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The walkers of the North
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Crossing the Barren Grounds across the taïga and the tundra |
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Samuel Hearne |
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![Samuel Hearne](images/Samuel_Hearne.jpg) | Samuel Hearne (1745-1792), the walker of the North
Samuel Hearne, an explorer and a
fur trader of the Hudson Bay Company, was looking
for the North-West passage by rivers and seas. “The Walker of
the North” succeeded in the first crossing trough the tundra departing from
Churchill, on the Hudson Bay, between 1770 and 1772. We
came upon his travel narrative partly due to the French
sailor, La Pérouse. Hearne was imprisoned
in Prince -of-Wales Harbor in 1782 by La Pérouse, who confiscated
his notes. Yet,
La Pérouse gave back his writings to
Hearne on the condition that they were to be
published. The narrative
only came out in 1792, a few days before Samuel
Hearne's death. Learn more on Samuel Hearne with wikipedia
In
Yellowknife, the visitor can see the two references to Hearne's
journey, the Hearne Hill Road in the Old Town and the Matonabee Street
close to the city centre.
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| Marie-Hélène Fraïssé
Marie Hélène Fraïssé is the godmother of the expedition.
Journalist, writer and reporter, she is passioned with first nations people and north american cultures.
Radio producer at France Culture, she is the author of many
books upon north america exploration and history. She has establisehd
the french edition of the Samuel Hearne's journal in 2002. She won the price Champlain in 2006 for her overall achievements.
Bibliography
- A Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean, by Samuel Hearne.
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