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Hunting, fishing and woodsmanship are inscribed in North American culture. Once the survival skills of the Mi'kmaq people, they became recreational pastimes for British officers arriving in Nova Scotia in the nineteenth century. The native people became wilderness guides for these 'sports', passing on their guiding skills to others. In this book, using their own words, Mike Parker resurrects how native and white men shared the call of the wilderness, traveling miles on foot or by canoe, hunting moose and deer or fishing trout and salmon. The hair-raising incidents of danger, the funny anecdotes, the skills necessary to succeed, and the personality of these men are collected here with respect and admiration.
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Mike Parker was born and raised in Bear River, Nova Scotia, a village steeped in guiding lore. First taken in the woods in a pack basket, Mike attended the province's inaugural Professional Guides School in the early 1980s where he qualified for a master guide license. He once operated Nebooktook Outfitters, guiding wilderness canoe trips into the Land of the Tent Dwellers. His three most recent books were bestsellers - Gold Rush Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia, Buried in the Woods: Sawmill Ghost Towns of Nova Scotia and Ghost Islands of Nova Scotia.
