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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... reached Chipewyan the waters froze . He had no illusions that this voyage into al unknown would be an easy one , and he set out the mo- he ice had broken in the river . une 3 , 1789 , he records in his journal , " we embarked at lock in ...
... reached Chipewyan the waters froze . He had no illusions that this voyage into al unknown would be an easy one , and he set out the mo- he ice had broken in the river . une 3 , 1789 , he records in his journal , " we embarked at lock in ...
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... reached the mainland . It was the harshest possible going . " Though the weath- er was far from warm , " Mackenzie writes , " we were tormented , and our rest interrupted , by the host of mosquitoes that accom- panied us . " But though ...
... reached the mainland . It was the harshest possible going . " Though the weath- er was far from warm , " Mackenzie writes , " we were tormented , and our rest interrupted , by the host of mosquitoes that accom- panied us . " But though ...
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... reached the ocean . It was typical of Simon Fraser that when he reached the delta he was as disappointed as Mackenzie had been when he came to the larger delta on the Beaufort Sea . Whatever else this awful river might be , Fraser knew ...
... reached the ocean . It was typical of Simon Fraser that when he reached the delta he was as disappointed as Mackenzie had been when he came to the larger delta on the Beaufort Sea . Whatever else this awful river might be , Fraser knew ...
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The Canadian River Systems | 3 |
Interlude | 30 |
The St Lawrence | 36 |
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