Cache Lake Country

Download or read book Cache Lake Country: Or, Life in the North Woods written by John J. Rowlands and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic chronicle of life and self-reliance in the great Northern Forest, reissued for its many fans “Cache Lake Country is a gem for many reasons—a simple narrative, the ways in which it conveys the work-a-day joys and exertions of life in the wilderness, the woodscraft techniques it illustrates, and the slow and pleasurable way in which the soul of a serene man is revealed.” —The New York Times Over half a century ago, John Rowlands set out by canoe into the wilds of Canada to survey land for a timber company. After paddling alone for several days, he came upon "the lake of my boyhood dreams," which he named Cache Lake because there was stored the best that the north had to offer?timber for a cabin; fish, game, and berries to live on; and the peace and contentment he felt he could not live without. This is his story, containing both folklore and philosophy, with wisdom about the woods and the demand therein for inventiveness. It includes directions for making moccasins, stoves, shelters, outdoor ovens, canoes, and hundreds of other ingenious and useful gadgets.

Download or read book North Country Cache written by Joan H. Young and published by Shark Enterprises. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Goodbye Beaver Lake written by Irwin Wolfe and published by Goodbye Beaver Lake. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separatist madness engulfs Quebec in this saga of a society torn asunder by French-Canadian nationalists hellbent on Quebec's secession from Canada. It might be described as a historical/political metaphor, a cautionary tale, recounting some of the momentous events which have occurred in the Province of Quebec between the late 50s and present day. The story also dips back into the 30s and 40s.

Download or read book Groom Lake written by Bryan O and published by MOBO Media. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groom Lake is not just a novel; the narrative is a briefing on America''s black budget programs and practices that originated at Area 51 in Nevada. The story gives a historical account of "shadow government" activities, methods and reasoning, intertwined with a fast-paced plot where intelligence agents guard their fringe programs from inquisitive civilians, China''s Ministry of State Security and a congressional task force investigating black budget spending.

Download or read book Shantymen of Cache Lake written by Bill Freeman and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When John and Meg Bains heard the news of their lumberman father's death, the cold wind shaking their tiny Ottawa cabin grew even colder. If someone didn't soon start bringing in money, they would lose their modest home and find themselves on the town's raw, muddy streets. They realize that only they can support their family, and head off to a lumber camp in the Ottawa Valley for the winters' season. There they learn the difficult and dangerous work of felling big trees, squaring timber, and readying logs for the drive downriver. They also learn of the tensions that simmer between the owners of the camp and the working shantymen, tensions that threaten to explode. Spring approaches, the river swells with runoff, and the logs start their violent trip along the current. At the same time, the bosses' demands and those of the men seem bound for a collision. Set against the rough and exciting background of a 19th century lumber camp, Shantymen of Cache Lake is a classic account of two indomitable young people and their gutsy adaptation to hard times. The book is illustrated with photos chronicling Canada's huge and exciting timber trade. This is the first book in the Bains series of historical novels, well-researched, action-filled narratives following the travels of one family across Canada--from Newfoundland to Alberta-- in search of a better life during the hard times of the 1870s.

Download or read book North of Highway Eight written by Dan Woll and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author tells his tales of adventure in the northwoods of Wisconsin.

Download or read book Trap Lines North written by Stephen Warren Meader and published by Southern Skies Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter was near, and with Big Lindsay laid up, it looked as if the Vanderbecks were in for a hard time. Winter way up north in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario is a serious matter. It is long and bitter and there is much work to be done that requires experience and woods wisdom and courage. This winter it was up to eighteen-year-old Jim Vanderbeck and his younger brother Lindsay to take their father's place on the trap-lines. Upon their efforts, pitted against real dangers and hardships, depended the annual catch of fur and the income of the family. Jim felt the responsibility but he also felt the adventure of being all on his own. Trap-Lines North is the story of that winter. So realistically does Stephen Meader retell it that the reader is virtually taken into the woods with Jim in the fall. He tramps from line camp to line camp, followed by the staunch old sled dogs, Bruno and Pat. He sleeps in rough pole lean-tos, eats moose meat, catches fish through the ice, and from time to time feels a chill along his spine when he comes upon the tracks of the lone gray killer---the biggest wolf in Canada. Jim Vanderbeck is a real person.