"Blue Sky, Red Canoe" COMING SOON!

"A very fine paddling memoir and beautiful description of our favorite River.”
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─Mark Lund, outdoor educator, author, and publisher of Mark’s Guide for Alberta Paddlers.

"The author expresses his love for the land of the Red Deer River, as the current skims “across the sunlit stones of yesterday.” Blue Sky, Red Canoe is a winding journey into the human and natural history of this part of Canada. This wonderfully descriptive and poetic book is accessible to all readers. It is conversational, knowledgeable, and well researched. I would recommend that Canadians acquire this memoir. 

─Professor Emeritus James H. Morrison, PhD, OC, St. Mary’s University, Halifax

Explore the Red Deer River, from the mountains of Banff National Park to the open, prairie lands of the Saskatchewan border. 

In Blue Sky, Red Canoe, his second book of western Canadiana, Neil Gower encounters the rugged Red Deer River physically, historically, and personally from the stern seat of a red canoe. Full of detail, introspection, and reflection on a life fully lived, Gower’s memoir brings the river and its history to vivid life.

Paddle with him through unique landscapes as he searches for adventure, and meaning, telling stories about the river and his experiences on it. Reflect on where we have been and where we are going through the eyes of a descendant of prominent Alberta pioneers, discovering, along the way, much about the call of running water, the natural world, and the intersection of Indigenous and settler history.