The schooner sailed for Hudson Bay, and on the trip had numerous miraculous escapes from icebergs and ice floes, and was nearly wrecked several times. Finally Chesterfield inlet was reached. The party pressed inland, and for three years scoured a vast land some half a million square miles in area in a vain search for […]
Early in the spring of 1916 the patrol again took up the trail and crossed over the Divide to the Coppermine River, thence down that stream to Coronation Gulf on the Arctic. Here they were fortunate in falling in with Corporal Bruce, one of the members of Stefansson’s expedition. Although he had heard nothing of […]
HISTORY OF THE NWMP – Continued “It seemed,” said McIntyre, “as though we were suddenly passing from winter into spring.” Soon after they came upon the first of numberless hot springs, the snow disappeared entirely, and dense vegetation took the place of the stunted bush and timber of the plains. Because of necessarily slow travel […]
From column# 421 The Time Traveller NWMP A NEW MOUNTAIN RANGE The Indians stated that the mountains ran “many day’s journey” to the south, and the river which they had found was known as “the river where once lived the strong men who were not afraid of the rapids.” Mellor and Johnson went only to […]
PART TWO What is without question the most remarkable fact about the expeditions of these police explorers of northern Canada is that discoveries of tremendous importance have been made, and yet hardly any mention has been made of them in the newspapers or geographical journals. It is most inconceivable to believe that two new lakes, […]
Part 1 Continued from 1920. It (Herschel) is nearly two thousand miles from civilization, but it is only one of many similar desolate police stations in the wilderness of the great Northland. The men of this remarkable police force, perhaps the most famous body in the British Empire, have been the very backbone of strength […]
From column #419 1920 THE TIMES TRAVELLER THE BRILLIANT HISTORY of the ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE The decision of the Canadian Government to increase the Royal North-West Mounted Police Force to more than five times the number ever engaged as patrollers of the far places calls attention to this remarkable body of men and […]
BALLAD of the BACK ROAD FARMER My good wife, Sarah, as you know, Just loves her little radio, She thinks the programs are so nice, And listens to their good advice. One day she heard them say just how A radio would help a cow To feel relaxed and give more cream, And milking […]
BALLAD OF THE BACK ROAD FARMER Our parson, he has left this town So he went down To where the farms are not all stone, Where cattle are more beef than bone. He’s settled there, seems full of cheer, Though missing friends that he’d made here. Our new man came from Barbot Lake, A good […]
BALLAD OF THE BACK ROAD FARMER Well, now, the time is here again, we’ve waited for this moment when We’d start to tap the maple trees, when days are warm but nights still freeze. The snow is melting in the bush, and in the fields it’s turned to slush, That’s when I get my auger […]
