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Churchill Hudson Bay: a guide to natural and cultural heritage
2011, Churchill Eskimo Museum, Churchill Eskimo Museum, Inc.
in English
098693710X 9780986937101
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Table of Contents
1. Chronology of Churchill
2. Aboriginal footprints on frozen horizons
Early occupations by Palaeo-Eskimos [Paleo-Eskimos, Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule]
The Caribou Inuit [Qamutiik-sled, Iglu [igloo]
The Sayisi-Dene (People under the Sun) and the Maskekowininiwak (Swampy Cree) [Indians, Native peoples, First Nations
Place Names, seasonal cycle]
A new nation
the Metis [Bannock recipe (p.38)]
3. Henry Hudson
4. The Fur trade era [importance of beaver]
Prince of Wales Fort [construction, layout, life of Hudson Bay Company employees]
Cape Merry
Sloop Cove
York Factory (1684-1957)
Churchill Post life 1783 to the 1930s [York boat, routes, region mail packets, Inuit sled dogs (p. 88+)
5. Streets of Churchill
6. Steel tracks and grain [Hudson Bay Railway]
Hudson Bay as a transportation route
7. Geology and paleontology
8. Atmospheric Science and Astronomy [historic temperatures, Arctic mirages, sun dogs, Northern lights
Aurora borealis, Aboriginal interpretations]
Hudson Bay [sea ice, freeze-up, tides]
Northern ecology [tundra, taiga, peats
fens
bogs, flora
plants
herbs, mosses, lichens, berries]
Diversity of life
Vertebrates : Sea mammals [whales, whaling, seals, polar bears], land mammals [shrews, hares, squirrels, beavers, lemmings, wolves, foxes, wolverines, lynx, deer, caribou, moose, muskox], birds, fish, amphibians
Invertebrates : terrestrial arthropods [mosquitos, flies]
Edition Notes
Co-published by Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-381) and index.
Includes some text in Cree, Inuktitut, and Sayisi-Dene.
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