History is Where You Stand

Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends

     

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6-001: How the Indians first got their Dogs

6-002: A Foundling Befriended by Wolves

6-003: The Mermaid -- A Sikanni Tale

6-004: The Blind Hunter

6-005: Flying Wonder

6-006: The Magic Gifts

6-007: The Orphan Hero -- A Carrier Tale

6-008: The Revenge of the Mountain Goats

6-009: A Weesakaychak Tale [Harry Ellis, Pelican Reserve]

6-010: John Noel Patch-Bennett -- A Wilderness Death

6-011: A Trek Through the Northern Wilderness [1973]

6-012: Ordeal in the Wilderness [George Hunter]

6-013: Dangerous Trapping [Frank Parr]

6-014: Mercy Mission to Rocky Mountain Lake [Bill Warn]

6-015: Early Cree Life -- How things have changed!

6-018: A Ghost Story told by William Joseph

Some more recent adventures

BN06-01: 81 Days of Paddling

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 In 1934 a French adventurer, Charles Bedeau, tried to explore the Rocky Mountain Trench using tracked vehicles. The expedition was a failure although it kept a number of local guides and packers employed and amused.

Image courtesy BC Archives -- Call Number I-33250

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