Map showing the location of North West River in Newfoundland and Labrador
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North West River

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Map location of North West River

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  • Cover of Nitinikiau Innusi by Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue
    subjectNitinikiau Innusi

    Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue

    CBC's interview with Penashue at the U Manitoba Press launch explicitly anchors a North West River diary entry to the Labrador Interpretation Centre and Queen Elizabeth's visit.

  • Cover of A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador by Mina Hubbard
    settingA Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

    Mina Hubbard

    Hubbard's own 1908 narrative anchors the expedition's departure verbatim: "It was 3.15 P.M., July 27th, when the last details of preparation were completed, and we were ready to start, with all Northwest River to see us off."

  • Cover of The Woman Who Mapped Labrador by Mina Benson Hubbard
    subjectThe Woman Who Mapped Labrador

    Mina Benson Hubbard

    Hubbard's own 1908 narrative anchors the expedition departure verbatim: "It was 3.15 P.M., July 27th, when the last details of preparation were completed, and we were ready to start, with all Northwest River to see us off." The 2005 MQUP volume publishes the unguarded expedition diary on which the 1908 book is based.

  • subjectWoman of Labrador

    Elizabeth Goudie

    The Government of NL news release identifies Goudie's place in the Mulligan / North West River literary line; Woman of Labrador is the canonical settler-trapper memoir of the Hamilton Inlet area.

References

  1. 1.Nitinikiau Innusi: Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, Nitinikiau Innusi (U Manitoba Press, 2019), via John Gaudi, CBC Newfoundland & Labrador (5 May 2019)
  2. 2.A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador: Mina Benson Hubbard, A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador (1908; Project Gutenberg edition #4266), primary source for the 1905 expedition departing Northwest River.
  3. 3.Woman of Labrador: Elizabeth Goudie, Woman of Labrador (Peter Martin Associates, 1973), via Government of NL news release on Lydia Campbell ceremony