Replying to a message from JIM WELLER 1:123/140 to GORD HANNAH,

About Re: It cold here!, On Tue Feb 12 2008

JW> My late FIL froze his lungs that way. He was one of the last of the

My wifes Uncle ran some of the Hudson Bay posts, Inuvik, Aklavik, Telegraph
Creek, Atlin to name a few. Finally landed up in LaRonge and retired there,
that is where he got his first car and drivers license.

JW> Hudson Bay fur traders; in 1947 he was breaking trail in front of a
JW> dog sled, over exerted himself and started breathing too heavily. 

JW> farm in the East Peace country (at Rocky Lane near Fort Vermillion).

And here I thought it might of been near the big smoke of Slave Lake, boy
was I wrong..:-)

JW> (The rest of you pull out your atlases and see if you can follow
JW> along! [g])

Might be an interesting tour through the country for them.

Most southern folks have no idea how vast the north is, after living in the
north for nigh onto 50 years I know how vast it is and how dangerous and
desolate it can be.

-40 is down right painful anything lower hurts faster.

Hope this helps.  Keep us posted.

We are a fine board trying to make it better.
http://www.pris.bc.ca/ghannah
ghannah{at}pris.bc.ca
Cheers! Gord
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