canoes and canoeing

A photographic journal chronicling a 215-mile, ten-day canoe trip from Hancock, New York down to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania taken by a fourteen-year-old boy and a forty-year-old writer.

Gives basic information on how and where to canoe.

"Engaging images accompany information about canoeing. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Alex goes canoeing on the river with her grandfather, in the hope of seeing the bald eagle that is nesting nearby.

Author recounts his canoe-journey beginning on a front porch in Duluth, Minnesota, and ending at historic York Factory on the shore of Hudson Bay.

Franklin goes canoeing and camping with his friends and their fathers and discovers how tiring it can be.

With Slow Turtle as his guide, Wise Old Owl has a memorable canoe trip over a waterfall.

Describes the construction of a canoe as the Indians used to do it and discusses the distinctive features of the craft of various tribes.

Follows a group of canoeists as they explore and enjoy ninety-two miles of waterway along the Allagash River in northern Maine.