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On the edge of the shield : Fort Chipewyan and its hinterland

Title
On the edge of the shield : Fort Chipewyan and its hinterland / editor, John W. Chalmers ; Cartographer: G.A. Lester.
Author
Chalmers, John West
Publication
Edmonton : Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, University of Alberta, 1971

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Additional Authors
Lester, G. A.
Description
60 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
Summary
Behind Lesser Slave Lake, between the Peace and Hay Rivers to the west, the Slave and Athabasca to the east and south, lies Alberta's Unknown Empire, greater in area than England and Wales combined. A few settlements mark its periphery: Forts McMurray, MacKay, Chipewyan, Fitzgerald, names reminiscent of its fur-trading history, Indian Cabins, Peace River, once known as a Crossing, Grouard, not quite a ghost town, Slave Lake, and some others. For the most part, this is a land of lakes and forests, abounding in fish and game, but (except near Fort Vermilion) almost devoid of people. A dozen settlements are home to a few thousand people, perhaps enough to average out a one person per ten square miles. The names of their communities reveal their natures. Wabasca, Atikameg - a Cree word meaning "whitefish" - Loon, Lubicon, Cadotte, Calling, and Sandy Lakes. Except for the teachers, missionaries, and a few other functionaries, the residents are natives: Metis, Cree, Chipewyan.
Series Statement
  • Occasional publication of the Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, the University of Alberta, no. 7
  • University of Alberta. Boreal Institute. Occasional publication ; no. 7.
Subject
  • Fort Chipewyan (Alta.) > History
  • Alberta > Fort Chipewyan
  • Canada, Alberta, Fort Chipewyan > History
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies references.
Contents
Alberta's unknown empire / Chalmers, J.W. -- Rock, wood, water / Laatsch, W.G. -- Emporium of the North / Parker, J.M. -- Gateway to the Arctic / Chalmers, J.W. -- Schools in the wilderness / Knill, W.D. -- A town in transition / Gue, L.R. -- Death of a delta / Fuller, W. A.
ISBN
  • 0919058051
  • 9780919058057
LCCN
77889284
OCLC
  • ocm00428522
  • 428522
  • SCSB-741575
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library