Mammoth Legends from Canada
Since at least the days of Victorian paleontology, the Western mind has accepted the fact that the mammoth was contemporaneous with our caveman ancestors. Although most paleontologists believe that the last of those prehistoric pachyderms died near the end of the last ice age, a surprising number of native legends suggest that woolly mammoths survived in the Canadian wilderness well into the 19th Century, and perhaps beyond. In this video, we explore these traditional First Nations stories about living mammoths in Canada.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:09 - A Relic of the Pliocene
0:06:27 - Mammoth Carcasses in the North
0:10:15 - The Mammoth in Dene Folklore
0:17:50 - Mammoths in the Arctic
0:20:30 - Cola F. Fowler’s Account
0:23:44 - Mammoth in the Stikine Valley
0:25:26 - David Thompson’s Discovery
0:28:49 - Alexander Ross’s Account
0:30:54 - Charlevoix’s Great Moose
0:34:16 - A Naskapi Legend
Executive Producer: Dan Chomistek
http://www.ChomistekFilms.com
Mammoth photos and artwork courtesy of J.R. at the Great Canadian Camouflage Company.
https://www.CanadianCamouflage.com/
Artwork by Emily Houghton
https://www.Instagram.com/Em_Houghton_Art/
Nahanni footage courtesy of ‘Secrets of Nahanni’
http://SecretsOfNahanni.com/
Toad River Hot Springs photos found at:
https://HotSpringsofBC.ca/Toad-River-Hot-Springs/
Labrador footage courtesy of Justin Barbour
https://www.youtube.com/@JustinBarbournlexplorer
Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this video and would like to help support this channel, please check out my books on Canadian history and folklore, which are available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook format:
https://MysteriesOfCanada.com/Bookshop/
-
1:09:01
Hammerson Peters
7 months ago3 Classic French-Canadian Folktales (Werewolves, La Corriveau, and La Chasse Galerie)
4022 -
LIVE
Price of Reason
9 hours agoDisney Lawyer JUMPS SHIP! Jeremy Renner's BIG Comeback, DEI TARGETS Stellar Blade, GamerGate 2
2,802 watching -
3:53:56
Alex Zedra
5 hours agoLIVE! STILL Giving away an M249 SAW | Gaming tonight!
13.3K8 -
19:41
Squaring The Circle w/ Randall Carlson
7 hours ago#001 An Introduction To Squaring The Circle - Squaring The Circle: A Randall Carlson Podcast
17.6K33 -
12:03
ThinkStory
15 hours ago64 MAJOR Differences Between SHOGUN (1980) and SHOGUN (2024)
24.4K18 -
26:37
TheTapeLibrary
18 hours agoAnatoly Moskvin | Horrifying Crimes of The Russian Puppeteer
30.9K26 -
6:16
Film Threat
11 hours agoDEADPOOL & WOLVERINE TRAILER REACTION | Film Threat Reviews
27.4K14 -
29:36
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
17 hours agoClearing Space Debris
27.9K12 -
6:55
Chrissy Clark
7 hours agoLGBT Activists Want Katy Perry To Stop THIS?!
23.6K21 -
16:27
justintech
11 hours agoBest Gaming PC 2024 For Every Budget!
25.9K2