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Canoe country : the making of Canada / Roy MacGregor.

by MacGregor, Roy, 1948-

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Random House Canada, 2015.

797.12209 M147c

Canoes and canoeing -- Canada -- History.

Canada -- History.

9780307361417 (hc.)

9780307361424 (pbk.)

299 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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. Roy MacGregor is the author of many books, including Northern Light: The Enduring Mystery of Tom Thomson and the Woman Who Loved Him"--Provided by publisher.

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