There are few places on the planet that still offer true wilderness paddling. Northern Saskatchewan is one of them. Wilderness adventurer Laurel Archer takes us on 15 trips down 15 rivers: the well traveled and the less traveled. With detailed route descriptions, maps, sage advice on rapids, hazards, campsites, and special attractions, as well as notes on the recreational, historical, and wilderness value of each river.

Laurel Archer has been a canoe guide and instructor for over 20 years and is the author of Northern British Columbia Canoe Trips: Volume One (published by RMB) and Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to 15 Wilderness Rivers. She teaches canoe tripping and whitewater kayaking for the Canadian Outdoor Leadership Training program (COLT) at Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island.

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Archer has painstakingly documented the rivers and generously shared her notes about rapids and campsites; her writing is organized, consistent and reliable.

Canadian Book Review Annual

Detailed ... a keen sense of what real life paddlers -- as opposed to macho endurance heroes -- want out of a wilderness trip.

Winnipeg Free Press

Will be appreciated by serious paddlers planning multi-day trips into the rugged, pre-Cambrian wilderness of northern Saskatchewan... filled with route descriptions and practical details... Best of all, Archer references her descriptions to map coordinates.

Globe and Mail

Provides important detailed descriptions, maps and sage advice ... this book in format, content and style has a lot going for it.

Rural Roots