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EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH 



very different light after I had lived a few months under similar 

 conditions in the Far North. 



The term " Far North " is applied to the Territory beyond the 

 Great Slave Lake. The " Northwest " is between the Red River 

 and the Athabasca River, beyond which lies the "North." All 

 is included in the " Northern Department" of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company, which has subdivided it into some half dozen 

 fur districts. 



