Churchill Hudson Bay
Subtitle: a guide to natural and cultural heritage
By: by Lorraine E. Brandson
Contributors: Catholic Church. Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay; Eskimo Museum
Publisher: Churchill Eskimo Museum; Churchill Eskimo Museum, Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Churchill, Man
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780986937101
Subjects: Guidebooks; Natural history; Cultural property; Native peoples; Antiquities; Sciences naturelles; Guides; Biens culturels; Autochtones; Antiquités
Other titles: Churchill, Hudson Bay
Notes: Co-published by Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-381) and index.

Includes some text in Cree, Inuktitut, and Sayisi-Dene.
Table of contents: title: 1. Chronology of Churchill; title: 2. Aboriginal footprints on frozen horizons; title: Early occupations by Palaeo-Eskimos [Paleo-Eskimos, Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule]; title: The Caribou Inuit [Qamutiik-sled, Iglu [igloo]; title: The Sayisi-Dene (People under the Sun) and the Maskekowininiwak (Swampy Cree) [Indians, Native peoples, First Nations; title: Place Names, seasonal cycle]; title: A new nation; title: the Metis [Bannock recipe (p.38)]; title: 3. Henry Hudson; title: 4. The Fur trade era [importance of beaver]; title: Prince of Wales Fort [construction, layout, life of Hudson Bay Company employees]; title: Cape Merry; title: Sloop Cove; title: York Factory (1684-1957); title: Churchill Post life 1783 to the 1930s [York boat, routes, region mail packets, Inuit sled dogs (p. 88+); title: 5. Streets of Churchill; title: 6. Steel tracks and grain [Hudson Bay Railway]; title: Hudson Bay as a transportation route; title: 7. Geology and paleontology; title: 8. Atmospheric Science and Astronomy [historic temperatures, Arctic mirages, sun dogs, Northern lights; title: Aurora borealis, Aboriginal interpretations]; title: Hudson Bay [sea ice, freeze-up, tides]; title: Northern ecology [tundra, taiga, peats; title: fens; title: bogs, flora; title: plants; title: herbs, mosses, lichens, berries]; title: Diversity of life; title: Vertebrates : Sea mammals [whales, whaling, seals, polar bears], land mammals [shrews, hares, squirrels, beavers, lemmings, wolves, foxes, wolverines, lynx, deer, caribou, moose, muskox], birds, fish, amphibians; title: Invertebrates : terrestrial arthropods [mosquitos, flies]