Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British ColumbiaAccount of author's travels in northern B.C., talks with long-time residents on the history of the area. |
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Page 83
... feet . The relief goes up three thousand or four thousand feet more , although not theatrically . It's fine wet headwaters country . Shallow short valleys lead back from the lake on both sides at regular rhythmic intervals . Two eagles ...
... feet . The relief goes up three thousand or four thousand feet more , although not theatrically . It's fine wet headwaters country . Shallow short valleys lead back from the lake on both sides at regular rhythmic intervals . Two eagles ...
Page 105
... feet that spread on the crust for speed . Dogs have big frontal shoul- ders for tugging the sled and feet that punch through the crust of the snow . Cliff says the only danger in the winter is a snowslide , not the temperature or the ...
... feet that spread on the crust for speed . Dogs have big frontal shoul- ders for tugging the sled and feet that punch through the crust of the snow . Cliff says the only danger in the winter is a snowslide , not the temperature or the ...
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... feet ; pay in one end of hole . " JULY 23 , Saturday : A FIRE IS BURNING up in the Yukon . The smoke has taken a day to blow south , but we have it now , a tang in the nose . The sun is coal - red . Danny's boss , Mr. Peterson , has ...
... feet ; pay in one end of hole . " JULY 23 , Saturday : A FIRE IS BURNING up in the Yukon . The smoke has taken a day to blow south , but we have it now , a tang in the nose . The sun is coal - red . Danny's boss , Mr. Peterson , has ...
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