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Lake Superior to Manitoba by canoe : mapping the route into the heart of the continent  Cover Image Book Book

Lake Superior to Manitoba by canoe : mapping the route into the heart of the continent / Hap Wilson.

Wilson, Hap, 1951- (Author).

Summary:

"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."-- From publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781770859074 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 x 28 cm
  • Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The heart of Canada -- How to use this book -- Helpful information -- Anishinabe trail -- Migizi trail -- Maukinak trail -- Agimak trail-- Quetico trail -- Omimi trail -- Animikii trail.
Subject: Wilson, Hap, 1951- > Travel > Superior, Lake, Region.
Wilson, Hap, 1951- > Travel > Manitoba.
Canoes and canoeing > Superior, Lake, Region > Guidebooks.
Canoes and canoeing > Manitoba > Guidebooks.
Superior, Lake, Region > Guidebooks.
Manitoba > Guidebooks.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Legislative Library, Vaughan Street GV 776.15 .A2 Wil (Text) 36970100055922 General Collection Volume hold Available -

Hap Wilson has paddled more than 60,000 kilometers across Canada. His explorations have been published in more than a dozen books. Wilson is an International Fellow of the Explorer's Club and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, recipient of the Bill Mason Award for lifetime achievement in river conservation, and co-founder of the environmental group Earthroots. He lives with his family in Rosseau, Ontario.

Hap is also the author of Temagami: A Wilderness Paradise, Canoeing and Hiking Wild Muskoka, Missinaibi: Journey to the Northern Sky and Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba.


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