Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness

A Sawbill Log

Stephen Wilbers

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2012
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614236245
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Canoeing the Boundary Waters Wilderness: A Sawbill Log continues the story of wilderness canoeing begun in A Boundary Waters History: Canoeing Across Time, this time offering historical information about black bear attacks on humans, loon calls and behaviors, lightning strikes on the waters, the experience of a woman going into labor while canoeing with her husband, the sighting of spectacular northern lights, and reflections on the wilderness experience. All the while Wilbers reflects on experiences canoeing with his family. As in the first book, quotes from some of Minnesota?s well known wilderness authors appear throughout the manuscript.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction. Before You Embark
• 1. Debbie Ventures North, a Black Bear Attacks and One Ugly Fish
• 2. In Search of a Whole, Live Moose
• 3. Another Moose, Two Black Bears, One Dramatic Rescue and a Remembered Image of the Natural World
• 4. A Lake Named Night and One Ferocious Mouse
• 5. An Old Friend and His Nephew, a Scary Pack of Wolves, Two Crazy Loons and the View from Eddy’s Lookout Tree
• 6. Spectacular Lightning Strikes, Fasting to Death on a Wilderness Quest and a Perfect Day
• 7. Loon Stories and the Stakeout
• 8. One Honkin’ Lake Trout, Spectacular Northern Lights and Summer’s End on Flame Lake
• 9. Wolves Howling, Beavers Cooing and Boys Chattering
• 10. The Natural World, an Intrepid Intruder and Stargazing with Your Best Friend
• 11. Kate at Last
• 12. A Meltdown and a Broken Bow
• 13. No Youngsters and One Moose
• 14. One Foursome and One Lost Girl
• 15. Eddy’s Return, a Moose Bawling in the Woods and a Plethora of Smallies
• Epilogue
• References and Sources for Quotations
• About the Author