Nature Environmental Conservation & Protection
River of Fire
Conflict and Survival on the Seal River
- Publisher
- Latitude 46 Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2017
- Category
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780995823532
- Publish Date
- Sep 2017
- List Price
- $20
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Description
New York's Men's Journal Magazine hired a studio photographer from Brooklyn, a post-master/writer from Thermond West Virginia and two Canadian river guides to paddle one of the country's most dangerous whitewater rivers - the Seal in northern Manitoba, for the purpose of publishing the quintessential Canadian adventure story. Add to this unlikely melange of characters, the possibility of capsizing in freezing water, the threat of polar bears, a midnight sail down Hudson Bay and Manitoba's worst boreal wild fire, this chronicle will carry the reader to the extreme edge of exploration.
About the author
Hap Wilson is an award winning-artist, author, photographer, guide, environmentalist, cartographer and eco trail builder living in Rosseau, Ont. His writing has appeared in Canadian Geographic, Explore and Canoe & Kayak. He has published a dozen nature and geography related books. His book Voyages-Canada's Heritage Rivers won the Natural Resources Council of America Award for best environmental book and the Bill Mason Award for lifetime achievement in River Conservation. Wilson, along with his wife Andrea, operate The Cabin Falls EcoLodge in Temagami, Ont. He lives in Rosseau, Ont.
Editorial Reviews
"In River of Fire, Wilson captures the power, humour, adventure and intrigue.. the very essence of adventure on a northern river. Now, more than ever, society needs to re-awaken to the life-changing and profound experience that is time and travel in the natural and still wild world. In a manner of storytelling worthy of Aldo Leopold and John Muir, Hap Wilson's River of Fire will indeed light your soul on fire and into a yearning for still possible wilderness adventure." - Les Stroud aka Survivorman
Other titles by
Temagami
A Wilderness Paradise
Hap Wilson's Wilderness 3-Book Bundle
The Cabin / Grey Owl and Me / Trails and Tribulations
Lake Superior to Manitoba by Canoe
Mapping the Route into the Heart of the Continent
Grey Owl and Me
Stories From the Trail and Beyond
Trails and Tribulations
Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder
The Cabin
A Search for Personal Sanctuary
Canoeing, Kayaking and Hiking Temagami
Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley
Myth, Magic and Adventure
Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba
Journey by Canoe Through the Land Where the Spirit Lives
Canoeing and Hiking Wild Muskoka
An Eco-Adventure Guide