👛 (ANY 4/$20) Non Fiction: LONELY VOYAGE by Kamil Pecher

Out of Print. Some cover wear but innards are great. A compelling 178 page autobiographical account (black and white pictures) by Kamil Pecher chronicalling his 600-mile solo kayak expedition along the rivers of northern Saskatchewan. Pecher, originally from Czechoslovakia, had studied the stories of old fur-trade voyageurs before embarking on his solitary journey from Waterhen Lake, Saskatchewan to Pine River Settlement, Stanley Mission, and finally to Cumberland House, Manitoba. The narrative captures the physical and psychological challenges of wilderness travel, as the journey challenged by moose, treacherous waters, rainstorms and mostly loneliness and uncertainty Learn about the auhor's descriptions of northern Saskatchewan's waterways, wildlife, and geographical features as well as about midges, moose, skiffs, Beauval, Lac Ile-a-la-Crosse, Amisko-sipiy, kickers, Drum Rapids, Knee Rapids, Crooked Rapids, the Dipper, Belanger, Frog Portage, and Gib McEachern. Tags: #Fur Traders #Indigenous #Off Grid #Adventure #Portaging #Lonely #Wildlife #Saskatchewan #Manitoba #HIstory