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Article: "Behold me a sojourner in the wilderness": early encounters with the Georgian Bay. (1).
- Article from:
- Michigan Historical Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
- Author:
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Strangely, perhaps, we often forget to include the Georgian Bay when we think of the Great Lakes. (2) But the Georgian Bay, which was the first of the lakes to be encountered by Europeans, has played an integral part in the history of the region and continental expansion. This was particularly the case during the period of exploration, when maritime and overland surveying were driven by military necessity and demands for boundary definition. So the early historical record is largely a cartographic one, comprised of maps, travelogues, and survey reports. These offer a fascinating mixture of documentation and interpretation: travelers and surveyors attempted to measure the ...