Portage Into The Past (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) - Softcover

Bolz, J. Arnold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816609195 ISBN 13: 9780816609192

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1999

Synopsis

The wilderness of the Boundary Waters is as rich in history as it is in natural beauty. French Canadian voyageurs traveled through this area, which is bordered by both the United States and Canada, almost 300 years ago, paddling birch-bark canoes along the St. Lawrence-Superior route to northwestern Canada. In this classic work of travel and adventure, Bolz recounts a journey he took in 1958, retracing the voyageurs' route from Grand Portage on Lake Superior through the Quetico-Superior country to Rainy Lake. His canoe and paddle served as a time machine as he re-created a trip first taken centuries ago.Beautifully illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, Portage into the Past draws from the journals and maps of the early explorers of the region. Today's adventurers of the north country will treasure this classic volume, an ideal guidebook for the region's remarkable past.

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From the Publisher:

Minnesota canoe enthusiast retraces routes of the voyageurs.
The wilderness of the Boundary Waters is as rich in history as it is in natural beauty. Almost three hundred years ago, French Canadian voyageurs traveled through this area, which straddles the border of the United States and Canada, paddling birch-bark canoes along the St. Lawrence-Superior route to northwestern Canada. In this work of travel and adventure, Bolz recounts a journey he took in 1958, retracing the voyageurs’ route from Grand Portage on Lake Superior through the Quetico-Superior country to Rainy Lake. His canoe and paddle served as a time machine as he re-created a trip first taken centuries ago.

Beautifully illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques, Portage into the Past draws from the journals and maps of the early explorers of the region. Today’s adventurers of the north country will treasure this classic, an ideal guidebook to the region’s remarkable past.

"At times, the transition is so smooth that it is with a start that we realize we have suddenly been carried two hundred years into the past." Canoeing

About the Author:

Bolz was an avid outdoorsman and accomplished nature photographer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0816609195
• ISBN 13: 9780816609192
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192