Christmas at Devil’s Portage – Charles Camsell

About this episode

The episode recalls a memorable Christmas along the trail to the Klondike in the 19th century with an annual reading of Charles Camsell’s Arctic explorations.

Recalling a memorable Christmas along the trail to the Klondike in the 19th century with an annual reading of Charles Camsell’s Arctic explorations by podcast host David McGuffin

People in this episode

Host: David McGuffin

Topics covered

• Christmas
• Arctic explorations
• 19th century
• Canadian history
• travel

Keywords

• Christmas
• Devil’s Portage
• Charles Camsell
• Klondike
• Arctic explorations
• 19th century
• Canadian history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Devil’s Portage, Klondike

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