Faces: People, Places, and Cultures articles from February 2004

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures archives from February 2004

Editor's message.(Editorial)
February 1, 2004... Dear Reader, The word "cordillera" means a large chain of mountains or mountain ranges, usually the continent's most dominant. North America's Cordillera region is in the western portion of the continent and includes the Rocky Mountains....

Cordillera region of Canada.(At a Glance)(Cover Story)
February 1, 2004... Location: Pacific coast of western Canada. Includes portions of British Columbia (along with its coastal islands), Alberta, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories. Terrain: The majority of the region is composed of numerous rugged...

The toughest sled dog race in the world.(Only In ...)
February 1, 2004... Imagine mushing a team of sled dogs 1,000 miles across the Canadian Cordillera through some of the toughest terrain and weather in North America. Each year that's what competitors do in the Yukon Quest, the most grueling sled race in the world....

In the know: look for the following people, places, and things in this issue.
February 1, 2004... Coast Mountains: Pacific coast mountain range that begins in southern California and extends to southeast Alaska. Inuit (EE-noo-it): Native people who live in the Arctic areas of Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. The word inuit means...

Canoes, camels, and cabooses: the history of transportation in Canada's Cordillera region.
February 1, 2004... Imagine the year is 1896. A gold miner is trying to reach the gold-fields. Between him and his dreams are the rugged mountains, miles of shoreline, and long, swift rivers of Canada's Cordillera region. He is lucky. Other people have been there...

Canada's Cordillera.(Through Time)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... A.D. 1000 Historians believe that Vikings visited parts of the Canadian Arctic. 1576 Englishman Sir Martin Frobisher records the first European expedition in the Northwest. 1700 Fur trading is big business. 1774 The first Spanish...

A tale of three rivers.
February 1, 2004... At the end of the 18th century, the land west of the Rocky Mountains was a mystery. Three rivers yet unknown to European explorers--the Mackenzie, the Columbia, and the Fraser--held the keys. Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Simon...

A hot discovery.
February 1, 2004... In the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway workers went looking for gold along the southeastern edge of the Montane Cordillera region. A trickle of warm water at the base of a snow-covered mountain caught their attention. Brothers Tom...

The Adams River sockeye salmon.
February 1, 2004... The Adams River, a 7.2-mile scenic waterway, is located 251 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean in central British Columbia. From Adams Lake, the Adams River flows south, emptying into Shuswap Lake. The beautiful riverside trail system of...

Busking through Canada.
February 1, 2004... Outside the marketplace in Vancouver, an oldies rock duo belts out Beatles and Elvis Presley songs and plays their guitars. Inside, an 11-year-old girl, surrounded by a small crowd, gives a violin recital--the classics. Both are part of the...

Bill Reid: artist and visionary.
February 1, 2004... British Columbia is rich in native crafts. The crafts tend to fall into two types: arts and handicrafts. The arts include painting, silverwork, and the carving of wood, argillite, and jade. Handicrafts include beadwork, sewing, weaving, and...

The Haida: fishermen and craftsmen.
February 1, 2004... The Haida are one of Canada's First Nations groups. They live On Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) an archipelago of islands off British Columbia's northwestern coast. In the early 19th century, the Haida population on the islands was about...

Inspired by the Yukon.
February 1, 2004... When the ship Excelsior dropped anchor in San Francisco harbor on July 15, 1897, it made front-page news around the world. Why was this ship different from the countless other ships that had docked there before it? It was loaded with gold. The...

A walk down writer's row.(Dawson City)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... In just two years, marshy swampland was transformed into a bustling city of 40,000 people. The year was 1896 and the town was Dawson City. It was built to accommodate the tens of thousands of gold-seekers who arrived after gold was discovered...

The value of a tree in British Columbia.
February 1, 2004... A tree is a tree anywhere, except in British Columbia, where it is almost always an evergreen. While a third of the province is snowcapped mountain peaks or high elevation alpine and tundra, about half of B.C. is covered in forest. No...

Fiery frustration.(Letters)
February 1, 2004... Red, small, rotting sphere Bursting with pressures; screaming, Explosive anger Jonathan Lin Morris Plains, New Jersey

Untitled.(Letters)
February 1, 2004... Sailing calmly, Some clouds. Tall trees, Muddy grounds. Birds in the sky, Wind in the air, Sun shining bright, Watching Boats sail. Alyssa Braver Warren, New Jersey

Different.(Letters)
February 1, 2004... You're the sun, And I'm the moon, But we shine over the same ground. And you're the sky, While I'm the sea, But you watch over me from above. Isn't there a saying that opposites attract? Well they do, and I'm glad. I know we'll never look...

Get out of the shower!(Letters)
February 1, 2004... I hope my sister gets out of the shower She's been in there for almost an hour! I hope she gets out soon, She'll wrinkle up like a prune! I'm sitting here and beginning to stink While her fingers are getting wrinkled and pink! I think...

Think about it ...
February 1, 2004... Like countless others, Jack London journeyed to the Klondike in search of gold. "Inspired by the Yukon" by Christine Graf on page 32 gives us a glimpse of what his life was like during this time period. Imagine that you are a young man or woman...

Face facts.
February 1, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Rocky Mountains are about 25 million years old--just babes compared to the Appalachian Mountains in eastern North America, which formed about 250 million years ago.

The Princess and the Mountain Dweller: a play based on a Haida Myth.
February 1, 2004... Characters: Narrator, Grandmother, Maada, Chief Woman, Mouse Woman, Little Princess, and Mountain Dweller Narrator: Long ago, along the mountainous northwest Pacific coast, a proud and spirited princess, named Maada, embarrassed her family....

Only in Canada! From the Colossal to the Kooky.(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... by Vivien Bowers Your funny hosts, the very Canadian Moose and Goose, take you on a whirlwind journey through Canada. The facts are not neatly organized, but that's part of the fun. Open up to any colorful page, and you'll learn about...

My Arctic Adventure: By Truck to the North.
February 1, 2004... by Andy Turnbull with Debora Pearson What's a modern trader's life like? Travel with long-distance trucker Bill Rutherford and his dog T.D. as they bring their load of groceries from Vancouver over huge mountains, through frosty forests,...

Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000.
February 1, 2004... by Anne Newlands The astounding diversity of Canada's artistic family surprises readers with each turn of the page in this large reference volume. The attractive format highlights the work of one artist on each page, with a brief written...

The Kids' Book of Canada's Railway and How the CPR Was Built.(Children's Review)
February 1, 2004... by Deborah Hodge Canada grew up into the country it is today when the Canadian Pacific Railway tied coast to coast. Completed in 1885, it was considered the longest, most expensive, most challenging railway in the world, due in no small...

Jack London.
February 1, 2004... by Tom Streissguth Jack London's books capture the spirit of the gold rush and the mood of the times. Young readers especially enjoy Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Stories of the North. This biography reveals more about London's own...

The Klondike Gold Rush.(Book Review)
February 1, 2004... by Donna Walsh Shepherd This book provides a nice overview for young readers who want to know more about the gold rush: the rugged landscape, the characters who flocked to it, and the adventures that would make or break thousands of...

Yukon transportation museum.(Places to Visit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Located on the Alaska Highway, this museum displays the types of transportation that helped people explore and travel around this rugged terrain, from moose-skin boats and snowshoes to dogsleds and stagecoaches. Displays include a full-size...

Jack London's cabin.(Places to Visit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Well, there are two, actually. Trappers rediscovered Jack London's Klondike cabin south of Dawson in the 1930s. It was dismantled in the 1960s, with half of the logs going to Jack London Square in Oakland, California, and the other half...

Yukon history.(On-line)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... Students and teachers at Carcross Community School in the Yukon created this site for students and teachers from all over the world interested in the history of "the wild and majestic Yukon." Much of Yukon history is related to the gold rush,...

One last face.
February 1, 2004... A section of one of Bill Reid's totem poles will help us say goodbye to Canada's Cordillera region. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]