Far Distant Echo A Journey By Canoe From Lake Superior To Hudson Bay

Author : Fred Marks
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483414124
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Far Distant Echo: A Journey by Canoe from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay written by Fred Marks and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outdoorsmen and armchair travelers will encounter history, ravenous insects, trail menus, hungry bears, and the quiet joys of endurance in this intriguing recounting of a 2008 canoe expedition. Six men began a 1,300-mile canoe trip along a traditional fur-trading route. During the two-and-a-half-month expedition, four of them dropped out. One of the two who saw it through (Marks) turned 62 on the trail, and the satisfaction of the authors at completing the trek is expressed in vibrant if understated language: "Both of our hearts were racing. We had made it." The highly detailed account of planning the trip underscores the atmosphere of authenticity, and problems encountered along the way ring true. This is no journal of transcendental rapture; the emphasis is on the incidental and, often, on mishaps. Moments of serendipity, too, are presented keenly. Publishers Weekly 07/09/2012

Author : Eric Sevareid
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780873515337
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canoeing with the Cree written by Eric Sevareid and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1935, "Canoeing with the Cree" is Sevareid's classic account of a youthful odyssey--a summer-long canoe trip from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Includes a new Foreword by Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft.

Author : Eric W. Morse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fur Trade Canoe Routes Of Canada written by Eric W. Morse and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Binker North
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canoeing in the Wilderness written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Binker North. This book was released on 1916 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make this canoe trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others. For though he was a person of culture and refinement, with a college education, and had for an intimate friend so rare a man as Ralph Waldo Emerson, he was half wild in many of his tastes and impatient of the restraints and artificiality of the ordinary social life of the towns and cities. He liked especially the companionship of men who were in close contact with nature, and in this book we find him deeply interested in his Indian guide and lingering fondly over the man's characteristics and casual remarks. The Indian retained many of his aboriginal instincts and ways, though his tribe was in most respects civilized. His home was in an Indian village on an island in the Penobscot River at Oldtown, a few miles above Bangor. Thoreau was one of the world's greatest nature writers, and as the years pass, his fame steadily increases. He was a careful and accurate observer, more at home in the fields and woods than in village and town, and with a gift of piquant originality in recording his impressions. The play of his imagination is keen and nimble, yet his fancy is so well balanced by his native common sense that it does not run away with him. There is never any doubt about his genuineness, or that what he states is free from bias and romantic exaggeration.

Author : Bruce White
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781484920961
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grand Portage As a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at the Great Carrying Place written by Bruce White and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to describe the fur trade that took place at Grand Portage between Europeans and Native Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries. During this period Grand Portage was important for many reasons. A strategic geographical point in the trade route between the Great Lakes and the Canadian Northwest, it was best known as a trade depot and company headquarters in the period between 1765 and 1804.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forest and Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arthur Heming
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y., [etc.] : Doubleday, Page
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Drama of the Forests, Romance and Adventure written by Arthur Heming and published by Garden City, N.Y., [etc.] : Doubleday, Page. This book was released on 1921 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outers' Book-recreation written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ernest Thompson Seton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9359392529
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arctic Prairies : A Canoe-Journey Of 2,000 Miles In Search Of The Caribou written by Ernest Thompson Seton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou" is an enthralling account written by Ernest Thompson Seton, detailing his remarkable adventure in the Canadian Arctic. Seton, a renowned naturalist and artist, embarks on an arduous canoe journey spanning 2,000 miles, traversing the vast and unexplored wilderness in pursuit of the majestic caribou. Seton's captivating narrative takes readers on a vivid expedition, painting a vivid picture of the awe-inspiring Arctic landscapes, harsh weather conditions, and the diverse flora and fauna he encounters along the way. Through his keen observations and lyrical prose, Seton provides valuable insights into the behavior and habits of the caribou, shedding light on the intricate dynamics of their survival in this unforgiving environment. "The Arctic Prairies" not only serves as an adventure story but also delves into the author's profound appreciation for nature and his conservationist ethos. The author's book is a captivating blend of adventure, scientific inquiry, and environmental consciousness, offering readers a unique glimpse into the captivating beauty of the Arctic and the resilient spirit of its inhabitants.

Author : Adam Shoalts
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143193996
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alone Against the North written by Adam Shoalts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where no one had ever gone before. What he discovered surprised even him. Shoalts was no stranger to the wilderness. He had hacked his way through jungles and swamp, had stared down polar bears and climbed mountains. But one spot on the map called out to him irresistibly: the Hudson Bay Lowlands, a trackless expanse of muskeg and lonely rivers, caribou and wolf—an Amazon of the north, parts of which to this day remain unexplored. Cutting through this forbidding landscape is a river no explorer, trapper, or canoeist had left any record of paddling. It was this river that Shoalts was obsessively determined to explore. It took him several attempts, and years of research. But finally, alone, he found the headwaters of the mysterious river. He believed he had discovered what he had set out to find. But the adventure had just begun. Unexpected dangers awaited him downstream. Gripping and often poetic, Alone Against the North is a classic adventure story of single-minded obsession, physical hardship, and the restless sense of wonder that every explorer has in common. But what does exploration mean in an age when satellite imagery of even the remotest corner of the planet is available to anyone with a phone? Is there anything left to explore? What Shoalts discovered as he paddled downriver was a series of unmapped waterfalls that could easily have killed him. Just as astonishing was the media reaction when he got back to civilization. He was crowned “Canada’s Indiana Jones” and appeared on morning television. He was feted by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and congratulated by the Governor General. People were enthralled by Shoalts’s proof that the world is bigger than we think. Shoalts’s story makes it clear that the world can become known only by getting out of our cars and armchairs, and setting out into the unknown, where every step is different from the one before, and something you may never have imagined lies around the next curve in the river.