Lake Superior To Manitoba By Canoe

Author : Hap Wilson
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ISBN 13 : 9781770859074
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lake Superior to Manitoba by Canoe written by Hap Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trans Canada Trail (www.thegreattrail.ca) was designed to run uninterrupted more than 20,000 kilometers from the Pacific to the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean. Hap Wilson -- a modern-day explorer and mapmaker -- was the man chosen to find a water route through the wilderness from Thunder Bay on Lake Superior to Manitoba's eastern border. First Nations peoples had traveled this mosaic of lakes and rivers 7,000 years ago. Coureurs des bois and voyageurs had used it to carry furs and trading goods. Wilson set off to carve a trail for modern users. He mapped it, measured it, marked it and in the process, experienced the best and worst of Canada's wilderness. He survived bear confrontations, being struck by lightning, grueling days slashing open old portage routes, a knee replacement, violent storms, gale force winds, isolation, biting insects, tick infestations and bitter cold. Organizers christened this section of the Trans Canada Trail the Path of the Paddle in honor of canoeing icon Bill Mason and Canada's First Nations. In this exciting account, Hap Wilson divides his 1,200 km journey into 12 routes with varying degrees of difficulty. Diary excerpts, hand-drawn maps, GPS coordinates, and photographs provide up to date information, expert guidance and anecdotal color. He describes the pictographs, old encampment stone circles that he finds along the way, more evidence of early travel, survival, myth, legend and mystery.

Author : Donald P. (Peter) Kerr
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802024955
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Atlas of Canada: From the beginning to 1800 written by Donald P. (Peter) Kerr and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses maps to illustrate the development of Canada from the last ice sheet to the end of the eighteenth century

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 : Jonathan Berger
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ISBN 13 : 9781550464962
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canoe Atlas of the Little North written by Jonathan Berger and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little North, north of Superior between Lake Winnipeg and James Bay, is a historic area including over 20 major lake and river system. This oversized atlas reviews the area's geography and canoe routes and features 50 annotated topographical maps.

Author : Fred Marks
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ISBN 13 : 9780533164639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Far Distant Echo written by Fred Marks and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On May 26th 2008, beginning on Lake Superior, seven men embarked on an expedition by canoe to York Factory on Hudson Bay. Seventy-five days later, after paddling almost 1400 miles, negotiating one hundred rapids, and crossing eighty-five portages, two of those men completed the journey. Far Distant Echo is a story of adventure, survival, and willpower, of rising to a challenge and meeting it, and of man's endlessly complex relationship with nature. Told through the journals of the two men who made it to the end-- Fred Marks, an outdoorsman who took on guiding canoe trips as his 'retirement career,' and Jay Timmerman, a student finishing his masters in history-- this joint travel memoir is both highly informative and deeply personal. The reader is enlightened to not only the history of the region and the exact details of how one should prepare for a trip such as this, but is also let into the most intimate details of what it took to accomplish this canoeing trek-- the ability to be pushed to the brink of limitation and then to find the inner strength and determination to push beyond. Complete with maps, food lists, recipes, photos, and a well-selected collection of poetry and song, this book is for all those who, like its authors, have a great deal of love and respect for the great outdoors" -- p. [4] of cove

Author : Warren Upham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Altitudes Between Lake Superior and the Rocky Mountains written by Warren Upham and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Arnold Bolz
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903804
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Portage Into the Past written by J. Arnold Bolz and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Canada. Provincial Secretary's Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement written by Canada. Provincial Secretary's Office and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon James Dawson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement written by Simon James Dawson and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
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Download or read book Transaction - Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba written by Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: