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Mcleod's Point Hut

Manitoba · Canada0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

McLeod's Point Hut on the shore of Lake Athapapuskow, Cranberry Portage/Flin Flon area (northern Manitoba, Canada), at 297 m elevation, Precambrian Canadian Shield. A fishing cabin for walleye and pike within Grass River Provincial Park, part of the heritage of the Cree (Nēhiyawak) and of fur-trade voyageurs (Hudson's Bay Company, 18th-19th centuries). Boreal forest of black spruces, balsam firs, white birches, and aspens.

The setting

Lake Athapapuskow, Cranberry Portage/Flin Flon, Manitoba, 297 m, Canadian Shield, Grass River PP, Cree Nēhiyawak/fur-trade voyageurs, Hudson's Bay Company 18th-19th c., boreal forest.