Author: Hudson's Bay Company; Helen Burgess (ed.); Carol Preston (assist. ed.)
Title: The Beaver: Magazine of the North, Spring 1984
Description: Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay House, 1984. Periodical, 8.5 x 11 stapled illustrated wrappers, illustrated throughout in black and white and colour with numerous photos, art, diagrams and maps, 63pp. Cover: Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron Wahlenb), a Rhododendron which grows in the extreme northern part of Manitoba. For approximately 10 days, from mid-June to the beginning of July, tundra and ridge are flushed pink with the flowers of this dwarf shrub which grows about four inches high. Contents of this issue: The Last Coureurs de Bois by Harry Duckworth; Placer Mining by M.G. Treilhard; Unbuttoning the History of Fort Riviere Tremblante by E. Leigh Syms and Pamela Smith; Storm-Bound in Spring by David Olesen; Krugerdorf by Brenda Lee-Whiting, Carvers of the Sagkeeng; Ben-My_Chree, a Garden in the Wilderness by Leslie Cole; The Exotic Flowers of Churchill by Linda Fairfield; Bottlenose Whaling in the Arctic Part II: The Norwegians by Randall Reeves; and Northern Books. A very good copy. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

Keywords: Beaver Magazine Hudsons Bay Company; Lapland Rosebay Rhododendron Wahlenb, Last Coureurs de Bois; Placer Mining Treilhard; History Fort Riviere Tremblante Leigh Syms Pamela Smith; Krugerdorf Brenda Lee-Whiting, Carvers Sagkeeng; Ben-My-Chree Garden Wilder


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