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Legends--Alberta--Grande Cache Region
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Grande Cache, Alberta: Grande Cache Historical Society, 2002
Legends of Grande Cache and the Yellowhead
Deenik, J. (Jack)
,
Wuorinen, Richard
,
Guest, Robert
,
Grande Cache Historical Society
Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Grande Cache: what's in a name?
The demise of the "Terrible Lizards"
When fish fly
The ice free corridor
The "Indian" spirit house
The origin of the Cree
The "Chippeway" of Jarvis Lake
Edward W. Jarvis: a visitor of note
The crafty raven
Secak: a story of courage and tragedy
The legend of Weentigo
The Grande Cache Iroquois
The Sun Traveller: Louis Callihoo (Kwarakwante)
Tete Jaune: The man and the region
Exodus and the quest for land
Ewan Moberly and the great trek
How Victor Lake was named
A gathering of wolves
The corpse with the Russian gold
The golden eagles of Eagle's Nest Pass
Adolphus Moberly: The mountain man
The grizzly: king of the mountains
Adam Joachim: a man for all seasons
Vincent Wanyandie: an Iroquois patriarch
The last of the mountain "buffalo"
The "snow eating" chinooks
The two graves of Solomon Caraconte
Kakwa: the porcupine
Big graves: story of Pierre Delorme
Mount Louis and its namesake
Thappe: the death of a patriarch
Moswa: the unpredictable moose
Washy Joe: What's in a name?
The "My-tee" bighorn sheep
The wickiup: a tipi for the mountains
The tipi: from the plains to the mountains
The typical fur or food cache
The Spanish Plague: a deadly flu
The fog walker of Copton Ridge
The gray ghosts of the Rocky Mountains
Pierre Grey: the entrepreneur
Ode to the log cabin
The pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne
"Smiling" Johnny Moyese: the local Shuswap
James Shand Harvey: adventurer
The pack rat: thief of the mountains
Fred Kvass: the man, the meadow, the mountain
Muskwa: the black bear
The almost abduction of Mildred Shaw
The eclectic life of Stan Clark
Dangerous crossing
The elk relocation program
Felix Plante: The outfitter
Albert Norris: "The mayor of Muskeg"
Abandoned cabin at McDonald Flats
Fletcher Smith: trader of Grande Cache
The Unruhs from Hinton Trail
"No black, put it back"
Emma Nickerson and the gravel truck
On the Hinton Trail
The ten commandments of the trail
Excerpts from Gerry Andrews' diary
Willmore Wilderness Park: conservation versus development
Adams Creek Lookout
Deome Findlay: the guide with a sense of humour
To a missing burning barrel
Carcajou: the wolverine
Grizzlies in the woodlot
The legend of Casket Creek
Dry Canyon Trail
Forget-Me-Not Pass
The elusive cougar
A good night for echoes
Our local Aboriginal movie stars
The rodeos and Charming Billy
The Grande Cache dinosaur tracks
The Cree "wapiti"
Fatal plane crash at Kakwa Lake
Attach on Mount Ambler
The magic of "Granny" Joachim
The Smoky: our last wild river
The flood of '72
Fire at Corral Creek!
Willmore Wilderness Wanderers: the legend of the Golden Toenails
Passport to the peaks
Charon travels the Rockies
A select bibliography
Index
About the authors
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