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“Built a rowboat and headed for the Hudson”. As in Hudson Bay? That looks like a very challenging journey on its own.
by osigurdson 4y ago
“Built a rowboat and headed for the Hudson”. As in Hudson Bay? That looks like a very challenging journey on its own.
- rpeden 4y agoIt seems that it was Hudson Bay: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105820900/tom-sukanen-1878-1943/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105820900/tom-sukanen-1878-1... When I saw "the Hudson" I thought of the Hudson River. It seemed plausible he might be able to row to Lake Winnipeg and then follow rivers and portages to Lake Superior, and from there paddle his way down to Lake Erie and the down the Erie Canal to the Hudson. Not exactly an easy trip, but NYC seemed to me like a better place to find a steamship to Finland than Hudson Bay!
- osigurdson 4y agoI think that would involve a lot of upstream rowing (though I don't know for sure).
- leke 4y agoIt's called sisu in Finnish.
- moffkalast 4y agoGuy walked 600 miles to Canada, I think that sounds about right tbh.