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1970-1971 Winter Merchandise Price List. By Chestnut Canoe Company Limited.Snowshoe and Snow Sled

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chestnut Canoe Company Limited, Fredericton, N.B., 1970, : 1970

Seller ID: 80581

(Chestnut Canoe Company). 1970-1971 Winter Merchandise Price List. By Chestnut Canoe Company Limited. Snowshoe and Snow Sled. Effective September 1st, 1970. Fredericton, N.B.: Chestnut Canoe Company Limited, 1970. One sheet, typed on one side only. (217 x 279 mm), yellow paper, printed in black.

A price list for their snowshoes and the "Chestnut" Snow Cutter.

Very good. 15.00

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A Boater's Guide to Historic Lake Temiskaming. First Edition

By: FANCY, Peter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Highway Book Shop, Cobalt, Ont, 1996, : 1996

Seller ID: 28556

FANCY, Peter. A Boater's Guide to Historic Lake Temiskaming. Cobalt, Ontario : Highway Book Shop, (1996). First Edition. With 24 b&w photos as well as some maps & other illustrations in the text. Pp (6),1-64,(2). 8vo (136 x 213 mm), stapled photo-illustrated orange glossy card covers. Peter Fenwick Fancy (b. August 18, 1932 ~ d. February 9, 2020, Barrie) was living in Barrie at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of him on the rear cover. A brief, illustrated guide to the geography, history and culture of the Ottawa River-Lake Temiskaming region of Ontario. 1. Early Trav...
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ABCs of Boat Camping

By: GROENE, Gordon GROENE, Janet

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1994, ISBN:0924486597

Seller ID: 75686

GROENE, Gordon and Janet GROENE. The ABCs of Boat Camping. (Dobbs Ferry, New York): Sheridan House, (1994). Pp.[1]-viii,[1]-192. Illustrated with photos and drawings. 8vo, illustrated card covers. "Suggestions on boat selection and useful gear are followed by tips on cooking afloat and ashore, how to keep kids happy and occupied, showers and baths, etc. Safety and survivalare extensively dealt with, as well as how to make boat camping cleaner an d kinder to the environment."-from the rear cover. Blue sticker to rear cover, else vg. 11.00
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Adventures of a Paper Sleuth. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MacMILLAN, Hugh P.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Penumbra Press, Manotick, ON, 2004, ISBN:1894131622

Seller ID: 108722

MacMILLAN, Hugh P. Adventures of a Paper Sleuth. [Manotick, ON] : Penumbra Press, (2004). First Edition. Pp (14),[15]-343,(1). Illustrations in the text. . 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Here are just a few of the treasures located and acquired for the Archives of Ontario from 1964 to 1989, as recounted by Hugh P. MacMillan [born 1924, Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario,] ...The papers of Sir John Graves Simcoe [...] A station wagon full of the papers of Colonel R.R. McLennan, CPR contractor, world champion hammer thrower and Glengarry militia leader [...] .The bugle form Canada's first...
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Alexander Mackenzie and the North West. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MACKENZIE, Alexander). Great Travellers DANIELLS, Roy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, 1969,

Seller ID: 30112

(MACKENZIE, Alexander). DANIELLS, Roy. Alexander Mackenzie and the North West. London : Faber and Faber, (1969). First Printing. Pp (6),7-219,(1) + portrait frontispiece + 5 pages of b&w photos and one reproduction of a drawing. Maps in text. 8vo, orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In the Great Travellers series. "In the history of exploration across the Western Hemisphere, the voyages of Sir Alexander Mackenzie command attention for a variety of reasons. He was the first European to reacn the mouth of the river named after him, within the Arctic Circle; he was the first to cross the R...
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All About The Labrador Straits Book. Second Edition

By: Tourist Association of the Labrador Straits)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tourist Association of the Labrador Straits, L'Anse au Clair, Labrador, 1986,

Seller ID: 111878

(Tourist Association of the Labrador Straits). The All About The Labrador Straits Book. L'Anse au Clair, Labrador : The Tourist Association of the Labrador Straits, 1986). Second Edition. Pp 1-48. Illustrated. Maps. Large 8vo, illustrted black stapled wrappers, lettered in white. Contents : Introduction; Things to Know (insects, time zone, the land, alcohol, financial institutions, medical services, emergency numbers, bush travel); Community Sketches (history, population, location, facilities/services, churches); Accommodations (listed by community; capacities, type of facilities); Where to Ea...
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All Afloat : A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways

By: WOOD, William Chronicles of Canada 31

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Brook & Co., Toronto, 1914,

Seller ID: 66264

WOOD, William. All Afloat : A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways. Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co., 1914 Pp (8),ix-xi,(1), [1]-199, (1),(4, ads) + colour frontispiece + 7 plates. Sm 8vo, limp blue leather. The Chronicles of CanadaVol 31. Watters p.904, Rhodenizer p.653. Contents : 1. A Land of Waterways ; 2. Canoes; 3. Sailing Craft: The Pioneers; 4. Sailing Craft: Under the Fleurs-de-Lis; 5. Sailing Craft: Under the Union Jack; 6. Sailing Craft: The Building of the Ship; 7. Sailing Craft: 'Fit to Go Foreign'; 8. Steamers; 9. Fisheries; 10. Administration; 11. Navies. With bibliography and index. W...
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All My Rivers Flowed West : Autobiography of W.D. MacBride The Montana Kid. First Edition

By: MacBRIDE, W.D

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Beringian Books, 1991, : 1991

Seller ID: 42995

ISBN-13: 9780969274445

MacBRIDE, W.D. All My Rivers Flowed West : Autobiography of W.D. MacBride "The Montana Kid". (Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada : Beringian Books, April, 1991). First Printing. "Printed in Canada by D.W. Friesen & Sons Limited". Pp (2),iii-v,(1),1-96,(2). With 41 b&w photos and a few other illustrations in the text. 8vo (153 x 229 mm), photo-illustrated glossy gold card covers, with black lettering to spine. The front cover adds : Tales of the Flathead, Columbia and Yukon Rivers. Not in Cassell. William 'Bill' David MacBride (b. January 29, 1888, Butte, Montana - d. 1973, Vancouver). The a...
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Ancient Land, Ancient Sky. in dj.

By: McFARLANE, Peter HAIMILA, Wayne.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Knopf, 1999,

Seller ID: 33873

McFARLANE, Peter and Wayne HAIMILA. Ancient Land, Ancient Sky : Following Canada's Native Canoe Routes. (Toronto): Alfred A. Knopf, (1999). Pp 318. 8vo, black cloth. "In Ancient Land, Ancient Sky, two men, one Native, the other of Irish descent, fly from Newfoundland to British Columbia, tracing the original westward procession of Europeans into Canada over 500 years ago. At each stage of the journey, they visit native communities in out-of-the way places and meet with descendants of the people who first greeted the Europeans." -from the dj. Vg in dj. 25.00
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Apprentice's Tale. pbk.

By: ROSS, Hugh Mackay

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Watson & Dwyer, Winnipeg, MB, 1986, ISBN:0920486169

Seller ID: 79507

ROSS, Hugh Mackay. The Apprentice's Tale . Winnipeg, MB: Watson & Dwyer Publishing Ltd., (1986). Pp. (10),[1]-190. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated greencard covers. Accounts of paddling and fur trade from northern Ontario. Lig ht shelfwear, else vg. 12.50
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Arbutus Island : A Canadian Camping Holiday.

By: PEARCE, Agatha H. Nelson's Canadian Adventure Library series.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons , Edinburgh / Toronto / New York , 1954,

Seller ID: 83920

PEARCE, Agatha H. Arbutus Island : A Canadian Camping Holiday. Written and Illustrated by Agatha H. Pearce. Edinburgh / Toronto / New York : Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited, n.d. [early 1950s]. Pp (6),7-157,(3). Illustrated. Endpaper Maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, off-white lettering to front board and spine. A volume in Nelson's Canadian Adventure Library series. “Here is a camping story that will appeal equally to girls and boys. Edward and Kate, together with their grown-up cousin Helen and their dog Nippy, spend a week camping on the Pacific Coast of Canada. The explorations and trips of the camp...
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Arctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey. 1st Bergamot printing

By: ASPEN, Jean. HELMERICKS

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bergamot Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1988, ISBN:0943127017

Seller ID: 42662

ASPEN, Jean. Arctic Daughter: A Wilderness Journey. (Minneapolis, MN) : Bergamot Press, 1988. First Printing. Pp 205. Illustrated with pen & ink drawings. 8vo, white and blue card covers with blue spine. Cassell 077. "Equipped with good motherly advice ("never shoot a moose in the river"), a canoe full of supplies, and a lot of courage, Jean Aspen and her companion paddle up an unknown river in Alaska to build a cabin in the Brooks Range and "live off the land." They stay four years; Arctic Daughter chronicles their first year of near starvation and life in a tent at 40 bel...
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Arctic Divers

By: EARL, Ronald Arctic in Colour 04:3 McNEIL, Helen HUME, Steve

Price: $7.00

Publisher: 1975,

Seller ID: 41787

EARL, Ronald. "Arctic Divers". An article in Arctic in Colour , Vol. 2, No.2, Winter 1975. Pp.6-12. Double column. Published by the Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Information. Also : Helen McNeil's "Arctic Voyageurs" on canoeing (pp.32-36); Steve Hume's "Fortress of the Walking Giants" on Fort Prince of Wales (pp.15-21); others. Vg. For the issue. 7.00
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Arctic Prairies

By: SETON, Ernest Thompson

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Constable, London, 1912,

Seller ID: 64502

SETON, Ernest Thompson. The Arctic Prairies : A Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in search of the Caribou, being an account of a voyage to the Region North of Aylmer Lake. L.: Constable and Co., Limited, 1912. Pp. (i)-xvi,(1)-415,[1], including frontispiece, + 31 p. of plates. 8vo, green cloth with giltillustration of a smiling musk ox to front, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g . Arctic Bibliography 15779 (Scribner's edition), Cassell 1763. An account of the author's six-month journey into the Northwest Territories by canoe through the northern lakes and rivers of Canada, in search of caribou and bu...
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Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America. Volume 38, No. 2,June 1985

By: Arctic Journal DOWNES, P.G. CATCHPOLE, A.J.W. McLAREN, I.S.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Published for the Arctic Institute of North America by The University of Calgary Press, Calgary , 1985,

Seller ID: 91981

(Arctic Journal). Arctic : Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America. Volume 38, No. 2, June 1985. Calgary : Published for the Arctic Instituteof North America by The University of Calgary Press, 1985. Pp [i]-ii,[89]- 166. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. 4to, illustrated pale blue card covers. Of nautical interest : Ships' Log-Books, Sea Ice and the Cold Summer of1810 in Hudson Bay and its Approaches (by A.J.W. Catchpole and Marcia-Anne Faurer, pp 121-128); To Great Slave and Great Bear: P.G. Downes's Journal of Travels [by canoe] North from Ile a la Crosse in 1938 [Part I]” (R.H. Coc...
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Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America. Volume 38, No. 3,September 1985

By: Arctic Journal DOWNES, P.G. BARR, William DOLITSKY, Alexander B.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Published for the Arctic Institute of North America by The University of Calgary Press, Calgary , 1985,

Seller ID: 91980

(Arctic Journal). Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America.Volume 38, No. 3, September 1985. Calgary : Published for the Arctic Insti tute of North America by The University of Calgary Press, 1985. Pp [i]-ii,[167]-260. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. 4to, illustrated pale blue cardcovers. Of nautical interest : To Great Slave and Great Bear: P.G. Downes' s Journal of Travels [by canoe] North from Ile a la Crosse in 1938 [Part II]” (R.H. Cockburn, Editor, pp 231-243). Other articles : Arctic Marine Phototrophic Systems: Functions of Sea Ice Stabilization (by S. Apollonio); Ice...
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As the Water Flows : A Record of Adventures in a Canoe on the Rivers and Trout Streams of Southern England. in dj.

By: BARNES, Eleanor STRATTON, Helen

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Grant Richards, London, 1920,

Seller ID: 72111

BARNES, Eleanor. As the Water Flows : A Record of Adventures in a Canoe on the Rivers and Trout Streams of Southern England . With illustrations by Helen Stratton and many photographs by the author and others. London: Grant Richards, (1920). Pp. [1]-189,(3). Illustrated. Large 8vo, green cloth with dark green lettering to front and spine. Toy 1133, Cassell 108. "Six dream-like sketches of river journeys made with Sabrina in a green Canadian canoeat different times of the year, beginning on the Arun in the unlikely and unkindly month of December [...]." - Toy. Contents: 1. Forgive Us Ou...
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Assiniboine Steamboats. An article in The Beaver: A Magazine of the North, June 1953

By: McFADDEN, Molly Beaver, June 1953) GORDON, R. K. CLARK, Donald H.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, MB, 1953,

Seller ID: 65023

McFADDEN, Molly. "Assiniboine Steamboats". An article in The Beaver: A Magazine of the North, June 1953, pp. 38-42. Winnipeg, MB: Hudson's Bay Company, 1953. Pp. (1)-52, including covers. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, illustrated stapled red and blue wraps. Also of nautical interest: R. K. Gordon's "Holidays By Canoe" (pp. 28-31), and Donald H. Clark's "He Piloted the Beaver" (pp. 46-47). Lightly rubbed, a bit musty, else vg. For the issue. 20.00
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Attractive Port-City of Saint John, N.B. And Environs

By: Saint John, N.B. - Viewbook).

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Saint John Tourist Association , Saint John, 1930,

Seller ID: 79936

(Saint John, N.B. - Viewbook). The Attractive Port-City of Saint John, N.B.And Environs. Saint John : Published by The Saint John Tourist Association and Distributed With It's Compliments, (1930). Pp (40) including covers. I llustrated (with 287 photos). Map. Square 8vo, illustrated stapled card covers. Sections (number of photos) : Historic Landmarks (6). A Page of Reminiscence (6). Typical of Saint John's 22 Schools (8). City of Churches They Say – Here's a Few (12). Street Walking Around Saint John (12). Public Welfare and Fraternal (10). Modern Hospitals in Saint John (8). Hotels, Inns and...
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Banook Canoe Club : Voices from Our Past : A Celebration - Our First Hundred Years, 1903-2003. First Edition in dust jacket

By: BILLARD, Allan

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Sand Dollar Productions Inc. : 2003

Seller ID: 77456

ISBN-13: 9780969961130

BILLARD, Allan. Banook Canoe Club : Voices from Our Past : A Celebration - Our First Hundred Years, 1903-2003 . With research by Anne Marie Schaus and editing by Bruce Murphy. (Dartmouth, NS: Sand Dollar Productions Inc., 2003). First Printing. "Printed in Canada by : KENMAC Print Limited, Halifax, NS". Pp (2),[1]-100,(2). With 121 b&w photos as well as a few other illustrations in the text. Oblong 8vo (307 x 229 mm), off-white cloth, with no lettering. Allan Billard (b. 1949), grew up in Dartmouth. There is a colour photo of him on the rear jacket panel. A year-by-year centenary hist...
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