Where Rivers Run [Paperback]

Gary McGuffin (Author), Joanie McGuffin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

A typical honeymoon story. To fulfill their dream of traveling from sea to sea in a canoe, wilderness adventurers Joanie and Gary McGuffin, recently married, set out from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Atlantic Ocean) and two years and 6,000 miles later reached the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean). Along the way, they faced innumerable hardships and challenged some of Canada's most dangerous rivers. In the process, they discovered a Canada that few will ever see.

(200305)

Editorial Reviews

Review

One of the 10 Best Adventure Paddling Books: 'remarkable account.' (Cecil Kuhne Canoe and Kayak )

About the Author

Gary and Joanie McGuffin are known worldwide for their expeditions as professional adventurers as well as for their high-profile conservation efforts. They regularly publish feature articles in such magazines as Explore, Canoe and Kayak, River, Photo Life, Canadian Geographic, and Outdoor Canada. Visit the McGuffins at their website adventurers.org

Product Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Boston Mills Press (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550463144
• ISBN-13: 978-1550463149
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,312,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look at us!, May 22, 2001

By 

L. Bowles (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Where Rivers Run (Paperback)

I love reading and rereading books about epic canoe or kayak trips. Most of these books let you into the wilderness experience. Some let you into the author's head, to understand the wonder, peace, loneliness and fear of long solo trips. Some introduce you to people met along the way, sometimes through rose coloured glasses, sometimes with no holds barred.

Unfortunately the focus of this book seems to be the authors themselves and how they impressed the people they met.

I would recommend the following books:

Into the Great Solitude : An Arctic Journey Coke Stop in Emo : Adventures of a Long-Distance Paddler

Arctic Adventures : Exploring Canada's North by Canoe and Dog Team

Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak : One Woman's Journey Through the North West Passage

Going Inside : A Couple's Journey of Renewal into the North

Arctic Crossing : A Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where rivers "mostly" run, June 21, 2001

By 

Murray Olyphant Jr (Lake Elmo, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Rivers Run (Paperback)

I found the McGuffins' story both engrossing and disturbing. Joannie just tells the truth: Many of the worst challenges of their pretty incredible, well planned, rugged and successful trip resulted from industrial development such as sewage and tanker propwash on the St. Lawrence R., and pollution, flooding and ecosystem destruction caused by hydroelectric dams in the more remote parts of the old NWC/HBC route through Cumberland House. But the friendliness and helpfulness of the people they ran into in remote places is still there and so is their infectious wonder at unspoiled wildness in the many places where they found it. The challenge for all of us seeking a nostalgic reconnection to unspoiled nature and history is to find and enjoy it under a mostly distressing overlay of increasing environmental abuses. Joannie succeeded despite the odds. The McGuffins' story was an eye-opener and page-turner for me.

2.0 out of 5 stars A FLUFFY READ, June 27, 2006

By 

WILLIAM STOCK "Bill S" (WI,USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Where Rivers Run (Paperback)

FOR A 6,000 MILE CANOE JOURNEY, MY HATS OFF TO THIS COUPLE BUT PUTTING DOWN ON PAPER IT MISSED THE MARK. A VERY FLUFFY READ AND IT NEVER CAUGHT THE FEELING OF THE ADVENTURE IT WAS. EVEN WHEN THEY ENDURED RAIN AND COLD IT FELT LIKE THE SUN WAS OUT.