Overview

There are few places on the planet that still offer true wilderness paddling. Northern Saskatchewan is one of them. Wilderness adventurer Laurel Archer takes us on 15 trips down 15 rivers: the well traveled and the less traveled. With detailed route descriptions, maps, sage advice on rapids, hazards, campsites, and special attractions, as well as notes on the recreational, historical, and wilderness value of each river.

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Painstakingly document[s] the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable. -- Monika Rohlmann Canadian Book Review Annual (01/01/2005)

Painstakingly document�s� the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable. -- Monika Rohlmann Canadian Book Review Annual (01/01/2005) Painstakingly document[s] the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable.--Monika Rohlmann Canadian Book Review Annual (01/01/2005) Will be appreciated by serious paddlers... filled with route descriptions and practical details.--Laszlo Buhasz Globe and Mail (05/10/2003) Archer has painstakingly documented the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable.--Monika Rohlmann Canadian Book Review Annual (01/01/2005) Provides important detailed descriptions, maps and sage advice ... this book in format, content and style has a lot going for it.--Ron Cherkewich Rural Roots (03/16/2003) Detailed ... a keen sense of what real life paddlers -- as opposed to macho endurance heroes -- want out of a wilderness trip.--Bartley Kives Winnipeg Free Press (03/23/2003) Will be appreciated by serious paddlers planning multi-day trips into the rugged, pre-Cambrian wilderness of northern Saskatchewan... filled with route descriptions and practical details... Best of all, Archer references her descriptions to map coordinates.--Laszlo Buhasz Globe and Mail (05/10/2003)

Archer has painstakingly documented the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable.--Monika Rohlmann Canadian Book Review Annual (01/01/2005) Provides important detailed descriptions, maps and sage advice ... this book in format, content and style has a lot going for it.-- (03/16/2003) Detailed ... a keen sense of what real life paddlers -- as opposed to macho endurance heroes -- want out of a wilderness trip.-- (03/23/2003) Will be appreciated by serious paddlers planning multi-day trips into the rugged, pre-Cambrian wilderness of northern Saskatchewan... filled with route descriptions and practical details... Best of all, Archer references her descriptions to map coordinates.-- (05/10/2003)

Author Information

Laurel Archer lived, paddled and guided in the Northern Saskatchewan wilderness for 12 years. She has canoed or kayaked most of North America's major rivers, as well as rivers in Costa Rica, India and Malaysia. Her writing has appeared in numerous outdoor recreation magazines and anthologies.

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