Lost Land of The Caribou

If only I were seventeen again instead of more than seventy, I would turn my face northward today. With jackpine and white moss around me, a pack of timber wolves howling a successful kill under a cold, bright moon, even with blowing snow rousing me from sleep beside my campfire at some narrows, I would again have the freedom and contentment that only a trapper knows. It's the best life there is ........ Ed Theriau

Trapping in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada By Ed Theriau, as told to Patricia Armstrong Illustrated by John Patrick Westburg
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Introduction	Let me tell you a Story	Trial and Error
Camping Out	Caribou	Fishing
The Chipewyans	White Men in the North	Sleigh Dogs
On The Trapline	Chipewyan Culture	Travel in the North
Horses	Moose	Bears
Northern Killers	Birds of Spring	Conclusion
Photographs 1	Photographs 2	Photographs 3
Photographs 4	Photographs 5	Alone in the Wilderness
Wilderness Part 2	Silence and Solitude	Fur Trade Video

More Trapping Stories from Northern Saskatchewan, Canada
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Northern Trapper	William A. A. Jay	John Hedlund
Joe Anstett Part 1	Joe Anstett - Part 2	Joe Anstett - Part 3
George Abbott	George Abbott-Part 2	Lefty McLeod
Far North Trapper	Mink and Fish	Birch

Theriau Lake, Northern Saskatchewan.

Close Lake, Northern Saskatchewan.