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A Woman's Way

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In 1905, journalists Leonidas Hubbard and Dillon Wallace set out to become the first white explorers to cross the Labrador. Hubbard died in the attempt, and Wallace refused his widow any of her "Laddie's" journals. To clear her husband's name and assuage her own grief, Mina mounted her own expedition across Labrador, leaving the same trading post as Wallace on the same day. The rivals battled their memories of a dead man up the Naskaupi and down the George Rivers, and Mina beat Wallace to Ungava Bay by six weeks. Her adventures were serialized in Harper's Magazine and later published by Breakwater Books as A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador.

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I thought it only fitting
And my soul of adventure it touched
That my husband's name should reap the rewards
Of a journey that cost him so much
So I left my Ontario farmhouse
And set out for Ungava Bay
To paddle the unknown wilderness
And discover a woman's way.

And I've never found so much freedom
I've never felt so much at home
In the golden stillness of a northern sunset
Or the strength of the wild rapids' foam
Charting a course for my own canoe

Living from day to day
Paddling the unknown wilderness
To discover a woman's way.

Now the men didn't think it was fitting
How often they scolded and teased
And I wished to myself that I was a man
And could do anything that I pleased
But I had my share of adventures
I wrote down at the end of each day
As I paddled the unknown wilderness
To discover a woman's way.

And I've never found so much freedom
I've never felt so much at home
In the golden stillness of a northern sunset
Or the strength of the wild rapids' foam
Charting a course for my own canoe
Living from day to day
Paddling the unknown wilderness
To discover a woman's way.

Now some folks might think it's not fitting
For a woman to roam round the Pole
But that northern journey of sunsets and rapids
Brought stillness and strength to my soul
And here's what my story can tell you
If you're a young woman today
Go paddle your own unknown wilderness
And discover your own woman's way.

And you'll never find so much freedom
You'll never feel so much at home
In the golden stillness of a northern sunset
And the strength of the wild rapids' foam
Charting a course for your own canoe
Living from day to day
Paddling the unknown wilderness
To discover a woman's way.

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from A Woman's Way, released May 18, 2018

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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA).
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