From Reindeer Lake to Eskimo Point

Canoe across large lakes, up and down rivers and rapids; labour over portages and through a miasma of black flies; bask in the golden evenings of the sub-arctic. In this account of an 800-mile canoe trip, Peter Kazaks conveys the experience of being in the north by describing the daily details that bring the trip to life. He captures the flavour of an extended wilderness canoe trip and reflects on living in unfettered wilderness. The reader will also grasp something of the serene beauty of the barren lands and begin to understand why its intoxicating nature keeps drawing some back. The first half of the trip, essentially from Reindeer Lake to Nueltin Lake, retraces P G Downes' voyage, described in his classic Sleeping Island. Next the four men of this expedition, led by George Luste, entered the barren lands and followed the Thlewiaza River, the Kognak River, South Henik Lake and the Maguse River north and east to the shore of Hudson Bay. These lands, seldom visited, are close to a true wilderness -- one of the few remaining ones.Kazaks, Peter is the author of 'From Reindeer Lake to Eskimo Point', published 2004 under ISBN 9781896219844 and ISBN 1896219845.