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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Barren Grounds

The forceful winds that blow over the Barren Grounds so much of the time are of distinct benefit to the Caribou during the summer in abating the very serious scourge of flies.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

To the north of the Subarctic Forest plain, as already described, occur the desolate tracts known in Canada as the Barren Grounds, which form a part or merge into the tundras bordering the Arctic Ocean.

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

The Barren Grounds . . . still feed enormous herds of caribou. . . .

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

The average trapper of the Barren Grounds apparently aims at killing annually at least 100 Caribou.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

We’d be a wilderness, a Barren Grounds that went from the Border up to the Circle.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)