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Portage into the past : by canoe along the Minnesota-Ontario boundary waters / J. Arnold Bolz ; illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book seriesPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [1999?]Description: 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0816609195
  • 9780816609192
Subject(s): Summary: "To recapture the colorful past of the Minnesota-Ontario boundary lakes region, J. Arnold Bolz traveled an early canoe route from Grand Portage on Lake Superior through the Quetico-Superior area to Rainy Lake. Using descriptions found in early diaries and travel accounts, he relates his experiences to those of the explorers, trappers, and voyageurs who preceded him. Through their eyes, he sees the landmarks along the route and finds that the lakes and rivers, as well as the thrilling of exploring, have changed little in 250 years. This book will be a delight for anyone who has vacationed or canoed in the north country and will serve as a guide for those who wish to do what the author did - make a portage into the past."--Back cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Minnesota canoe enthusiast retraces the 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 ISBN 0-8166-0919-5 Paper £00.00 $14.95192 Pages 6 x 8 1/4 AprilFesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book SeriesTranslation inquiries: University of Minnesota Press

Originally published: 1960.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index.

"To recapture the colorful past of the Minnesota-Ontario boundary lakes region, J. Arnold Bolz traveled an early canoe route from Grand Portage on Lake Superior through the Quetico-Superior area to Rainy Lake. Using descriptions found in early diaries and travel accounts, he relates his experiences to those of the explorers, trappers, and voyageurs who preceded him. Through their eyes, he sees the landmarks along the route and finds that the lakes and rivers, as well as the thrilling of exploring, have changed little in 250 years. This book will be a delight for anyone who has vacationed or canoed in the north country and will serve as a guide for those who wish to do what the author did - make a portage into the past."--Back cover.

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