Canoe Atlas of the Little North features:
- 1,200 maps and illustrations, including 50 large route maps and 8 large supplementary maps
- bibliography
- index
Canoe Atlas of the Little North |
| First Nations people call it Nishwawbe-Aski, "Land of the Original
People." The area known as the Little North lies in Ontario and Manitoba, north
of Lake Superior, east of Lake Winnipeg, west of James Bay and south of Hudson
Bay. Early French fur traders referred to it as Le Petit Nord, as distinguished
from the vast area west and north of Lake Winnipeg, Le Grand Nord. Despite its
name, the Little North encompasses over 20 major lake and river systems within
more than 500,000 square miles. This remarkable atlas, in an oversize format, is a landmark publication. It is the result of five decades of travel, research and documentation. Its first section provides an overview of the region’s geography, the nature of its canoe routes, and the influence of natural and cultural history on those routes. Its second, larger section features annotated versions of 50 topographic maps derived from the well-known Canadian National Topographic System (NTS) and constructed in digital form by the Geographic Information Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Annotations include points of interest, portages, rapids and difficult passages. |
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| Note: While the authors referred to NTS maps at a scale of 1:250
000, for Atlas production, the topographic map sheets have been reduced to a
scale of 1:400 000. For easy user reference the names of chapters and maps
follow the names of the NTS maps. The maps reproduced in the Atlas are not
suitable for navigation, only for reference. The Canoe Atlas of the Little North is sure to be treasured by canoeists everywhere and by anyone fascinated by the history of the North. About the authors: Jonathan Berger holds a PhD in environmental planning. He has travelled, sketched and mapped the Little North since the early 1960s. He lives in Philadelphia. Thomas Terry is an instructor in wilderness rock-climbing, canoe-tripping and first-aid. He outfits and guides custom canoe trips and serves as a community development and wilderness consultant. He lives in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. Written by Jonathan Berger and Thomas Terry. Published by Boston Mills Press, 2007. |
| Catalogue No. | 1-55046-496-5 |
| Price | $95.00 |
| Format | Hardcover (approx. 16 in. x 13 ½ in. or 41 cm x 34 cm) |
| Pages | 144 |
| Language | English only |
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