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Lure of the Labrador Wild, The by Dillon Wallace (1863 - 1939)

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The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi River - Lake Michikamau in Labrador and George River in Quebec. His companions on this journey were his friend, New York lawyer Dillon Wallace and an Indian guide from Missannabie, George Elson. From the start, the expedition was beset with mistakes and problems. Instead of ascending the Naskaupi River, by mistake they followed the shallow Susan Brook. After hard long portaging and almost reaching Lake Michikamau, with food supplies running out, on September 15 at Windbound lake, they decided to turn back. On October 18, Wallace and Elson went in a search…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    06 - Searching For A Trail

    Hidden gem

    In "06 - Searching For A Trail," Dillon Wallace's expedition follows Goose Creek through Labrador while searching for a route toward Michikamau.

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  2. 2

    03 - On The Edge Of The Wilderness

    This episode recounts the beginning of an expedition into the Labrador wilderness, describing the settlement of Indian Harbor and the mission station there.

    ·29m
  3. 3

    14 - Back Through The Ranges

    Hidden gem

    Hubbard recalls surviving a rainy New York night with five cents, stale rolls, and no breakfast promised.

    ·15m·1 clip
  4. 4

    13 - Hubbard's Grit

    ·16m
  5. 5

    01 - The Object Of The Expedition

    ·19m
  6. 6

    02 - Off At Last

    ·15m
  7. 7

    04 - The Plunge Into The Wild

    ·19m
  8. 8

    05 - Still In The Awful Valley

    ·14m
  9. 9

    09 - And There Was Michikamau!

    ·28m
  10. 10

    10 - Prisoners Of The Wind

    ·22m
  11. 11

    11 - We Give It Up

    ·24m
  12. 12

    12 - The Beginning Of The Retreat

    ·20m
  13. 13

    00 - Preface 1 and 2

    ·14m
  14. 14

    15 - George's Dream

    ·19m
  15. 15

    16 - At The Last Camp

    ·24m
  16. 16

    17 - The Parting

    ·22m
  17. 17

    18 - Wandering Alone

    ·21m
  18. 18

    19 - The Kindness Of The Breeds

    ·21m
  19. 19

    08 - Michikamau or Bust!

    A chapter from a historical account of a failed 1903 expedition to Labrador's interior.

    ·23m
  20. 20

    20 - How Hubbard Went To Sleep

    ·14m
  21. 21

    23 - Over The Ice

    ·23m
  22. 22

    24 - Hubbard's Message

    ·8m
  23. 23

    13 - Hubbard's Grit

    ·16m
  24. 24

    02 - Off At Last

    ·15m
  25. 25

    03 - On The Edge Of The Wilderness

    ·29m
  26. 26

    04 - The Plunge Into The Wild

    ·19m
  27. 27

    05 - Still In The Awful Valley

    ·14m
  28. 28

    07 - On A Real River At Last

    ·25m
  29. 29

    08 - Michikamau or Bust!

    ·23m
  30. 30

    09 - And There Was Michikamau!

    ·28m
  31. 31

    11 - We Give It Up

    ·24m
  32. 32

    12 - The Beginning Of The Retreat

    ·20m
  33. 33

    00 - Preface 1 and 2

    ·14m
  34. 34

    14 - Back Through The Ranges

    ·15m
  35. 35

    21 - From Out The Wild

    ·13m
  36. 36

    01 - The Object Of The Expedition

    ·19m
  37. 37

    15 - George's Dream

    ·19m
  38. 38

    16 - At The Last Camp

    ·24m
  39. 39

    17 - The Parting

    ·22m
  40. 40

    18 - Wandering Alone

    ·21m
  41. 41

    19 - The Kindness Of The Breeds

    ·21m
  42. 42

    20 - How Hubbard Went To Sleep

    ·14m
  43. 43

    21 - From Out The Wild

    ·13m
  44. 44

    22 - A Strange Funeral Procession

    ·21m
  45. 45

    23 - Over The Ice

    ·23m
  46. 46

    24 - Hubbard's Message

    ·8m
  47. 47

    06 - Searching For A Trail

    A historical narrative of the Hubbard expedition's struggles and observations while traveling through Labrador's wilderness.

    ·24m
  48. 48

    07 - On A Real River At Last

    Hidden gem

    Dillon Wallace's “On A Real River At Last” follows Wallace, Hubbard, and George as they reach a river averaging 100 to 150 yards wide and ration bread to one-third of a loaf per man daily.

    ·25m·1 clip
  49. 49

    22 - A Strange Funeral Procession

    Hidden gem

    George Albert Hardy, a Prince Edward Island medical student with consumption, reaches Northwest River Post on November 8 and treats the narrator's left foot before urging him to leave Labrador on the Virginia Lake mail boat.

    ·21m·1 clip
  50. 50

    10 - Prisoners Of The Wind

    Hidden gem

    Chapter X, "Prisoners of the Wind," follows Wallace, Hubbard, and George on Windbound Lake as they finally spot Michikamau behind a ridge and count nine ptarmigans plus one rabbit.

    ·22m·1 clip