Idleness, Water, and a Canoe : : Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure /

Idleness, Water, and a Canoe : : Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure / / Jamie Benedickson.

In the spring of 1940, subscribers to Queen's Quarterly read that the 'ingredients of a holiday in Canada are idleness, water, and a canoe.' This statement bears witness to the enduring importance of the canoe generations after the decline of the North American fur trade. Jamie Benidi...

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Benedickson, Jamie,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [1999]
©1997
Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (300 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Popular Images and Personal Experiences
  • 2. A Useful Vessel: A Trout, a Moose, and a Canoe
  • 3. The Healing Pines
  • 4. God's Country
  • 5. The Canadian Summer Boy
  • 6. Women and Wilderness
  • 7. Rock Dodging and Other Perils
  • 8. Getting Organized: Clubs and Competitions
  • 9. What Kinda Boat Ya Got?
  • 10. The Craft and the Craftsman in Transition
  • 11. Native Impressions
  • 12. Destinations
  • 13. Comfort: Bringing It with You and Finding It There
  • 14. The Price of Adventure
  • 15. Consuming Wilderness
  • 16. The Future of the Voyageur
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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