Barren Grounds

The Northern forests are silent enough in winter time, but the silence of the Barren Grounds is far more profound.

The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

Out on the Barren Grounds they're bad, but around the Sierras I ain't heard o 'them attackin' humans but twice, an 'they was children, lost in the woods.

The Boy With the U. S. Foresters Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

Wolverines frequent most the timber country just south of the Barren Grounds, where they are often found travelling in bands.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

"We're in for it," said he, "he's going to take us out on the Barren Grounds and lose us."

The Silent Places 1904

In good time they reached that wonderful and pleasant country between the Barren Grounds and the Lake of Silver Shallows.

Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People" Gilbert Parker 1897

The fierce cold and hunger, and the billions of mosquitoes of the Barren Grounds will protect the caribou from the wholesale slaughter that "civilized" man joyously would inflict -- if he had the chance.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

It is reasonably certain that the Barren Grounds never will be netted by railways, -- unless gold is discovered over a wide area.

Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

Hearne had made a far more noteworthy and difficult trip than Mackenzie, when he wandered over the terrible desolation of the Barren Grounds, which lie under the Arctic circle.

The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Next beyond these we should find merely the rough, curling grass of the Barren Grounds, which would tell us we were approaching the arctic circle, and already near the place where wise men think it is best to turn homeward; for it is close to the

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

Beyond that, to the east and north, lie the primitive rocks of the Barren Grounds, into which the buffaloes never stray.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850