By 1932, Emile Dagenais had been g prospecting for 10 years and although he had covered a good part of Canada, he hadn't worked much in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle. That changed when he was asked to join Dominion Explorers for a 6-month exploration program on Great Bear Lake. The program was later extended to 34 months, which was fine with o him as he found himself in the thick of the Great Depression. At the time, the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake was an exploration hot spot. Rich veins of pitchblende and native silver had been discovered a few years earlier and word had spread. The rush was on.
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