Bailey, Katharine
Summary: Radisson and des Groseilliers were French explorers and fur traders. Their discoveries led to the creation of the Hudson Bay Company, Canada's oldest corporation and one of the oldest merchant companies in the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Our film begins in high summer in Hudson Bay in Canada's Far North, where polar bears have learned to ambush beluga whales, which visit warm river estuaries to breed. It's a crucial time window, at a difficult time of year. In the vast swathes of tundra, a pair of Arctic foxes gather and bury snow geese eggs, and hunt the chicks, for their fast-growing pups. And in Canada's Bay of Fundy, which...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CANMicklos, John
Summary: "English explorer Henry Hudson had long searched for a quicker, northern sailing route from Europe to Asia. Three previous expeditions had failed. In 1610, he embarked again to find the fabled Northwest Passage. But when icy waters stranded Hudson and the Discovery in a bay for the winter, tensions flared. The crew lost faith in their captain's leadership and began to plot...mutiny! Told...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 MICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.92 MICShoalts, Adam
Summary: When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone before. What he discovered surprised even him. Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness. He had hacked his way through jungles and swamp, had stared down polar bears and climbed mountains. But one spot on the map called out to him irresistibly: the Hudson Bay...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHOALTS, ADAM SHOSummary: Robert Flaherty's classic film tells the story of Inuit hunter Nanook and his family as they struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of Canada's Hudson Bay region. Enormously popular when released in 1922, Nanook of the North is a cinematic milestone that continues to enchant audiences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Reel Enterprises 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NANWhitelaw, Ian
Summary: "Mushers and their dogs race through wind, ice, and snow. Climb aboard!"--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED WHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED WHI3rd Coast
Contents: Wondering why -- Shenandoah smile -- Halfway to Mackinaw -- Stand up boys -- So much music -- Along the rim -- Monterey -- This is your land -- Young America -- Hudson Bay song -- Irish soldier song
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Full Circle
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL THIBarghoorn, Linda
Summary: "Swamps, bogs, marshes are all wetland biomes teaming with life. Located on every continent except Antarctica, wetlands are diverse and necessary for a healthy planet. Readers will enjoy learning about swamp creatures such as alligators and snakes, and the many kinds of fish and plants that thrive in wetlands."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: There's no getting around it. Land is the biggest sticking point in the relationship between Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the "settler" population. Who owns it, benefits from it, gets to say when, if and how it gets developed? These questions are all the more crucial because the lands in dispute sit on a treasure-trove of resources, which the world is eager to buy from Canada. But don't...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Skellenger, Chris.
Contents: If I could be your age again -- Where there's a will -- This song is not about you -- Hudson Bay -- Lost at sea -- Beyond the blue horizon -- Last country dance -- Everyday I love you -- Go on home -- Better in mind -- Listenin' to the wind -- Give back song.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Full Circle Recording, Inc. 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL SKESummary: It searched for the mythical Northwest Passage. It clashed with American interests during the War of 1812. It even had a hand in the division of Oregon. This program chronicles the epic history of the Hudson's Bay Company, the world's oldest continuous commercial enterprise still in existence. Adapted from Peter C. Newman's best-seller and narrated by former NewsHour anchor Robert MacNeil, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Join veteran guides and conservation officers as they keep tourists and wildlife photographers safe while the guides are providing up-close access to the 1,000 polar bears that migrate every fall through Churchill, Manitoba, a Northern frontier town on Canada's Hudson Bay.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2015