In this stunning and original novel, John Steffler has recreated a lost time and place, and has given life to an enigmatic figure from Canada’s 18th-century past. source
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“His cargoes wouldn't completely repay his debts, but they would impress his creditors, bringing investment for his next trip out, for expanding his operations on the Labrador coast… Some gifts of furs and curios for the men on the Board of Trade, and for Cartwright sole right to fish and hunt in the watersheds of the St. Lewis River and the Alexis River, and eventually Sandwich Bay.”
The novel names the St. Lewis River, Alexis River, and Sandwich Bay — the three nodes of Cartwright's actual Labrador trading operation, and namesake of the modern town of Cartwright.
John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright (M&S, 1992), publisher Look-Inside preview — source
