jloewen

If any of you knew John Duell, Canoe Base staff, c.1958 -- 1962, he died recently, in the U.K. For the next three weeks you can see his memorial service at https://www.obitus.com/index.php?page=view-a-webcast . You need the User name, which is Qulu2451, and the password, which is 543966. John went on to become an architect in London.

I just finished a book,Up a Creek, With a Paddle. The first third of the book is about Region 7 Canoe Base. You might enjoy the rueful write-ups. To quote from the publisher's ad,

Up a Creek, With a Paddle is an intimate and often humorous memoir by the author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen, who holds the distinction of being the best-selling living sociologist today. Rivers are good metaphors for life, and paddling for living. In this little book, Loewen skillfully makes these connections without sermonizing, resulting in nuggets of wisdom about how to live, how to act meaningfully, and perhaps how to die. Loewen also returns to his life’s work and gently addresses the origins of racism and inequality, the theory of history, and the ties between the two. But mostly, as in his life, he finds rueful humor in every canoeing debacle—and he has had many!

It's cheap, $15.95 list, and has various line drawings as illustrations throughout. On the back is a photo I took for Canoe Base promotional materials in about 1963, a beautiful B/W photo of four canoes on White Sand Lake.

The best way to get the book is through the publisher, PM Press, at

https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1139

because they have a discount: Use the code "TALES" and you get 40% off. You can also get this book at list price (!) from Amazon, but whoever heard of paying list price at Amazon?!! So if you want to do that, instead I suggest you order it thru your local bookstore.

And I do invite your feedback after you read it. I hope you enjoy it! -- Jim Loewen, Canoe Base staff, 1960-64.