Along the Trail in Algonquin Park With Ralph Bice

Name: Along the Trail in Algonquin Park With Ralph Bice
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ISBN: 9780920474198

ISBN-10: 0920474195

ISBN-13: 9780920474198

Edition: 4th 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Ralph Bice

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ALONG THE TRAIL IN ALGONQUIN PARK has delighted thousands of readers across Canada and the United States from the time of its first publication in the summer of 1980. This is the fourth reprint of the classic work by the late legendary outdoorsman, Ralph Bice of Kearney, Ontario. The writing is vintage Ralph Bice; a combination of unequalled park knowledge, remarkable outdoor adventures and delightful rustic humour. ALONG THE TRAIL was originally to have been titled 'Forty Years in Algonquin Park', but by the time the book appeared, the author's lifelong love affair with the park had exceeded eighty. In 1993, the time of Algonquin Park's centennial, the 'Grand Old Man of Algonquin' had…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.99" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Ralph Bice was born in a log cabin in 1900. His father was an early park ranger and trapper. Of the seven Bice siblings, Ralph was the only one to follow in his father's footsteps as a full-time outdoorsman.



Introduction


Prologue


Preface


My First Trip into Algonquin Park


My First Guiding Trip


The Long Drive


Early Trapping


The 1917 Deer Hunt


Brushgang


The Women Who Helped to Mould Algonquin Park


Algonquin Hotel


Guides


Superintendents


Frank MacDougall


Trappers


Rangers


The Last of the Old Park Rangers


Mercy Flight, Circa 1918


Big (White) Trout Lake


Dixon Lake (Lake Clear)


Red Rock, Merchants & Happy Isle


Manitou Lake (Wilkes Lake)


Lake Travers


The Bonnechere Lakes


Opeongo Lake


Lake Louise


Rainy Lake (Rain)


Part 1


Rainy Lake (Rain)


Part 2


Eagle Lake (Butt Lake)


Brule Lake


Nipissing River


Crow River


The Tim River (Pine River)


The Wolf


Fishing Holes


Early Days In Algonquin


Publisher's Epilogue