Crusoe of Lonesome LakeSinglehanded achievement by Ralph Edwards of wresting a farm homestead from the wilderness in British Columbia. A condensed version appeared in "Reader's digest." |
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Young Man Hitched to a Star | 3 |
Forty Miles from Nowhere | 20 |
Home to the Wilds | 35 |
Copyright | |
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apples Atnarko River Atnarko valley barn bear beaver Bella Coola Birches birds boat British Columbia bull cabin Canadian Wildlife Service cattle cedars clearing cows Crusoe cygnets engine Ethel Edwards farm father feeding feet firs Firvale flock flying foot forest Frank Ratcliff frontier frontiersman Ginty grizzly grizzly bear heavy horses Johnny Hatch knew lagoon Lake's land later learned Leland Stowe living logs Lonesome Lake miles mink mother mountains never night once pack pioneer plane pounds pulled pushed Queen Charlotte Strait raft Ralph and Ethel Ralph Edwards reached rifle river rock rope seaplane shore shot side slopes snow sockeye salmon somehow sometimes soon spring Stanley Stillwater stumps thing timber tion took trail trap trapline trees trip Trudy Edwards Trudy's trumpeter swans turned Vancouver Walker's Dome wards water wheel weeks wild wilderness Wildlife wings winter wolves yards young