Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Inheriting a Canoe Paddle 1
5. 1. Inheriting a Literary Tradition: Paddling the Uncanny Canoe 22
6. 2. Inheriting a Historiographic Tradition: Canada Is a Canoe Route 40
7. 3. ‘The Anglo-Saxon idea of pleasure’: Eric Morse and Recreational Wilderness Canoeing 63
8. 4. The Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant as Historical Re-enactment 82
9. 5. Reading/Writing the Wilderness Canoe Trip 102
10. 6. Return to Eden: Bill Mason, Canoeing, and Environmentalism 123
11. 7. Recapitulation: The Canadian Canoe Museum 139
12. 8. Decolonizing the Canoe 159
13. Notes 181
14. Works Cited 205
15. Index 217