The Legend of John Hornby

The Arctic Collection of the Fowler Herbarium, Queen's University, 1828-1977

“…Table 1). Similarly, on the Canadian mainland the Thelon River, in the Barren Grounds, where John Hornby and his companions had starved to death in 1927 (Whalley 1977), was accessible for botanizing in 1965. G. Rossback collected there, at Baker Lake and at Aberdeen River.…”