A Ski Ascent of the Shickshocks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4644632 |
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| Authors | B J Marden, Brice Marden (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145 |
| Publication date | 1929-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1783528 |
| OpenAlex | W2314998480 |
| Language | EN |
ON 12 January 1928, at 10.30 a.m., I left Matane in Matane County, Quebec, and skied the 50 odd miles along the coast to Cap Chat. Matane is the end of a light railway, and the road to Cap Chat runs along the coast, continuing through Gaspe around the peninsula. I reached Cap Chat at 3.30 p.m. on the following day, after passing the night at a farm. At that time I believed Mount Logan to be the highest peak in the Shickshocks. It was shown as such on my big-scale map, and I was given the same information locally. I accordingly hired a hunter, by name Ustazade Thibault, and in spite of considerable local misgivings as to the possibility of making the trip
Aeronautics · Geography · Engineering · French Urban and Social Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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