Book description
In 1930 two novice paddlers—Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port—launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, the teenagers made their way over 2,250 miles of rivers,…
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This book has inspired generations of paddlers, many of whom (including myself) didn't know that you could put a boat in the water at Minneapolis and paddle 2,250 miles north to Hudson Bay, where you have to watch out for polar bears.
That’s exactly what Eric Severaid and his friend Walter Port, both teenagers, did in 1930. Sevareid later went on to be a famous war correspondent, but this was his first big adventure.
From Frank's list on river canoe journeys.
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