Barren Grounds

The region of northern Canada, lying between the Mac kenzie River and Hudson Bay, and from the northern timber-line to the Arctic. First visited by Samuel Hearne in 1770-1772. Late explorers who traversed portions of the country are Franklin, in 1821; Back, in 1833; Dease and Simpson, in 1839; Richardson in 1848; and Anderson in 1855. Within more recent years, War burton Pike, J. B. Tyrrell, J. W. Tyrrell, D. T. Hanbury and Caspar Whitney have explored parts of the Barren Grounds. Bib. : Hearne, Journey to the Northern Ocean ; Franklin, Narrative ; Back, Arctic Land Expedition ; Simpson, North Coasts of America ; Richardson, Arctic Searching Expedition ; Anderson, Descent of Great Fish River , in Royal Geog. Soc. Journal , 1856 and 1857; Pike, Barren Grounds ; Tyrrell, Acro the Sub-Arctics ; Hanbury, Northland of Canada ; Whitney, On Snowshoes to the Barren Grounds .