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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Reprint. Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down sixteen of Canadas great rivers Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways and how they sustain our spirit identity and economypast present and futureNo country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada From the mouth of the Fraser River in BC to the Bow in Alberta the Red in Manitoba the Gatineau the Saint John and the most historic of all Canadas rivers the St Lawrence our beloved chronicler of Canadian life Roy MacGregor has paddled sailed and traversed their lengths learned their stories and secrets and the tales of centuries lived on their rapids and riverbanks He raises lost tales like that of the Great Tax Revolt of the Gatineau River and reconsiders histories like that of the Irish wouldbe settlers who died on Grosse Ile and the incredible resilience of settlers in the Red River Valley Along the Grand the Ottawa and others he meets the successful conservationists behind the resuscitation of polluted wetlands including Torontos Don the most abused river in Canada In the Mackenzie River Valley he witnesses the Dehcho First Nations effort to block a pipeline they worry endangers the regions lifebloodLong before our national railroad was built rivers held Canada together in these sixteen portraits filled with yesterdays adventures and tomorrows promise MacGregor weaves together a story of Canada and its ongoing relationship with its most precious resource. Seller Inventory # DADAX030736139X
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