Word: caribou
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Edward Balch Barr, in an interesting stereopticon lecture in the Union yesterday evening, told of his adventures on the Labrador coast last summer. The object of his expedition was to capture some caribou fawns to be introduced into a herd of reindeer which Dr. Grenfell had imported from Norway, but in this undertaking he was unsuccessful owing to a combination of misfortunes. Landing in Newfoundland in early June, he and his companion crossed the island by railroad and walking, to Trollingate, in order to intercept the St. John's steamer on her northward journey to Labrador. However, as the vessel...
...passed, and they were able to travel in some comfort. So, after penetrating into the country for some distance, they crossed over the barrens into Blue Lake and from there followed the outlet down to its confluence with the main river. During all this time, they saw no caribou, so rightly judging that it was too late in the season, and that the caribou had gone farther south, they returned to the shore...
...months' trip in Labrador and North Newfoundland, where his work consisted largely of exploration, and where in the course of the summer he covered many hundred miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior using reindeer as pack animals. The expedition was mainly in search of young caribou, to be captured alive and brought to a post of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Mission at St. Anthony, Newfoundland, in the hope of introducting them into a large herd of domestic reindeer...
...given in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow at 8 o'clock. Mr. Barr has just returned from a six month's trip in Labrador and North Newfoundland, where he worked with Dr. Grenfell. The particular purpose of Mr. Barr's expedition was a search for young caribou to be taken alive in the hope that they might be domesticated and so become of use to the summer, he covered hundreds of miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior of the country, coming in close contact with the natives...
...League of American Sportsmen, gave an illustrated lecture last evening in the Union on "Snow Slides in the Canadian Rockies." The views thrown on the screen were unusually excellent, especially those of the snow-capped peaks and glaciers of British Columbia. The illustrations of moose, elk, and caribou in their native haunts added much to an interesting discussion of the present state of game preservation on the North American continent...