Reviews for The Rainy River District, province of Ontario, Canada

The average rating for The Rainy River District, province of Ontario, Canada based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-29 00:00:00 Leo Kazan In 1929 Jackson took a position as MD in Battle River (now Manning) 100 km north of Peace River AB. She was set apart in this new community in terms of her sex (few women, none unmarried), her education, her class (upper English), and her culture (she loved classical music, theater). She lived alone in a shack more than 1 km from her nearest neighbour. Only about 8 mail deliveries a year. The is cold climte country - needed water from river each day, had a wood stove. By horseback to see patients. Roads were buillt but were terrible when it rained. Book is based on her letters to her family and friends. She wrote 2-3 times a week. Great descriptions of her daily life, her patients, coping wit the north. In 2006, she still lived in northern Alberta, in Keg River, further north then Battle Creek.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-21 00:00:00 Chris Sim Pioneer memoirs are often filled with stories of suffering and hardship. But the tales told by Mary Percy, a young doctor out from England and serving in northern Alberta, are just the opposite. From the very beginning, she loved the north and felt as if she had found her spiritual home. She hunted for her own food, chopped her own firewood and carried water from the creek just to keep herself alive. Then there were all her patients, early settlers for miles around who delivered babies, fell ill from various maladies, and injured themselves in horrible ways. Mary practically lived on horseback, often riding through the night in Arctic temperatures to save their lives. This is a truly inspiring book, one that makes you feel the power of the indomitable human spirit.