Through an unknown country : the Jarvis-Hanington winter expedition through the northern rockies, 1874 1875 / edited by Mike Murtha and Charles Helm ; foreword by Robert William Sandford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helm, Charles, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Murtha, Mike, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jarvis, Edward Worrell, 1846-1894--Diaries.

Jarvis, Edward Worrell.

Hanington, Charles Francis, 1848-1930--Diaries.

Hanington, Charles Francis.

Snowshoes and snowshoeing--Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.).

Snowshoes and snowshoeing.

Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)--Description and travel.

Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.).

Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)--Discovery and exploration.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.

Place of Publication:

[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Based on previously unpublished reports and journals thought to be lost, Through An Unknown Country provides the reader with a harrowing and riveting account of a 19th century expedition through the northern mountain ranges of western Canada. In the winter of 1874-75, Edward Worrell Jarvis (1846 1894) and Charles Francis Hanington (1848-1930) took part in an expedition on behalf of the Canadian Pacific Survey from Quesnel, British Columbia, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. It led them over the northern Rocky Mountains through what would come to be known as Jarvis Pass (Kakwa Provincial Park, British Columbia) and eventually onto the Canadian plains. The trip took them 116 days and covered over 3000 kilometres, of which almost 1500 was travelled on snowshoes. Through An Unknown Country brings together the day-to-day reports of Jarvis and the more entertaining narrative of the epic journey by Hanington into a single volume for the first time. Recounting harrowing treks through deep mountains, densely forested valleys, open foothills and wide prairie, this highly readable adventure story can most certainly be read alongside the better-known journals of Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser, David Thompson and Paul Kane."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: E.W. Jarvis's Report and Narrative

Chapter 2: C.F. Hanington's Journal

Chapter 3: Excerpts from E.W. Jarvis's Diaries, 1875

Chapter 4: Excerpts from C.F. Hanington's Reminiscences, 1928-1929, Describing the 1875 Expedition

Chapter 5: The Expedition in Perspective Starting Out

Chapter 6: Biographies. Major Edward Worrell Jarvis ; Major Charles Francis Hanington ; Other Members of the Expedition ; Sandford Fleming

Appendix A: The Smoky River Cache

Appendix B: The Jarvis Diaries

Appendix C: "Winter Journey" by Jon Whyte

Appendix D: Excerpts from Other Writers

Appendix E: Mal de raquette

Appendix F: Geographic Names

Appendix G: Geographical Features.

Notes:

Place of publication from publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.

Contains:

Jarvis, Edward Worrell, 1846-1894. Journals. Selections.

Hanington, Charles Francis, 1848-1930. Journals. Selections.

ISBN:

1-77160-134-5

1-77160-135-3

OCLC:

939262057