Seven Rivers to Churchill

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Jim Lewis

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Seven Rivers to Churchill, the author, Jim Lewis takes you along on a kayaking adventure from the Laurentian Divide in northern Minnesota to Churchill, Manitoba, the polar bear capital of the world. The journey begins on quiet spring-fed lakes flowing into small streams which meander slowly along the edge of the marsh but quickly accelerate through long stretches of rapids and cascade without restraint through gorges in a deafening roar; twelve hundred miles, seven rivers, sixteen lakes, and twenty-five portages. An excerpt: "I gave a couple serious strokes to get back into midstream, sitting as tall as I could in the cockpit to get an eye on the deep black trough I needed. The trough was obvious and wide, almost as wide as the overall flow, perhaps twenty yards or more, but it necked down quickly between two sheer limestone walls. In the trough, the flow picked up velocity, and once in, there was no getting out. As the channel narrowed more and more with each passing moment, I gained a grasp for why it was called Portage Chute. Perhaps we should have portaged!"

Author Biography:

This is the second book Jim Lewis has authored. The first was Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska (Headwaters to the Gulf - in a Kayak). Ka-Ka-Ska-Ska was based on his kayak trip down the Mississippi. It provides a little more humor than adventure. Born in northern Minnesota, Jim began his love for paddling at the age of twelve and bought his first canoe at age fourteen. Jim has paddled for more than fifty years, logging thousands of miles on dozens of lakes and rivers across thirteen states and two Canadian Provinces. Jim also enjoys biking and hiking. He and four friends biked around Lake Superior, an eleven hundred mile trip done in twelve days. Jim has hiked across the Grand Canyon four times, a trek of twenty-three miles with an elevation change of 10,000 feet. The last two times were done as a "day-hike." In 2011, Jim climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in Africa.

Release date NZ

February 18th, 2016

Author

Jim Lewis

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

128

Dimensions

152x229x7

ISBN-13

9781523393930

Product ID

37608723

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