Quetico Superior A Short Histroy And Other Stories

Author : Mack Van Allen
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1098324625

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Quetico-Superior: A Short Histroy and Other Stories by Mack Van Allen Pdf

We get the amount of wilderness we are willing to fight for. This book is about such a fight. Mack Van Allen offers a concise telling of the story to save American's Boundary Waters and Canada's Quetico Provincial Park from development. If this fight had not been waged, these twin wildernesses would not today be one of the crown jewels in each country's wilderness system. Mr. Van Allen also provides the reader with a personal view of travel in this canoe country wilderness. Nature's barrier to entry - the portage, the solitude of traveling alone, and an encounter with a bear are his subjects for three essays. Finally, he leaves readers with one of the best campfire stories they will ever hear.

Author : Mack Van Allen
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1543998178

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Quetico-Superior by Mack Van Allen Pdf

We get the amount of wilderness we are willing to fight for. This book is about such a fight. Mack Van Allen offers a concise telling of the story to save American's Boundary Waters and Canada's Quetico Provential Park from development. If this fight had not been waged, these twin wildernesses would not today be one of the crown jewels in each country's wilderness system. Mr. Van Allen also provides the reader with a personal view of travel in this canoe country wilderness. Nature's barrier to entry - the portage, the solitude of traveling alone, and an encounter with a bear are his subjects for three essays. Finally, he leaves readers with one of the best campfire stories they will ever hear.

Author : Mary Casanova
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452969138

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Hush Hush, Forest by Mary Casanova Pdf

Lyrical words and elegant woodcuts capture the quiet beauty of the forest as day fades to night and autumn gives way to the North Woods winter While we are tucked in, snug in warm blankets as we listen to bedtime stories, the woods around us whisper another tale. As the golden leaves waft through the lengthening shadows, the loon sings one last lullaby, the whirring hummingbird takes one last sip, the industrious beaver saws one last branch for her lodge. Here, in enchanting words and woodcuts, is the magic of night falling and winter approaching in the North Woods. Hush Hush, Forest peers through twilight’s window at the raccoon preening, the doe and fawn bedding down, the last bat of the season flitting away. The owl surveys, the rabbit scurries, the bear hunkers, readying her den. Marking the rhythm between the falling leaf and the falling snowflake, picturing the rituals of creatures big and small as they prepare for the long winter’s sleep, this charming book captures a time of surpassing wonder for readers of all ages—and bids everyone in the hushed forest a peaceful good night.

Author : Bill Magie
Publisher : Raven Productions
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0967705789

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A Wonderful Country by Bill Magie Pdf

"When Bill Magie began taking canoe trips in the wild country along the Minnesota-Ontario border, there were places where the lakes were so crowded with logs heading to the mill, that his group put their gear on a horse-drawn wagon to portage to a spot where they could paddle. There were other places where they could travel for two or three weeks and see no except an occasional Indian family. Bill's stories originate from the Canoe Country -- today's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageur National Park, and Quetico Provincial Park. But they are not the dry facts of the past. (Some would argue that there are few facts to be found in these stories!) Instead, they are full of the elements that still draw us to this wilderness area today -- wolf howls, sparkling water, storms, solitude, stillness, adventurous undertakings, relics of bygone days, campfires and camaraderie. Take this book on your next canoe trip, and imagine Bill has joined you, spinning tales of lumberjacks and trappers, surveying the border, flying bush planes when flying at all was a novelty, camping before nylon and plastic and freeze-dried food, hunting and fishing when you succeeded or went hungry. Find stories about the places you visit: Curtain Falls, Prairie Portage, Granite River, Knife Lake, Basswood, Saganaga -- and so many more. And know that the spirit of those who have loved this place lives on as today's paddlers discover what a wonderful country this is"--Front flap.

Author : John Owens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Boundary Waters Canoe Area (Minn.)
ISBN : 1517909503

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One Summer Up North by John Owens Pdf

A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters, canoeing and camping with a family as they encounter the northwoods wilderness in all its spectacular beauty It's a place of wordless wonder: the wilderness of the Boundary Waters on the Minnesota-Canada border. Travel its vast distances, canoe its streams and glacial lakes, take shelter from rain under a rocky outcropping (or in your tent), camp in its vaulting forests as stars embroider the darkening sky. Is this your first visit? Or is it already your favorite destination? Come along--join a family of three as their journey unfolds, picture by picture, marking the changing light as the day passes, the stillness before the gathering storm, the shining waters everywhere, rushing here, quietly pooling there, beckoning us ever onward into nature's infinite wildness one summer up north.

Author : Jon Nelson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770706088

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Quetico by Jon Nelson Pdf

Quetico Park in northwestern Ontario celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2009. Long-recognized as a gem among parks, Quetico contains some of the largest stands of old-growth red and white pine in Canada , as well as a diversity of fascinating lichens, carnivorous plants in specialized habitats. The author presents an insightful look into Quetico's natural history as he examines the adapations that have allowed moose, white-tailed deer, wolves and other mammals to survive. The human history of the park is also explored, beginning with the Objiwa living there when the area was designated as a park, followed by accounts of trappers, loggers, miners, park rangers, and poachers. Beginning with the retreat of the glaciers, the author combines his thorough research into Quetico's long and varied history with the threads of his own extensive involvement with the park. The result is a splendid tribute to a very special place.

Author : Joe Paddock
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0873514092

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Keeper of the Wild by Joe Paddock Pdf

The first-ever biography of wilderness preservationist Ernest Oberholtzer, environmental pioneer, explorer, and caretaker of Minnesota and Ontario's boundary waters region.

Author : R. Newell Searle
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1977-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0873511409

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Saving Quetico Superior by R. Newell Searle Pdf

Encompassing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Grand Portage National Monument in Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, the Quetico-Superior is the only region of its kind in the U.S. and Canada. This book tells the story of the long campaign to secure and preserve it for posterity and also illustrates the development of an American idea -- wilderness preservation.

Author : Chel Anderson,Adelheid Fischer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0816632324

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North Shore by Chel Anderson,Adelheid Fischer Pdf

Propelled by wings, fins, legs, and the wind, life has found a way to Minnesota's North Shore for more than twelve thousand years. Some plants and animals have taken up residence in the region's ancient mountains, others in its lakes and flowing rivers. Together, they weave a living fabric of sublime and fascinating beauty. These organisms come to life in North Shore, a comprehensive environmental history of one of Minnesota's most beloved places. The story of this region unfolds through the five interconnected areas of Minnesota's North Shore watershed--the meandering rivers of the Headwaters, the deep and dense forest of the Highlands, the rocky Nearshore, the drama of Lake Superior, and its mysterious islands, including Isle Royale and Susie Island archipelagos. Each section begins with an overview of the forces that have shaped the area, then the focus turns to a wide range of inhabitants, such as chorus frogs and star-nosed moles, butterworts and coaster brook trout, jeweled diatoms and pitcher plants, black bears and blue-spotted salamanders. Each chapter links to the region's broader history, from the sculpting of the land by mile-high glaciers to the role of scientific exploration, the advent of logging, the development of tourism, and the changing global climate. North Shore reminds us that the natural history of this extraordinary region is still being created and that each of us--individually and collectively--are the authors of this ongoing narrative. Compelling and accessible, the book will provide readers with a science-based knowledge of the Minnesota North Shore watershed so that together we can write a new, hopeful chapter for its inhabitants, both human and wild.

Author : Ernest Carl Oberholtzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : 0984905200

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Bound for the Barrens by Ernest Carl Oberholtzer Pdf

Ernest Oberholtzer's 1912 exploratory 2,000-mile canoe journey to Hudson Bay and back as recorded in his daily journal and photographs he took along the way.

Author : J. Wesley White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Animals
ISBN : MINN:31951D02067477P

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Historical Sketches of the Quetico-Superior by J. Wesley White Pdf

Author : J. E. Potzger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Bog ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D01967802L

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Bogs of the Quetico-Superior Country Tell Its Forest History by J. E. Potzger Pdf

Author : Jon Nelson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770703957

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Quetico by Jon Nelson Pdf

Quetico Park in northwestern Ontario celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2009. Long-recognized as a gem among parks, Quetico contains some of the largest stands of old-growth red and white pine in Canada , as well as a diversity of fascinating lichens, carnivorous plants in specialized habitats. The author presents an insightful look into Quetico’s natural history as he examines the adapations that have allowed moose, white-tailed deer, wolves and other mammals to survive. The human history of the park is also explored, beginning with the Objiwa living there when the area was designated as a park, followed by accounts of trappers, loggers, miners, park rangers, and poachers. Beginning with the retreat of the glaciers, the author combines his thorough research into Quetico’s long and varied history with the threads of his own extensive involvement with the park. The result is a splendid tribute to a very special place.

Author : Amy Freeman,Dave Freeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1571313710

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A Year in the Wilderness by Amy Freeman,Dave Freeman Pdf

From National Geographic's 2014 Adventurers of the Year, a beautifully illustrated account of a year in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Author : Rudi (Randy) Hargesheimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578655659

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The Superior Hiking Trail Story by Rudi (Randy) Hargesheimer Pdf

History and photo essay of Minnesota's 310 mile Superior Hiking Trail