or brook, as the shore whites call these larger streams, is best known to the bay people as Frank s Brook, from the name of a onetime resident near its mouth. These personal names given to bays and rivers are more or less subject to change, accordingly as the settlers change and succeed one another. One year the river may be Smith s, another year Jones s, and in due time, perhaps, Robinson s. I have taken pleasure in rescuing the names of some of these clear Indian rivers, particularly the A ssiwaban, and the N6-ta-qua-non, from the ignominy of shifting white nomenclature.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330239873
• ISBN 13: 9781330239872
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 612
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