| Description |
1 online resource (367 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by James Raffan; List of Maps; Introduction; Prologue: "Wolf" by René Fumoleau; Part I: A Storied Trail; Chapter 1: Pike's Portage: A Story in Deep Time by Peter Carruthers; Chapter 2: The Denesoline: Where Are All Their Stories? by Brenda Parlee; Part II: On the Trail; Chapter 3: Warburton Pike: No Ordinary Shooting Expedition by Bob Henderson and Morten Asfeldt; Chapter 4: George Back: An Unsung Arctic Explorer by Morten Asfeldt. |
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Chapter 5: Anderson and Stewart: The Byways to the Barrens by John McInnesChapter 6: Ernest Thompson Seton: On the Portage by John Wadland; Chapter 7: Buffalo Jones: God's Work, But Whose God? by Bob Henderson; Chapter 8: J.W. Tyrrell: The Man Who Named Pike's Portage by David Pelly; Part III: On the Trail in the Early 1900s; Chapter 9: The Beaulieu Clan: "Unlettered People" by Randy Freeman; Chapter 10: Guy Blanchet: A Northern Surveyor on Pike's Portage by Gwyneth Hoyle; Chapter 11: John Hornby: An Uncommon Man by Morten Asfeldt; Chapter 12: The Letter by Guy Blanchet. |
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Chapter 13: Helge Ingstad: Inspiration for a Life of Adventure in the Land of Feast and Famine by Ingrid UrbergPart IV: On the Trail to the Present; Chapter 14: Gus D'Aoust: Living a Dream on the Barrens by Morten Asfeldt; Chapter 15: Roger Catling: The Last Wolf Hunter in Reliance by Morten Asfeldt; Chapter 16: North of Reliance by Dave Olesen; Part V: Epilogue; Chapter 17: Thaidene Nene: The Land of the Ancestors by Larry Innes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors; About the Editors. |
| Summary |
The stories of the people who have struggled over Pike's Portage at the edge of the Barrens in the Northwest Territories are many and varied, including sports hunters, surveyors, trappers, and explorers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pikes Portage Route (N.W.T.) -- History.
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Pikes Portage Route (N.W.T.) -- Description and travel.
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Pikes Portage Route (N.W.T.) -- Biography.
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NATURE -- General. |
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HISTORY -- General. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General. |
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Travel |
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Northwest Territories -- Pikes Portage Route |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Added Author |
Henderson, Bob.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Asfeldt, Morten. Pike's Portage : Stories of a Distinguished Place. Toronto : Dundurn Press, ©2010 9781554884605 |
| ISBN |
9781770705487 (electronic bk.) |
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1770705481 (electronic bk.) |
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9781459710252 (electronic bk.) |
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1459710258 (electronic bk.) |
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9781554884605 (print) |
| Music No. |
433455 CaOOCEL |
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