|
|
The second printing of A Métis Man's Dream; From Traplines to Tugboats in Canada's North has arrived at book stores near you! Please let me know if you need a copy or information on book sellers.
Blue Sky, Red Canoe is an easy reading exploration of paddling the Red Deer River and a reflection on the history, geology, geography, and stories of the river and its badlands. The book comments on life and nature from a long-time lawyer's view point, and touches on the interface of homesteaders and Indigenous peoples in Alberta through stories and memoirs of paddling the Red Deer River.
2026 marks the 70th anniversary of a unique event in northern Canada's nautical history. In the summer sailing season of 1956, first a Northern Transportation Company tug, the MV Clearwater sank in a terrible storm on Lake Athabasca. Then not two months later the Sandy Jane, a very similar tug operated by Yellowknife Transportation Company sank to the bottom of Great Slave Lake, the deepest lake in North America. Two teenagers died and three young twenty-somethings were deeply affected. In the same season, two teenagers went north to begin their long and successful careers in the marine business north of 60.
The story of the wrecks and redemptions from the summer of '56, working title Nobody Waved Goodbye, is in test reading. Watch this space or follow Neil on Facebook to see when the book will be available to the public.
Or email Neil (see below) to be put on his contact list!
The story of the wrecks and redemptions from the summer of '56, working title Nobody Waved Goodbye, is in test reading. Watch this space or follow Neil on Facebook to see when the book will be available to the public.
Or email Neil (see below) to be put on his contact list!
