"Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume II." by John M'Lean is a mid-19th century narrative that recounts the author's quarter-century working for the Hudson's Bay Company in the unforgiving Hudson Bay area. Readers are transported to the snow-laden landscapes and introduced to the trials of surviving bitter conditions and limited provisions. His journey starts at Norway House where the group struggles through severe snowy lands. As seasons shift, the vivid depictions of icy expanses combine remarkable beauty and the constant struggles with the elements, such as blizzards and limited food. In this difficult setting, we see details of the area's native people mixed with the challenges of journeying across the land, with a focus on the ability of humankind to push onward against isolation and difficulty.
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume II.
By John McLean
Explore the past through the eyes of a man facing tough elements, sharing the beauty and hardships of life among native tribes in a remote territory.
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About the AuthorJohn McLean was a Scotsman who emigrated to British North America, where he became a fur-trapper, trader, explorer, grocer, banker, newspaperman, clerk, and author. He travelled by foot and canoe from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back, becoming one of the chief traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. He is remembered as the first person of European descent to discover Churchill Falls on Canada's Churchill River and sometimes mistakenly credited as the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula. Long overlooked, his first-person accounts of early 19th-century fur trading in Canada are now valued by historians. Under the pen name Viator, his letters to newspapers around Canada also helped shift public opinion away from yielding the western territories to the United States during the Alabama Claims dispute over damages for British involvement in the American Civil War.
John McLean was a Scotsman who emigrated to British North America, where he became a fur-trapper, trader, explorer, grocer, banker, newspaperman, clerk, and author. He travelled by foot and canoe from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back, becoming one of the chief traders of the Hudson's Bay Company. He is remembered as the first person of European descent to discover Churchill Falls on Canada's Churchill River and sometimes mistakenly credited as the first to cross the Labrador Peninsula. Long overlooked, his first-person accounts of early 19th-century fur trading in Canada are now valued by historians. Under the pen name Viator, his letters to newspapers around Canada also helped shift public opinion away from yielding the western territories to the United States during the Alabama Claims dispute over damages for British involvement in the American Civil War.
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