Ape Lake
Names: Ape LakeApe Canyon
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 10 (7 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 10Surrounded by steep mountains that foil all but close-up farscan scrutiny, making it a hideout for Teresa and Rogi.
- Ch 10Ape Lake is milky with glacial silt and has no fish, so fishermen never go there.
- Ch 10The remote basin has glaciers calving into the far end of the lake, with Mount Jacobsen hanging over the cabin site.
- Ch 12Ape Lake is a four-kilometer alpine lake in a secluded basin ringed by glaciers, with Fyles Glacier forming a natural dam at its western end.
- Ch 17Ape Lake is about three kilometers long and one wide, croissant-shaped and glacier-dammed at its west end. The cabin stands on its irregular southern shore.
- Ch 20The remote Ape Lake cabin, 4.5 meters square, froze over by 30 October as heavy snow began; Marc is to fly in more supplies by Beaver on skis.
- Ch 22Ape Lake lies at 1400 meters amid glaciers and mountains in the Megapod Reserve; game there is scarce in winter.
Connections
- containsMount Jacobsenoverlooks the cabin site at the lake basin
- containslog cabin
- containsMegapod Creek
- includesApe Creek
- inMegapod Reserve
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 10Marc's farewell and coercion of Bill
Marc promises to bring supplies in early-to-mid November, says he cannot farspeak while under suspicion, thanks Rogi, then coerces Bill Parmentier to begin the last leg of the journey to Ape Lake.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Arrival at Ape Lake
A floatplane drops Rogi and Teresa at Ape Lake. Rogi hides their supplies, inspects the ruined cabin, pitches a tent, and finds a usable latrine hut.
- Book 2 · Ch 17Settling in at Ape Lake
Rogatien and Teresa spend a week building a food cache, the shelter Le Pavillon and a stove porch, hiding from passing aircraft until September 1.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Woodzapper ruined
On 19 October Rogi forgot to press STANDBY; the overnight freeze iced the D-water in the woodzapper's fusion unit, ruining it, so he split firewood with an axe thereafter.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Cabin completed
Rogi and Teresa finished repairing and furnishing the cabin by 23 October, with a new roof, stove, furniture, and snowshoes made ready for winter.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Heavy snow begins
On 30 October the lake froze over and heavy snow began, as Rogi reflected happily on their life halfway through their stay.
- Book 2 · Ch 24Denis finds Rogi and guides the moose butchering
Denis locates Rogi mentally, promises not to expose him, reveals the family already knows, and instructs him in butchering and caching the moose before a storm.
- Book 2 · Ch 24Rogi confides about the Family Ghost, then collapses and is rescued
Rogi tells Denis about the Lylmik Family Ghost and the Great Carbuncle, falls ill from overeating, collapses on Ape Lake's ice hallucinating Elaine, and wakes in the cabin tended by Teresa.
- Book 2 · Ch 27Teresa explains Christmas and faith to Jack
While decorating a small Christmas tree, Teresa discusses with her unborn son why God would create minds and become incarnate, answering with love and faith.
- Book 2 · Ch 27Christmas dinner and gifts
Rogi returns with firewood, and they share a moose dinner, hot buttered rum, and the lit candles. Rogi gives wooden safety pins and a papoose carrier plan.
- Book 2 · Ch 27Teresa performs The Snow Maiden
Teresa sings the opera for Rogi in costume, with Jack projecting illusory scenery from her memories; her singing voice is restored.
- Book 2 · Ch 27Teresa's performance of the Snow Maiden ends
After the opera's tragic finale, Teresa collapses exhausted but happy into Rogi's arms. He settles her on her bed and she explains the sacrificial rite behind the story.
- Book 2 · Ch 30Denis rescues the fugitives
Before dawn, Denis and Fred arrive in a Poltroyan orbiter above the cabin, terrifying Jack, and announce they will take Teresa, Rogi and Jack to Kauai to hide until pardons are arranged.
- Book 2 · Ch 30Jack meets Denis
Jack meets his grandfather Denis, accepts a pat but refuses mental contact and says he cannot love him. Denis then reports that Paul will not see them yet.