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by Mike Murtha (Editor), Charles Helm (Editor)

In the winter of 1874-75, Edward Worrell Jarvis (1846-1894) and Charles Francis Hanington (1848-1930) survived an exacting expedition on behalf of the Canadian Pacific Survey from Quesnel, British Columbia, to Winnipeg, Manitoba. It led them over the northern Rocky Mountains through what would come to be known as Jarvis Pass and eventually onto the Canadian plains. The trip took them 116 days and covered over 3,000 kilometres, of which almost 1,500 kilometres were on snowshoes. Through An Unknown Country: The Jarvis - Hanington Winter Expedition Through The Northern Rockies, 1874-1875 brings together the detailed day-to-day reports of Jarvis and the more entertaining narrative of the epic journey by Hanington into a single volume for the first time. Recounting harrowing treks through deep mountains, dense valleys, open foothills and wide prairie, this highly readable adventure story of mountaineering and discovery can most certainly be read alongside the better-known journals of Alexander Mackenzie, Simon Fraser, David Thompson and Paul Kane.

Enhanced with archival photographs and illustrations, historians Mike Murtha and Charles Helm have brought together the gripping details of a forgotten 19th-century winter expedition that will transport readers to a frozen world of snowshoes and dog teams, of sextants and compasses and moccasins, a world devoid of the ability to call for help when needed.

Author Biography

Mike Murtha has worked for both Parks Canada and BC Parks and was the planner for Banff National Park until his retirement in 2012. He, along with Charles Helm, is the co-editor of The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies (RMB 2010). Mike lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Charles Helm is a medical doctor originally from South Africa, the author of four books on the Tumbler Ridge area, and, along with Mike Murtha, is the co-editor of The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies (RMB 2010). Charles lives in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
Number of Pages: 344
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: December 08, 2015
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