In 1929 young Duncan MacGregor, son of a lumberman, great-grandson of a voyageur, avid reader and baseball fan, makes the world's largest tract of preserved bush, Ontario's Algonquin Park, his home. His son Roy compellingly tells the tale.

An author, journalist, researcher, editor, printer, and public speaker, Robert Boyer's life-long career with words began in ernest at age 19 when he became a newspaper editor, as his son Patrick recounts in this biography.

Author James Dickson knew the Algonquin highlands better than anyone. His classic 1886 book is an account of a canoe trip, but more, it is a demonstration of woodland skills and a key to understanding Canadian essentials.

In Parry Sound District, Hagerman Township's pioneer families dealt with challenges, satisfactions, and deep changes through the generations from 1868 to 1972. This book chronicles the reality of community on the Canadian Shield.

As soon as Nathan Tidridge’s canoe slipped into the waters of his beloved Buck Lake, the region would never be the same. Escaping from events at home, Tidridge created an empire in the pages of his journals from the lakes and islands surrounding…

This is the story of Rene Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada, and describes her extraordinary struggle to obtain official recognition of Essiac, her herbal cancer remedy.

An illuminating and humorous biographical account of the "English Bloods" — young men sent to learn farming skills in Muskoka in pioneer times.

Why did Maud and her family choose Bala for a holiday in 1922? What inspired her to write "The Blue Castle"? Why did she choose an unlikely name like Valancy for her heroine? How many people in Bala knew in the summer of 1922 that a famous Canadian…

This book contains a richness of memories of sport fisherman Gord Deval's experiences on hundreds of streams, rivers, and lakes in Ontario and Quebec.

Francis Pegahmagabow was a remarkable aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war and his people in time of peace—fighting all the way. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime he had no option. His life reveals how uncaring Cana

This memoir recalls the boyhood years of Ontario’s future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal oil-lamp lighting. Behind the outrageous stories, larger-than life-characters, and descriptions of the m

Father Pat Cheyne, an unkempt, middle-aged priest on a lone canoe ride reflects on how these solitary meditations in his beloved canoe have marked his life.

This book celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890–1939), a brilliant surgeon, campaigner for socialized medicine, and communist. Bethune’s courageous opposition to fascism, as well as his introduction of innovative techniques...