Disappointment River : finding and losing the Northwest Passage

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"In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie travelled the 1,125 miles of the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage, only to confront impassable pack ice. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey--and discovered the Passage he could not find. Disappointment River is a dual historical narrative and travel memoir that at once transports readers bac...

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Castner, Brian Travel Northwest Territories Mackenzie River

Mackenzie River (N.W.T.) Description and travel

Mackenzie, Alexander, 1764-1820 Travel Northwest Territories Mackenzie River

Northwest Passage Description and travel

Northwest Passage Discovery and exploration

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ISBN:

9780771023972
9780771023958

Description:

334 pages ; 21 cm

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Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

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2646577

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