IN THE BEAVER …

The June 1941 issue of The Beaver features stories of adventure and exploration, along with striking photographs of people, landscapes, and wildlife. Josephine Robertson’s lead article, “By Sternwheeler to the Arctic,” details a journey north from Edmonton to Lake Athabaska and then by steamer along the Mackenzie River. Another item presents first-hand accounts of the 1869–70 Red River resistance. And the story “Summer Ice,” by Axel Neilsen, portrays the challenges faced by traders when travelling dur- ing the spring breakup. Photo essays show Arctic tern and ptarmigan near Churchill, Manitoba, as well as members of several First Nations, while letters from readers in North America and Europe lavish praise on the magazine. One called it “the grandest piece of cheer I know in these alarming times.” There’s even an article about Christopher Wren — besides being a famous London architect, he was a member of the Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson’s Bay.