Land of the Little Sticks

noun

Canadian.

the part of the north of Canada that lies south of the tree line but contains only stunted evergreens or dwarf deciduous trees.

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Eskimos call it "the Land of the Little Sticks" because Arctic winds and bitter cold keep its stunted pines from growing beyond the thickness of a finger.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon he would come to the land of the little sticks.

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Why do you linger all alone in the splendid emptiness, Scouring the Land of the Little Sticks on the trail of the caribou?

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