NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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Saxifraga decipiens qroenlandica 



Saxifraga tricuspidata 



Saxifraga aizoides 



Saxifraga flagellaris 



Saxifraga oppositifolia 



Dryas octopetala 



Dryas integrifolia 



Potentilla pulchella 



Poientilla nivea 



Potentilla rubrica^ilis 



Potentilla vahliana 



Potentilla emarginata 



Rubus chamaemorus 



Lupinus arcticus 



Astragalus alpinus 



Astragalus aboriginorum 



Oxytropis campestris 



Oxytropis nigrescens 



Oxytropis arctobia 



Hedysarum mackenzii 



Hedysarum alpinum 



Empetrum nigrum 



Epilobium latifolium 



Epilobium angusti folium 



Hippuris vulgaris 



Pyrola grandiflora 



Ledum pains tre 



Rhododendron lapponicum 



Loiseleuria procumbens 



Cassiope tetragona 



Arctostaphylos alpina 



Vaccinium uliginosum microphylla 



Primula borealis 



Androsace chamaejasme 



Androsace septentrionalis 



Statice armeria sibirica 



Phlox richardsonii 



Polemonium boreale 



Mertensia maritima 



Castilleja pallida 



Pedicularis lapponica 



Pedicularis hirsuta 



Pedicularis sudetica 



Pedicularis arctica 



Pedicularis lanata 



Pedicularis capitata 



Campanula uniflora 



Erigeron uniflorus 



Erigeron compositus 



Artennaria alpina 



Matricaria inodora grandiflora 



Chrysanthemum integrifolium 



Petasites frigida 



Arnica alpina 



Senecio palustris 



Senecio frigidus 



Taraxacum ceratophorum 



Crepis nana 



Preserved areas. Within the area here 

 classed under the term Arctic Islands, 

 two preserved areas have recently been 

 created by the Canadian Government. 

 These cover the entire areas of Banks 

 Island and Victoria Island respectively. 



Like the areas established at the same 

 time in the Mackenzie Basin and along 

 Backs River, hunting and trapping by 

 natives is allowed, but the areas are 

 closed against hunting by white men. 

 This will exclude sportsmen but will 

 still allow the natives to make legitimate 

 use of the game, a vital necessity since 

 the areas in question comprise the 

 hereditary hunting grounds of either 

 Indians or Eskimo, who are almost 

 entirely dependent on the chase for their 

 subsistence, clothing, and equipment. 



Banks Island: Banks Island contains 

 an area of about 26,000 sq. mi. It was 

 formerly the home of large numbers of 

 musk oxen, but these are believed to be 

 now extirpated. Many caribou are still 

 found, while the Arctic fox is the only 

 fur bearer of importance. The island 

 is also the breeding ground of large 

 numbers of geese, principally snow geese, 

 several species of the more northerly- 

 breeding ducks, large numbers of shore- 

 birds of several species, and ptarmigan. 



Victoria Island: The principal large 

 game of Victoria Island is the caribou. 

 The muskox appears not to have inhab- 

 ited the island, at least within historic 

 times, excepting limited areas near its 

 northern shores where it is still found. 

 Victoria Island has an area of over 74,000 

 sq. mi., and like Banks Island is the 

 summer home of great numbers of geese, 

 ducks, and shorebirds. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The following list includes a few of the 

 more important titles referring to 

 northern North America, excluding 

 Alaska, Greenland, eastern Franklin, 

 and the Ungava Peninsula, with special 

 reference to topography and natural 

 history. In titles by the author here 

 listed (1902, 1908), may be found fuller 

 lists of publications relating to most of 

 the areas therein treated. 



1795. Hearne, Samuel. A Journey 

 from Prince of Wales's Fort in 

 Hudson's Bay to the Northern 

 Ocean. Undertaken by Order 

 of the Hudson's Bay Company, 

 for the Discovery of Copper 



