Canoeing category: 141 books
Grey Owl and Me
Stories From the Trail and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Hap Wilson is back for another journey, this time on the lighter side of the adventure trail, where the bizarre melds with the sublime. Nurtured by the writings of Canadian environmentalist and wannabe-Native, Grey Owl, Wilson adopted a lifestyle similar to the 1930s conservationist but with his own...
Backpacking Light: The Ultimate Survival Guide For Your First Backpacking Adventure
Camping, Hiking, Fishing, Outdoors Series
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Are You Ready For Your First Backpacking Adventure?
Get the complete guide on gearing up for your journey today!
There's nothing better than waking up in the wilderness to birds chirping, water rushing, and leaves blowing in the wind. Yawning as you climb out of your hammock (or tent)...
Confluence
Beyond the River with Siseko Ntondini
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Each River is unique, winding a course through a valley of its own making. But at a confluence rivers meet, each taking on the strength of the other as they join forces and head towards the sea.
Confluence tells the story of Piers Cruickshanks and Siseko Ntondini, two men from different backgrounds...
by Tony Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Drifting down the Darling can best be described as the incoherent thoughts of a traveller who will use any excuse to put a boat onto the Darling River and then write crazy stories about birds. These stories are often made up and he blames others for ‘not understanding him’ as the reason he exaggerates....
A Brief Time in Heaven
Wilderness Adventures in Canoe Country
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2013
What starts as a simple fishing trip becomes a cathartic experience in the untamed wilderness of Ontario’s northwestern canoe country.
A nine-day fishing trip turns into a profound life-altering event and marks the beginning of a lifelong love affair with the untamed wilderness of Canoe Country...
by O. Ross McIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Ross McIntyre and his wife Jean spent 40 years together paddling the great wilderness rivers of North America. Paddle Beads is Ross’s inspirational and moving memoir of those trips and the resultant lifetime journey they took together.
Dirty Shirt
A Boundary Waters Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Jim Landwehr and his brothers pursue their love of the outdoors by tackling some of the country's most remote terrain, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. While encountering crazed loons, widow-making portages, and temperamental automobiles, they also discover more about each other and their long deceased...
The Last of the Wild Rivers
The Past, Present, and Future of the Rivière du Moine Watershed
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
For four hundred years, the journals of all the great explorers of Canada have mentioned the Deux Joachims portage and the wild Rivière du Moine as they made their way west to discover riches, routes, or souls to save. The Du Moine is the last of the ten major Quebec tributaries of the Ottawa River...
by Greg Breining
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Minnesota, the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes' is replete with wonderful paddling options for everyone—from families seeking serene waters for youngsters, to expert kayakers looking to test their skills on ripping rapids. This guide, an update of Greg Breining's Official State Guide, includes more than 100...
by Richard Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Why Volume Four? The easy answer is because I cannot shut up. A more complex response is that as the years pass, I realize that some of what I talked about is outdated and I’ve found a better way to do this or that. Or I have additional experiences that cause me to rethink my previous thoughts such...
by Richard Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
The third set on helpful hints for kayakers, canoeists, hikers and campers. Filled with even more experiences, ideas and suggestions on how to make your boating and camping life easier, safer and more enjoyable.
Paddling Everglades National Park
A Guide to the Best Paddling Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Nothing compares to paddling Florida's Everglades. Covering more than 14,000 square miles—from the headwaters of the Everglades in Orlando and Big Cypress State Park in the southwest, to Biscayne National Park on the eastern edge and part of the Keys and the 10,000 Islands to the south—this tropical...
Paddling Alaska
A Guide To The State's Classic Paddling Trips
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide. This fact might sound unremarkable, but Alaska is mostly wilderness, with few highways. This is the first guidebook to organize journeys in this manner.