Dangerous RiverNarrative of author's journey up South Nahanni River, NWT in 1927 and his winter in that region in 1928-29. |
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Page 49
... island : the canoe was a bit too much down in the nose for this swift water and tended to sheer more than need be when coming out of an eddy - I could easily fix that by re - packing and shifting the weight further back . Later on I ...
... island : the canoe was a bit too much down in the nose for this swift water and tended to sheer more than need be when coming out of an eddy - I could easily fix that by re - packing and shifting the weight further back . Later on I ...
Page 60
... island . At the upper end of the reach the river swung sharply to the right , or north , so that in every direction - upstream , down- stream and on either shore - one was faced with the tremen- dous canyon walls . They rose sheer from ...
... island . At the upper end of the reach the river swung sharply to the right , or north , so that in every direction - upstream , down- stream and on either shore - one was faced with the tremen- dous canyon walls . They rose sheer from ...
Page 232
... island , and on that island I planned to make camp . The wind was rising now out of the north - east and blowing dead up this reach of the river . There was a little daylight left- but , if I went on , my only camping places would be ...
... island , and on that island I planned to make camp . The wind was rising now out of the north - east and blowing dead up this reach of the river . There was a little daylight left- but , if I went on , my only camping places would be ...
Contents
The Legend | 17 |
South Nahanni River | 41 |
Deadmens Valley | 104 |
Copyright | |
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afternoon bank beach beaver blazing blue blue grouse breakfast bush cabin Cache Rapid camp canoe canyon wall caribou Charlie McLeod Chinook cliff climbed cold Deadmen's Valley deep dogs downstream drifted driftpile dropped eddy Faille Faille's feet fire Flat River foot Fort Liard Fort Simpson going gold Gordon grey head Hot Springs Hudson's Bay Company Indians island Jack jammed ledge Liard light load looked Lower Canyon marten McLeod meat Meilleur miles moose morning Nahanni Butte night outfit pack paddle point of rock pole portage Prairie Creek Ram Creek riffle rifle rock round scow shadow sheep shore shot Simpson slope smoke snow snowshoes snye South Nahanni spruce Starke Stevens stream supper tea pail thing toboggan trackline tracks trail trap trees Twisted Mountain upper Liard upstream warm wild wind wolverine wood Yukon