To Great Slave and Great Bear: P.G. Downes's Journal of Travels North from Ile à la Crosse in 1938 [Part IV]

Authors

  • R.H. Cockburn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2049

Keywords:

Downes, Prentice Gilbert, 1909-1959, Exploration, Great Bear Lake region, N.W.T., Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake region, Great Slave Lake, Ile a la Crosse, Saskatchewan, Northern, Yellowknife region

Abstract

The narrative of P.G. Downes's trip by canoe, boat, and plane from Ile à la Crosse to Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in 1938, in which he presents a detailed account of his feelings, thoughts, and experiences, as well as his observations on individual men and women, northern lore, and geographic characteristics of the region. The journal will appear as five installments in "Arctic".

Key words: Ile à la Crosse, Lac La Loche, Swan Lake Portage, Clearwater River, Athabaska River, Slave River, Fort Smith, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie River, Great Bear Lake, Eldorado, Cameron Bay, Yellowknife, Chipewyans, John Hornby, George M. Douglas, Paul "King" Beaulieu

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Published

1986-01-01

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (1986): March: 1–107

Section

Articles