Barren Grounds

American  

plural noun

1. a sparsely inhabited region of tundra in N Canada, especially in the area W of Hudson Bay.

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Example Sentences

On the Barren Grounds proper they frequent the open summits and slopes of the ridges, the dwarf birch thickets, the sedge bogs, and the peat bogs.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

This arctic coastal plain is known in part as the Barren Grounds, but in general may be designated as a tundra, as over extensive areas it is similar to the still greater tundras of Siberia.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

"Andr� Marcel," Gillies continued, "would have followed the men who stole his dog down this coast and west to the Barren Grounds."

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

L. grœnlandicum Œder is the broad-leaved sort, generally distributed through the wooded country, and extending a little into the Barren Grounds.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

It inhabits the Barren Grounds from Hudson Bay north-westward to the Mackenzie, and is represented by related and intergrading forms nearly throughout Alaska, and southward in the Rocky Mountains to the northern United States.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.