Canoe country : the making of Canada

MacGregor, Roy 1948- (author.).

Summary: From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who have canoed across the country (kids and dogs included): Canoe Country is Roy MacGregor's celebration of the essential and enduring love affair Canadians have with our first and still favourite means of getting around. Famous paddlers have been so enchanted with the canoe that one swore God made Canada as the perfect country in which to paddle it. Drawing on MacGregor's own decades spent whenever possible with a paddle in his hand, this is a story of high adventure on white water and the sweetest peace in nature's quietest corners, from the author best able (and most eager) to tell it. --

Record details

ISBN: 9780307361417
ISBN: 9780307361424 (pbk)
Physical Description: print
regular print
299 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The old ranger's chestnut -- Songs along the Dumoine -- The two icons -- The Nile expedition -- The mission -- "A place of power" -- The man who measured Canada -- The craft -- Lost on James Bay.