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Invitation to The North
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A man with a recent degree in Agriculture from the University of Berlin, Hermann came to Canada in 1930 to escape inflation and lack of jobs in Germany. A chance encounter led him to the North and a job prospecting for gold. He fell in love with...
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When We Walked on Frozen Rivers
My First Winter on our Remote Fly-In Trapline Reliving a Traditional Lifestyle as Old as the Rivers
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Frozen Rivers is another spellbinding memoir in Elisabeth Weigand’s YukonWild Series. In our times of pain and suffering, this series brings to the reader something beautifully positive. A life when lived with purpose and virtue can be long...
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Snow Nomad
An Avalanche Memoir
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From bombs to bombillas, Snow Nomad: An Avalanche Memoir, chronicles the fifty seasons author Alan Dennis worked in the avalanche patch, travelling between Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Argentina. This unconventional journey on an undulating...
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Voices from the Mackenzies
A History of People who have worked in the Mackenzie Mountains Outfitting Industry.
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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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Secret Destinations
A Journey Only You Can Take
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How much of the world do we miss when we focus on the destination rather than the journey? As Diana Mohrsen sets out on an eight-day solo road-trip through parts of British Columbia and Alberta, she makes a conscious effort to be in the moment—to...
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Memories - Short Stories of the Outdoors
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Memories — Short Stories of the Outdoors is a diverse collection of real-life tales by a passionate outdoorsman. There are so many wonderful ways to experience nature. Paddling, fishing, hunting, skiing, traveling, or simply being outdoors doing...
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Hiking Musings
The West Coast Trail
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Sixty-eight-year-old Kenneth T. Gallagher may have been slightly ill-prepared for his first West Coast Trail hike. Still, armed with too much confidence and an out-of-date trail guide, he set off on an adventure. His number one priority: spend...
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Rafting the Great Northern Rivers
The Nahanni, Firth, and Tatshenshini
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Though modern science and technology have given us comfort and security, for many people, something deeper is also needed; something that takes us closer to our evolutionary roots in nature. This book will allow the reader to experience, from the...
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Where Orioles Nest and Crocus Bloom
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The compiled articles in Where Orioles Nest and Crocuses Bloom track almost 125 years of life in Western Canada, reaching way back to the early 1900s and travelling forward to present-day. The book is divided into four sections: Our Family, Our...
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Out for a Rip
A Bike Ride Across Canada
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Blood-sucking mosquitos, dark tunnels, heart-pumping mountain roads (and the occasional run-in with police) are just some of the challenges a trio of friends encounter on their cross-Canada adventure. After completing high school, Aidan Garcia...
