A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador An Account Of The Exploration Of The Nascaupee And George Rivers By Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Junior
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The Movements Of The Barren Ground Caribou Of Labrador Have Never
Been Observed In The Interior As They Have Been In The Country West
Of Hudson Bay.
So far as I can learn I alone, save the Indians,
have witnessed the great migration there; but from such information
as I was able to gather later at the coast, their movements appear
to be as erratic as those of the caribou of northern Canada.
[See
Warburton Pike's "Barren Grounds of Northern Canada".]
From Mr. John Ford, the Agent of the Hudson's Bay Company's Post at
the mouth of the George River, I learned that they cross in the
neighbourbood of the post at different times of the year. He has
seen them there in July and August, in October and November, in
January, February, and March. They are seen only a few days in the
summer time, but in winter stay much longer - sometimes two months.
In 1903 they were near the post all through February and March. On
one occasion in the summer one of Mr. Ford's Eskimo hunters went to
look for caribou, and after walking nearly all day turned home,
arriving shortly before midnight, but without having found a trace
of deer. The next morning at three o'clock they were running about
on the hills at the post in such numbers that without trouble as
many could be killed as were desired.
From the George River post they hunt west for the caribou, which
are more often found in the vicinity of Whale River post than at
either George River or Fort Chimo to the west.
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