The Rivers of Canada: The Mackenzie, the St. Lawrence, the Ottawa, the Red, the Saskatchewan, the Fraser, the St. JohnScribner, 1962 - 170 páginas |
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... barges were loaded . The barges were of steel , the smaller ones a hundred and twenty feet long and the larger ones a hundred and fifty , each of them weigh- ing several hundred tons . Two of them were house - barges , but the rest were ...
... barges were loaded . The barges were of steel , the smaller ones a hundred and twenty feet long and the larger ones a hundred and fifty , each of them weigh- ing several hundred tons . Two of them were house - barges , but the rest were ...
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... barges : the heave of the deep water would break their haws- ers . On the lake the barges have to be towed in line ahead secured by a heavy steel cable to the power winch at the tug's stern , and the maximum number of barges any tug can ...
... barges : the heave of the deep water would break their haws- ers . On the lake the barges have to be towed in line ahead secured by a heavy steel cable to the power winch at the tug's stern , and the maximum number of barges any tug can ...
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... barges . So Morris and I stayed with the barges , Radium Yellowknife disappeared around the bend and we were alone on the river in total silence . I thought I saw a bear peering down at us from the top of the escarpment , but it turned ...
... barges . So Morris and I stayed with the barges , Radium Yellowknife disappeared around the bend and we were alone on the river in total silence . I thought I saw a bear peering down at us from the top of the escarpment , but it turned ...
Conteúdo
The Rivers that made a Nation | 6 |
Interlude | 31 |
The Ottawa | 70 |
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