In1930twonovicepaddlers--EricSevareidandWalterC.Port--launchedasecondhand18-footcanvascanoeintotheMinnesotaRiveratFortSnellingforanambitioussummer-longjourneyfromMinneapolistoHudsonBay.Withoutbenefitofradio,motor,orgoodmaps,theteenagersmadetheirwayover2,250milesofrivers,lakes,anddifficultportages.Nearlyfourmonthslater,aftershootinghundredsofsetsofrapidsandsurvivingexceedinglybadconditionsandevenworseadvice,theragged,hungryadventurersarrivedinYorkFactoryonHudsonBay--withwinterfreeze-upontheirheels.Firstpublishedin1935,CanoeingwiththeCreeisSevareid’sclassicaccountofthisyouthfulodyssey.PraiseforCanoeingwiththeCree“CanoeingwiththeCreeisanall-timefavoriteofmine.“--AnnBancroft,Arcticexplorerandco-authorofNoHorizonIsSoFar“Twohighschoolgraduatesmakeanamazingjourney...showingindomitablecouragethatcarriedthemthroughtotheirdestination.Humorandaspiritofadventuremadeagrand,goodtimeofit,inspiteofstorms,rapids,longportagesandsilentwildernesses.“--LibraryJournal
