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Inheriting a Canoe Paddle

Author : Misao Dean
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442661769

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Inheriting a Canoe Paddle by Misao Dean Pdf

If the canoe is a symbol of Canada, what kind of Canada does it symbolize? Inheriting a Canoe Paddle looks at how the canoe has come to symbolize love of Canada for non-aboriginal Canadians and provides a critique of this identification’s unintended consequences for First Nations. Written with an engaging, personal style, it is both a scholarly examination and a personal reflection, delving into representations of canoes and canoeing in museum displays, historical re-enactments, travel narratives, the history of wilderness expeditions, artwork, film, and popular literature. Misao Dean opens the book with the story of inheriting her father’s canoe paddle and goes on to explore the canoe paddle as a national symbol – integral to historical tales of exploration and trade, central to Pierre Trudeau’s patriotism, and unique to Canadians wanting to distance themselves from British and American national myths. Throughout, Inheriting a Canoe Paddle emphasizes the importance of self-consciously evaluating the meaning we give to canoes as objects and to canoeing as an activity.

Canoe Country

Author : Roy MacGregor
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307361424

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Canoe Country by Roy MacGregor Pdf

One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes. 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.

The Canoe in Canadian Cultures

Author : Bruce W. Hodgins,John Jennings,Doreen Small
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781770707030

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The Canoe in Canadian Cultures by Bruce W. Hodgins,John Jennings,Doreen Small Pdf

The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada’s most powerful icon. Within this Canexus II publication are a collection of essays by paddling enthusiasts and experts. Contributing authors include: Eugene Arima, Shanna Balazs, David Finch, Ralph Frese, Toni Harting, Bob Henderson, Bruce W. Hodgins, Bert Horwood, Gwyneth Hoyle, John Jennings, Timothy Kent, Peter Labor, Adrian Lee, Kenneth R. Lister, Becky Mason, James Raffan, Alister Thomas and Kirk Wipper.

Canoe Nation

Author : Bruce Erickson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774822510

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Canoe Nation by Bruce Erickson Pdf

More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson argues that the canoe's sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada that overvalues the nation's connection to nature. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe authenticates Canada's reputation as a tolerant, environmentalist nation, even when there is abundant evidence to the contrary. Ultimately, the stories we tell about the canoe need to be understood as moments in the ever-contested field of cultural politics.

Canexus

Author : James Raffan,Bert Horwood
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781459727755

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Canexus by James Raffan,Bert Horwood Pdf

A symbol unique to Canada, the canoe is one of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after.

Canada's Best Canoe Routes

Author : Alister Thomas
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1550463918

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Canada's Best Canoe Routes by Alister Thomas Pdf

A collection of first-hand accounts by Canada's finest canoeists of their favorite trips, featuring 24 profiles of paddling luminaries and conservation plans for protecting wild waterways.

Canoe for Change

Author : Glenn Green,Carol VandenEngel
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781039103023

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Canoe for Change by Glenn Green,Carol VandenEngel Pdf

Imagine taking on the challenge of a cross-Canada canoe adventure: to live outdoors for months at a time, to embark on your destination knowing you have 8,515 kilometres ahead of you to paddle. Canoe for Change is the story of husband-and-wife team Glenn Green and Carol VandenEngel who took on this gift and privilege to see Canada from thousand-year-old water trails and form connections to nature that many have lost. Traversing through oceans, rivers, lakes and creeks, the couple completed a three-year paddle across Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. Manoeuvring tidal currents, high winds and waves, pulling their canoe over the Rocky Mountains, paddling through badlands, seeing wolves and bears on remote shorelines, they experienced Canada's natural beauty from the water's edge. Along the way, they found perseverance, companionship and self-discovery. In exploring this great land full of amazing diversity, one of their most remarkable memories is of the friendliness, kindness and generosity bestowed upon them by their fellow Canadians. Listen to the sound the paddle makes as it dips into the water and taste true freedom...after all, it is not a race but a retirement cruise. Outdoor enthusiasts and adventurers will find fascination and inspiration in Canoe for Change, while travellers and paddlers looking for a new way to see Canada will find helpful information about routes, equipment and logistics.

The Canoe

Author : Eugene Yuji Arima
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1554070805

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The Canoe by Eugene Yuji Arima Pdf

A comprehensive history of North American canoe traditions.

The Politics of the Canoe

Author : Bruce Erickson,Sarah Wylie Krotz
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780887559112

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The Politics of the Canoe by Bruce Erickson,Sarah Wylie Krotz Pdf

Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also been adopted to assert conservation ideals, feminist empowerment, citizenship practices, and multicultural goals. Documenting many of these various uses, this book asserts that the canoe is not merely a matter of leisure and pleasure; it is folded into many facets of our political life. Taking a critical stance on the canoe, The Politics of the Canoe expands and enlarges the stories that we tell about the canoe’s relationship to, for example, colonialism, nationalism, environmentalism, and resource politics. To think about the canoe as a political vessel is to recognize how intertwined canoes are in the public life, governance, authority, social conditions, and ideologies of particular cultures, nations, and states. Almost everywhere we turn, and any way we look at it, the canoe both affects and is affected by complex political and cultural histories. Across Canada and the U.S., canoeing cultures have been born of activism and resistance as much as of adherence to the mythologies of wilderness and nation building. The essays in this volume show that canoes can enhance how we engage with and interpret not only our physical environments, but also our histories and present-day societies.

More of Canada's Best Canoe Routes

Author : Alister Thomas
Publisher : Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 155046390X

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More of Canada's Best Canoe Routes by Alister Thomas Pdf

A sequel to Canada's Best Canoe Routes offers first-hand accounts of 31 prime paddling trips, profiles of 20 noteworthy paddlers, a tour of the Canadian Canoe Museum and paddling maxims

Paddle to the Amazon

Author : Don Starkell
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-09-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780771082566

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Paddle to the Amazon by Don Starkell Pdf

It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants. They encountered piranhas, wild pigs, and hungry alligators. They were arrested, shot at, taken for spies and drug smugglers, and set upon by pirates. They had lived through terrifying hurricanes, food poisoning, and near starvation. And at the same time they had set a record for a thrilling, unforgettable voyage of discovery and old-fashioned adventure. "Courageous . . . Exciting and always immediate." -- The New York Times Book Review

Bark, Skin And Cedar

Author : James Raffan
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443401555

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Bark, Skin And Cedar by James Raffan Pdf

Bark, Skin and Cedar is an intelligent and grand exploration of that great Canadian icon -- the canoe. From the graceful birch bark vessels of the Micmac Indians to the wide and sturdy Haida dugouts, from the canvas-covered Chestnut Prospector to the sleek dragon racing boats, the fragile but powerful craft defines our history and our culture in a myriad of ways. James Raffan takes us on a canoe tripping journey: we are transported back in time to the notion of the canoe as a luminal vehicle, bearing the human spirit from one world to another; we are there at the Lachine Rapids, where Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain learned to paddle canoes, so different from their sea-faring vessels; we explore the canoe trip as a reflection of a heroic quest and the craft as a cradle or womb out of which love and new life will grow; and we investigate the canoe as a rich muse for our artists and profitable inspiration for our advertisers. Along the way we meet some of the canoe’s most ardent and colorful paddlers: Governor George Simpson, Frances Ann Hopkins, Edwin Tappan Adney, Eric Morse, Pierre Trudeau, Bill Mason and Kirk Wipper. With its fresh and unique blend of canoe history, legend, insight and imagination presented in an attractive gift book format, Bark, Skin and Cedar will capture a large and enthusiastic reading audience.

Inheriting a Canoe Paddle

Author : Misao Dean
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442612877

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Inheriting a Canoe Paddle by Misao Dean Pdf

Inheriting a Canoe Paddle emphasizes the importance of self-consciously evaluating the meaning we give to canoes as objects and to canoeing as an activity.

In the Red Canoe

Author : Leslie A. Davidson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459817500

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In the Red Canoe by Leslie A. Davidson Pdf

This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Ducks and frogs, swallows and dragonflies, beaver lodges and lily pads—a multitude of wonders enchant the child narrator in this tender, beautifully illustrated picture book. A tribute to those fragile, wild places that still exist, In the Red Canoe celebrates the bond between grandparent and grandchild and invites nature lovers of all ages along for the ride.

Around the World in a Dugout Canoe

Author : John M. MacFarlane,Lynn J. Salmon
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781550178807

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Around the World in a Dugout Canoe by John M. MacFarlane,Lynn J. Salmon Pdf

Anticipating fame and wealth, Captain John Voss set out from Victoria, BC, in 1901, seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel ever to circumnavigate the globe. For the journey, he procured an authentic dugout cedar canoe from an Indigenous village on the east coast of Vancouver Island. For three years Voss and the Tilikum, aided by a rotating cast of characters, visited Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and finally England, weathering heavy gales at sea and attracting large crowds of spectators on shore. The austere on-board conditions and simple navigational equipment Voss used throughout the voyage are a testimony to his skill and to the solid construction of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth vessel. Both Voss and his original mate, newspaperman N.K. Luxton, later wrote about their journey in accounts compromised by poor memories, brazen egos and outright lies. Stories of murder, cannibalism and high-seas terror have been repeated elsewhere without any regard to the truth. Now, over a century later, a full and fair account of the voyage—and the magnitude of Voss’s accomplishment—is at last fully detailed. In this groundbreaking work, marine historians John MacFarlane and Lynn Salmon sift fact from fiction, critically examining the claims of Voss’s and Luxton’s manuscripts against research from libraries, archives, museums and primary sources around the world. Including unpublished photographs, letters and ephemera from the voyage, Around the World in a Dugout Canoe tells the real story of a little-understood character and his cedar canoe. It is an enduring story of courage, adventure, sheer luck and at times tragedy.