Journey Through The Northern Peninsula Of Newfoundland

To illustrate Mattie's reknown as a guide I have included the paper - "Notes On A Journey Through The Northern Peninsula Of Newfoundland" by H.C. Thomson, appearing in The Geographical Journal, August, 1905; No.2 Vol.XXIV, pp 187 - 198. A photocopy of the paper was sent to me by C.M. Martijn Dec. 1999.

The paper is interesting for several reasons:

I have arbitrarily broken the paper into four parts, hopefully to better adapt it to this medium.


Preparation for the Journey

The Journey

The Map

Final Thoughts


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