HUBBARD, Leonidas, Jr., American jour nalist, writer and explorer: b. Waldron, Mich., 12 July 1872; d. Labrador, 18 Oct. 1903. He was a teacher in the public school at Angola, Ind., while still in his teens and early in life showed keen interest in writing, exploration and athletics. He was graduated from Uni versity of Michigan in 1897. While still at college he did reportorial work in Ann Arbor and later on the Detroit Evening News. He came to New York in the summer of 1899 and attached himself to the staff of the Daily News, but early in 1902 became associate editor of Outing, in which work he was much interested. He conceived the idea of exploring into the wilds of Labrador and 20 June 1903, accom panied by Dillon Wallace, a New York lawyer, and George Elson, a Cree Indian guide, he left New York, going by steamer from Saint Johns, N. B., to Rigolette, a Hudson Bay trading post on the Grand River. From this point Hubbard and his friends traveled by canoe and on foot, mapping correctly for the first time Grand Lake; then penetrating the interior in a west erly and northwesterly direction, mapping the course of the Beaver River from its source to the point where it flows into the southeast bay of Lake Michikamau; and locating and mapping several large lakes in the interior. The party penetrated some 250 miles further into new territory than any previous expedition.
Notes on the geology and general observation of the topography of the country were also made. The small party struck unexpected diffi culties and an unusual scarcity of game, which combined to hold them back until winter had overtaken them. Hubbard's health gradually weakened and when he had become too weak to continue he insisted that his two companions should keep on without him. By the time help was brought to him he was dead. Wallace. who broke down a few days later, was rescued and brought his friend's body to New York. His wife, Mina Benson Hubbard, undertook in 1905 to complete her late husband's plans and made a successful journey into the interior of Labrador. Among Mr. Hubbard's most noted writings are The Moonshiner at Home) (1902) ; 'Barataria' (1902) ; 'Going to the Woods' (1903) ; 'Children of the Bush' (1903); and 'Where Romance Lingers' (1904). He also wrote many short articles on outdoor life which were published in Outing from 1900 to 1904. Consult Ellis, M. B. Hubbard, 'A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador. etc.' (New York 1908); Wallace, D., 'The Lure of the Labrador Wild' (New York 1905); id., 'Leonidas Hubbard' (in Outing, Vol. LIX, p. 189, New York 1911) ; Whitney, C., 'Hubbard Expeditions into Labrador' (in Outing, Vol. XLV, p. 643, New York 1905).