Project Gutenberg 2025-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 276 Hesketh-Prichard, H. (Hesketh) 1876 1922 Prichard, H. Hesketh (Hesketh Vernon Hesketh) Pritchard, Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Prichard, Hesketh Vernon Hesketh Gathorne-Hardy, G. M. (Geoffrey Malcolm) 1878 1972 Gathorne-Hardy, Geoffrey Malcolm Graham, Helen, Lady 1879 1945 Graham, Lady Helen 12009007 Through trackless Labrador $aLondon :$bWilliam Heinemann, $c1911. Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Through trackless Labrador" by H. Hesketh-Prichard is a travel and exploration account written in the early 20th century. It follows a small expedition from the Moravian mission coast at Nain into the unmapped interior toward the George River, mixing adventure with close observation of Labrador’s stark geography, wildlife, and the lives of missionaries, Inuit, settlers, and Nascaupee and Montagnais Indians. Expect river ascents by canoe, hard portaging over a barren, mosquito-ridden plateau, and a practical focus on hunting, caching, and survival. The opening of this work sets out the author’s aim: to cross the unknown plateau between the Atlantic and the George River using light Indian-style methods, living partly off the land and caching food, while praising the Moravian Mission and noting the harsh, “predatory” economy of Labrador. It sketches the land and people—climate shaped by polar currents, scattered coastal stations, seasonal fishermen, Inuit hunters, and interior Indians—along with the barrens, flies, and grand, austere scenery. The narrative then recalls an earlier failed attempt inland and details the 1910 plan with G. M. Gathorne-Hardy and canoe man Robert Porter, choosing the mission ship Harmony to reach Nain via Makkovik and Hopedale. At Nain the party gathers local intelligence, rejects safer southern routes despite warnings, and targets the Fraser River via Nunaingoak Bay, hiring an Eskimo helper while relying on caches and minimal loads. They sail up the bay, cross a long lake, and fight upstream in rain through shallow, rapid water hemmed by rising cliffs, with mosquitoes constant and game scarce. The helper demands higher pay and deserts; the three remaining men cache supplies, scout a steep ravine as a possible exit to the plateau, and then suffer a dangerous capsize on the Fraser that nearly drowns Porter and scatters their gear. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/throughtrackless00pricuoft/page/n9/mode/2up 20201109052247prichard 1911 GB Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Labrador (N.L.) -- Description and travel F1001 Text Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing 587783 2025-07-30T06:49:10.256678 text/html 537608 2025-05-21T17:08:37 text/html 3846928 2025-07-30T06:49:22.743658 application/epub+zip 3843559 2025-07-30T06:49:13.612633 application/epub+zip 430320 2025-07-30T06:49:11.695689 application/epub+zip 4643398 2025-07-30T06:49:28.857583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4575978 2025-07-30T06:49:20.918602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464242 2025-07-30T06:49:08.368728 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 444261 2025-05-21T17:08:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15408 2025-07-30T06:49:29.031562 application/rdf+xml 18622 2025-07-30T06:49:12.099660 image/jpeg 2596 2025-07-30T06:49:11.897656 image/jpeg 4221596 2025-07-30T06:49:10.616709 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia