Author: Ralph GrayPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Down the Susquehanna by Canoe
Author: Ralph GrayDown the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake
Author: Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271046651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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An Early Canoe Trip Down the West Branch
Author: Henry W. ShoemakerPublisher:
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Category : Susquehanna River
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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An account of a trip down the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Centre and Clearfield counties "fifty years ago."
Down the Susquehanna
Author: William Murray GraydonPublisher:
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Category : Canoes and canoeing
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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My Travels by Canoe
Author: William V. McNaullPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477172971
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The story begins with the author as a child getting an unwitting education in the ways of moving water by playing in the creek that flowed by his boyhood home. The McNaull residence was located between a railroad embankment and a highway which were confining borders for a kid growing up. Finally aging and being permitted beyond these barriers lead to the discovery of canoeing. The first trials and errors of boating and a slow advance to different types of canoe trips are covered in the text. Then a birthday gift of a Pennsylvania stream map changed the authors canoe plans to give them some direction, and a goal to complete all of the canoeable waterways in the state was formed. At first the aim to do all of the creeks was not too seriously taken, but as the blue lines on the map were filled in, this indicated that it could be achieved. The pursuit of a lot of little creeks and unrecorded ones finally led to completion of the goal over thirty-three years of paddling. The struggle to complete the most difficult creek was a high point in the game, and a ten yard escape from going over a thirty foot waterfall was an event the author would never forget. The adventures of the course taken on tide waters, in swamps, through industrial zones, of hazards encountered, wildlife, and severe weather conditions are spread throughout the writing. Memories of the twenty-two canoes and kayaks used and of the large ships that his canoe had been up close to on the Delaware River and Lake Erie are mentioned for the record. The voyagers, who traveled with the author on unknown creeks and on week-long river journeys, brought life to the activities of the day. Some of the many interesting people met along the highway of water are included in the writings. In the end the author reviews some of the good and bad practices of canoe sport with the hopes of improving establishment thinking throughout the canoe-kayak fraternity. -William V. McNaull
River of Mountains
Author: Peter LouriePublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815657153
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Lourie completed his trip. It took him three weeks and marked the first time anyone has traveled from the source of the Hudson to the mouth in a single vessel. The Hudson proved to be a very changeable river. It includes seven locks and nine power dams. The northern half is a true river with strong current, but the lower half is tidal, a sunken river from the days of glaciers. In its first 165 miles, it drops more than 4,000 feet to Albany. The second half falls no more than a foot. Lourie's account of his trip is a fresh look at one of America's great and complex waterways, one of the few, in fact, that still contains its historical and biological species of fish. It is also the longest inland estuary in the world. Henry Hudson called it the "great river of the mountains." Nowadays, too often the Hudson is stereotyped as a ruined, polluted industrial river. Its glorious past is compared to its present neglect. In River of Mountains, Peter Lourie combines the Hudson's rich history and descriptions of some of the region's most impressive landscape with the residents of its mill towns, the loggers, commercial fishermen, and barge pilots-all of whom are proof that the river is still a thriving, vital waterway. So, come with Peter Lourie on his trip, come explore with him from a canoe one of this country's great rivers, join him in his wonderful adventure.
Down the Historic Susquehanna
Author: Clarence Weathers BumpPublisher:
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Category : Susquehanna River
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Up the Susquehanna (Classic Reprint)
Author: Hiles C. PardoePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484236003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Excerpt from Up the Susquehanna Canoeing on the Susquehanna - June glories - The Bessemer steel plant at Steelton - The public school system of Penn sylvania - The model farms of the Susquehanna valley Bayard Taylor - Beautiful Indian names - The Conestoga Indians - The Susquehanna lands and the Five Nations How the Five Nations became Six Nations.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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