MORTAL THREADS

M.C. M.D. U.S. Army Dispensary Norman Wells Cause of death: ruptured appendix On March 13TH, your father flew into Norman Wells to meet an employee of Imperial Oil, as well as the local Catholic priest. In his letter, he writes that Joe had been working for the river barging firm Northern Transporta...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inWindsor review Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 99 - 112
Main Author Kochan, Jeff
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Windsor University of Windsor, Faculty of Arts 22.03.2016
University of Windsor
Subjects
Families & family life
Rivers
United States > US
Great Bear Lake
Mackenzie River
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:M.C. M.D. U.S. Army Dispensary Norman Wells Cause of death: ruptured appendix On March 13TH, your father flew into Norman Wells to meet an employee of Imperial Oil, as well as the local Catholic priest. In his letter, he writes that Joe had been working for the river barging firm Northern Transportation Company Limited, or NTCL, which had shut down for freeze-up at the start of October. Why was he treated in the US Army hospital at Canol Camp, across the river and several kilometres out, rather than in the Imperial Oil hospital at Norman Wells? The company also ran barges east of Tulit'a, up the Great Bear River, and across the vast expanse of Great Bear Lake to Port Radium.
ISSN:1487-0614