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  "Extracts from Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ...
The Ungava district proper is the area embraced by the watershed whose outflow drains into Ungava bay.
The north-western portion of the district is a great area abounding in abrupt hills and precipitous mountains of various heights.
The interior of the district is excessively vaned by ridges and spurs of greater or less elevation.
www.heritage.nf.ca /law/lab5/labvol5_2628.html   (2430 words)

  
 Quebec - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The addition of parts of the vast and scarcely populated District of Ungava of the Northwest Territories between 1898 and 1912 created the modern Province of Quebec.
Quebec is bordered by the province of Ontario, James Bay and Hudson Bay to the west, the provinces of New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the north.
The Inuit continue to fish, whale, and seal in the harsh Arctic climate along the coasts of Hudson and Ungava Bay.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Quebec   (3332 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News
The electoral commission actually proposed enlarging the present district of Ungava instead of dividing it up and creating a new, smaller district for Nunavik.
The southern portion of Ungava, which includes the communities of Chibougamou, Chapais, Matagami and Quevillion, is predominately French-speaking and has in the past strongly supported the PQ.
The northern portion of Ungava, however, which includes the Cree and Inuit communities, has around 11,000 potential voters who have traditionally supported Liberal Party candidates.
www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut010331/nvt10316_16.html   (333 words)

  
 About the Arctic Studies Center
Having pursued northern studies since the 1850s, the Smithsonian possesses one of the world's finest anthropological collections from arctic and sub-arctic regions.
Between 1858 and 1890, the majority of these collections were collected by naturalists from the Mackenzie District, Ungava, Baffin Island, Coppermine, Alaska and Siberia.
Research at the Arctic Studies Center seeks to bring ASC researchers together with community scholars in the collaborative exploration of the cultural heritage represented in these impressive collections.
www.mnh.si.edu /arctic/html/about.html   (143 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Extracts from reports on the district of Ungava, recently added to the province of Quebec under the ...
Find in a Library: Extracts from reports on the district of Ungava, recently added to the province of Quebec under the name of the territory of New Quebec.
Extracts from reports on the district of Ungava, recently added to the province of Quebec under the name of the territory of New Quebec.
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 Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory Illustrated Paperback - SHOP.COM
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory Illustrated Paperback - SHOP.COM
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory Illustrated Paperback
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 IASSA IPY Jensen submission
Together, John Murdoch's Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition (1892) and Turner's Ethnology of the Ungava District (1894) form the intellectual bedrock of northern native studies in their respected regions.
The project's value will be enduring and will only grow through time, as happened with the material collected during the 1st IPY, leaving a legacy for future generations of researchers.
1894 Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory.
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 Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory - Books
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Especially notable for Lucien Turner's descriptions of nineteenth-century Native material culture, Ethnology of the Ungava District was originally published in 1894 as part of the Smithsonian's Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology series -- often considered to mark the beginning of American anthropological studies.
This reissue, with an insightful new introduction, ensures that Turner's work continues to be a classic introduction to the culture of the Innu and Inuit people of northern Quebec and Labrador.
www.wensstyle.com /product/0773522824.html   (114 words)

  
 Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory:1560989653:Turner, Lucien M.; Loring, Stephen:eCampus.com
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory:1560989653:Turner, Lucien M.; Loring, Stephen:eCampus.com
Especially notable for Lucien Turner's descriptions of nineteenth-century Native material culture, Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory was originally published in 1894 as part of the Smithsonian's Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology series -- often considered to mark the beginning of American anthropological studies.
Lucien Turner arrived at the present-day community of Kuujjuaq on the northern Quebec-Labrador peninsula in 1882, primarily to conduct meteorological, atmospheric, and tidal observations for the U.S. Army's Signal Corps.
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?ISBN=1560989653   (275 words)

  
 Ungava, by R.M. Ballantyne, Chapter 23   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On the evening of the same day, Stanley had much difficulty in overcoming the reserve of the Indians, so as to procure information regarding the interior; and it was not until their hearts were opened by the influence of tobacco, that they condescended to give the required information.
This was to the effect that there were not many fur-bearing animals in the immediate vicinity of Ungava, but that there were a good many in the wooded country lying to the southward and eastward.
The traders of Ungava were once more left in solitude, and from this time forward, until the winter set in, they devoted all their energies to laying up a stock of provisions sufficient to last till spring.
www.athelstane.co.uk /ballanty/ungava/ungav23.htm   (2867 words)

  
 Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory
Especially notable for Lucien Turner's descriptions of nineteenth-century Native material culture, Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory was originally published in 1894 as part of the Smithsonian's Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology series - publications that are often considered to mark the beginning of American anthropological studies.
Lucien Turner arrived at the community known today as Kuujjuaq, on the northern Quebec-Labrador peninsula, in 1882.
Stephen Loring is an anthropologist at the Arctic Studies Center of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
www.mqup.mcgill.ca /book.php?bookid=492   (312 words)

  
 books about: esquimaux-land (ungava)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Ballantyne's Ungava is a terrifying, illuminating tale, based on real events as the first trading post in the Land of the Esquimaux is established on Ungava Bay.
The first Europeans that far north encounter both Native Americans and Esquimaux-with often grisly and inexplicable result-but therein lies its utter truth unvarnished and fascinating,...
Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava...
www.very-clever.com /books/esquimaux-land   (102 words)

  
 Caribou Expedition  -  Fishing North America  -  Quebec Labrador
Description : Located North of the tree line, in Quebec's vast Ungava district, some 800 miles North of Montreal.
The camps are situated between latitudes 55o and 57o in the Lake Cambrian area and around the Caniapiscau River and Wakuach Lake, directly North of Schefferville this is home of the number 1 caribou in Boone and Crockett, the number one Safari Club International, and home of number 1-2-3-4-5 of Pope & Young.
The fully bilingual guides who work for Ungava Bay are experienced caribou hunters.
www.fishingnorthamerica.com /fishingnorth103.htm   (250 words)

  
 ooBdoo
This was followed by the addition of the District of Ungava through the Quebec Boundaries Extension Act of 1912 that added the northernmost lands of the aboriginal Inuit to create the modern Province of Quebec.
Lawrence Iroquoians lived more settled lives, planting squash and maize in the fertile soils of St. Lawrence Valley.
These peoples traded fur and food, and sometimes warred with each other.
www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Quebec   (4335 words)

  
 books about: ungava (anthropology evolutionary foundations)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
ETHNOLOGY UNGAVA DISTRICT PB (Classics of Smithsonian Anthropology)
This reissue, with an insightful new introduction, ensures that Turner's work continues to be a classic introduction to...
Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh;...
www.very-clever.com /books/ungava   (376 words)

  
 barnes-pubs.htm
Mayr, U., Uyeno, T.T. and Barnes, C.R. Surface stratigraphy, conodont zonation, and organic metamorphism of the Lower Paleozoic succession, Bjorne Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin.
Barnes, C.R. Ordovician conodonts from the Ship Point and Bad Cache Rapids Formations, Melville Peninsula, Southeastern District of Franklin.
Workum, R., Bolton, T.E., and Barnes, C.R. Ordovician geology of Akpatok Island, Ungava Bay, District of Franklin.
web.uvic.ca /seos/people/barnes-pubs.htm   (2713 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: A fur trader's photographs: A.A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-4: Books: William James   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Amazon.ca: A fur trader's photographs: A.A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-4: Books: William James
A fur trader's photographs: A.A. Chesterfield in the District of Ungava, 1901-4 (Hardcover)
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
amazon.ca /fur-traders-photographs-Chesterfield-District/dp/0773505938   (230 words)

  
 Caribou Expedition  -  Quebec Labrador
Located North of the tree line, in Quebec's vast Ungava district, some 800 miles North of Montreal.
Dates Open : August 1 to October 1
Northern Pike, Salmon, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Caribou, Full Service, Fly-in, Guides, Quebec Labrador, Quebec Labrador, Full Service, Fly-in, Guides Caribou, Full Service, Fly-in, Guides, Located North of the tree line, in Quebec's vast Ungava district, some 800 miles North of Montreal.
www.internetsportshow.com /fullserv/caribouexpedition.htm   (241 words)

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