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The Longest Johns and El Pony Pisador released a recording of "The Northwest Passage" as part of their collab album The Longest Pony in March 2023. [14] American Irish traditional band, Faoileán, released a cover of the song on their 2023 album Far Hills as a featuring with Jesse Hann. [15]
A book based on the well-known song "Northwest Passage" first sung by Stan Rogers in 1981, Northwest Passage tells a tale about the song and the facts behind it.The basis of the song and story is the fateful sea voyage made by John Franklin in 1845, which led to both his ships and his entire crew, as well as his life being lost.
Northwest Passage is a 1981 album by Stan Rogers. "Northwest Passage" compares the singer's own travels across the prairie provinces to the exploratory adventures of Sir John Franklin, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Henry Kelsey. "The Idiot" is about a man from the Maritimes working in Alberta who yearns for his home.
Kenneth Roberts' historical novel Northwest Passage (1937) portrays the events of Rogers' Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis. The first half of the novel was adapted as the film Northwest Passage (1940), starring Spencer Tracy as Rogers. During the Second World War, the U.S. Army was interested in the tactics of the British ...
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Construction of the Willamette River bridge began in August 1906. [6] Its swing-span section was the longest in the world, [2] [1] [7] with a length of 521 feet (158.8 m) [1] or 524 feet (159.7 m). [6] To either side of the opening span are two 269-foot-long (82 m) fixed truss spans and one 80-foot-long (24 m) deck plate girder approach span. [1]
Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937. Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers , the leader of Rogers' Rangers , who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War .
The search for the northwest passage had been undertaken repeatedly since the voyages of Henry Hudson in the early 17th century. The most significant attempt was the 1845 expedition led by John Franklin, which had disappeared, apparently without trace. Subsequent expeditions had found evidence that Franklin's two ships had become stuck in ice ...