Download or read book Stikine Wild The Wilderness Years written by Stefan Jacob and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late winter of 1976, Stefan and Ann Jacob with their four month old baby daughter, Ariana, drove into the village of Telegraph Creek, BC, the most remote community in all of British Columbia, Canada. The town had no electricity or television, and was 400 miles (700 km) from the nearest town and supermarket. At the end of the only road they left their van by the frozen Stikine River and went 17 miles (25 km) further down the river on the ice to live in a long abandoned homestead. This is the story of their life in the Stikine wilderness, raising a family of three children, creating their own water wheel generated electricity, growing vegetables for the town and eventually helping develop the Canadian in-river commercial salmon fishery in the Stikine River wilderness. It is a story of personal adventure in the wilds of B.C., and also tells the largely unwritten story of the conflict that developed between Alaska and Canada over the fishing rights to the salmon spawned in the river, and about the competing forces for these fish within Canada. Later Stefan co-managed a commercial in-river fishery with the Tahltan First Nation people, which led to many other adventures and an unexpected conclusion. The book is both a personal memoir of their family's adventure, and a snapshot of that time and place in the history of this remote region of the country.

Download or read book Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Download or read book Roll On written by Bonnie Demerjian and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stikine River, called the Great River by the regions Tlingit people, cuts through coastal Southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia. Formed eons before the last ice age, the rivers glaciers and snow-capped peaks still bear witness to that remote time. Its waters have freighted aboriginal peoples, Russian fur traders and gold stampeders aboard majestic sternwheelers. Today, the Stikine River enjoys a growing reputation as a world-class paddling destination and an unparalleled scenic wildlife attraction. This is a sweeping look at a pristine wilderness the size of Switzerland. Roll On! Discovering the Wild Stikine River surveys the regions natural and human history in a panoramic exploration of one of North Americas last untamed rivers.

Download or read book Inclusion of Alaska lands in national park forest wildlife refuge and wild and scenic rivers systems written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Alaska Lands and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Inclusion of Alaska Lands in National Park Forest Wildlife Refuge and Wild and Scenic Rivers System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Alaska Lands and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tongass Land Management Plan Revision written by Tongass National Forest (Agency : U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Arctic Homestead written by Norma Cobb and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles a family's efforts to build a home near the Arctic Circle in Alaska, depicting their moving discovery of love and courage in a land of modern-day outlaws, feuds, grizzly bears, and unbelievably harsh winters.

Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".

Download or read book Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions written by Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stickeen the Story of a Dog written by John Muir and published by Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin Company. This book was released on 1900 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Sacred Headwaters written by Wade Davis and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Sacred Headwaters, a collection of photographs by Carr Clifton and members of the International League of Conservation Photographers - including Claudio Contreras, Paul Colangelo, and Wade Davis - portray the splendour of the region. These photographs are supplemented by images from other professionals who have worked here, including Sarah Leen of the National Geographic.

Download or read book Wires in the Wilderness written by Bill Miller and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the tale of how Canada's high northern wilderness was brought into civilization's fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. The Yukon Telegraph started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Bill Miller takes readers from the line's conception in 1899 to its abandonment in 1952 through to its status today and its potential for future generations, focusing on the colourful people who lived and worked in the area. His account, enhanced by extensive research and engaging storytelling, reveals a fascinating fragment of Canada's rich history.