Sports & Recreation
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A Hero's Journey
Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp by Chris Dooley
A Hero’s Journey Beyond Little Norway and Olympia Sports Camp is a compiled history of the Olympia Sports Camp in Huntsville, Ontario, through the lens of its founder and inspiration, Dave Grace, the hero of the book’s title. The hero’s journey of ...
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That Dog Don't Hunt
Tales from The Hunt Camp Porch by Jim Newman
Jim Newman, a natural born story-teller, takes the reader through joyful and humorous stories about life at the hunt camp, hunting culture, and the joys of nature and wildlife. The stories are a mix of childhood memories, folklore, facts, fiction, ...
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Falcons Forever
The Saga of the 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Ice Hockey Team by Cathie Eliasson
Falcons Forever: The Saga of the 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Ice Hockey Team chronicles the Winnipeg Falcons’ journey to the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. The team was composed of young Icelandic men, except for one, all first generation Canadians, ...
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Voices from the Mackenzies
A History of People who have worked in the Mackenzie Mountains Outfitting Industry. by Paul Deuling
Re-live the experiences of the people who traveled to the distant and untouched Mackenzie Mountains of Canada’s Northwest Territories. This raw, beautiful land was opened to outfitting in 1965, when intrepid entrepreneurs carried out exploratory ...
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North Shore Rescue
If You Get Lost Today, Will Anyone Know? by Allen Billy
The North Shore Rescue Team has existed since 1965 and has performed thousands of search and rescue operations on the North Shore Mountains and other locations throughout British Columbia and Washington State. Team activities have assisted at least ...
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(Un)Controlled Chaos
Canada's Remarkable Professional Wrestling Legacy by Vance Nevada
The heroic feats of ring gladiators have taken wrestling fans on an emotional journey—living vicariously through every body slam, dropkick, and piledriver. The investment of the crowd is demonstrated by their roars of excitement, their cheers for ...
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Two Minutes for Talking to Myself
by Curt Keilback
Have you ever wondered what it’s like behind the scenes of the NHL? Are you an avid hockey fan looking for untold stories? 2 Minutes for Talking to Myself shares 200 anecdotes spanning the twenty-seven years NHL broadcaster Curt Keilback traveled ...
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Beating the Impossible
A Life of Comebacks, Extreme Sports and PTSD by Don Schwartz
Extreme athlete Don Schwartz has achieved, overcome, and somehow survived the impossible…repeatedly. A pioneer in the snowboarding world, Schwartz was horrifically burned in a tragic helicopter crash at the age of twenty which left him permanently ...
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My Mountain Biking Neighbours
Conversations with Otherwise Normal People by Bob Cowin
Three staunch and two casual mountain bikers recount with disarming honesty how they entered the sport and what it means to them today. When they started riding, some were only vaguely aware that they live in one of the world’s mountain biking ...
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Crystal Beach
Out of the Park by Gary Pooler
“The memories within the millions of people who experienced Crystal Beach, even just once, will never be lost.” One of Canada’s greatest entertainment centres existed for one hundred years in an isolated little village in one of the southernmost ...
