New guide book – I’m calling it my White album
My long term publisher, Boston Mills Press, is no longer. Friends – John Denison, Noel Hudson, Kathy Fraser – had worked on my books since 1987. Now they are no longer. Well, they are but the publishing company is not, I truely miss them and the times we had together. They represented true Canadian publishing. Their past owner, Firefly Publishing, still ownes my books and life goes on. They recently asked me to write the “best 50 routes of Kevin Callan.” I thought it was a good idea, except I wanted to add 10 new routes so it didn’t resemble the Beatles White Album. They agreed, but only allowed me two months to write up the extra chapters. I have until the end of November and I’m, surprisingly, three-quarters done. It’s been a few years since I’ve written a guide book, Guide books were always my best books to write. It got me out a lot on trips and I loved every minute of it; which is probably why the eight out of ten chapters were written so quickly. I’m almost done. I’d love to write a brand new guide book but the world of publishing isn’t going to let that happen at this present date. I’ll think of something, however. In the mean time, here’s the full list of chapters to be included in my book – “Ontario’s Most Scenic Paddle Routes” – to be released March 2011 (new routes have * before them)
- Minesing Swamp
- Saugeen River
- Thames River
- Crab Lake
- Poker Lake
- Serpentine Loop
- Mississauga River
- Nunakani Lake Loop
- Spider Bay Loop
- York River
- Big Trout Loop
- Brent Run
- Nipissing River
- Barron Canyon
- Hogan Lake loop
- Kingscote/Scorch Lake *
- Noganosh Lake
- Magnetawan River Loop
- Island Lake *
- Charleston Lake
- Grants Creek/Pooh Lake
- Upper Ottawa River *
- Mattawa River
- Chiniguichi/Donald Lake Loop *
- Chiniquichi/Sturgeon River Loop *
- Temagami’s Lady Evelyn Loop *
- Nellie Lake Loop
- To the Crack and Back
- Eighteen-Mile Island Loop
- Old Voyageur Channel
- Philip Edward Island
- Elliot Lake Kirkpatrick/Blue Lake Loop *
- Mississagi River
- Spanish River
- Biscotasing Lake Loop *
- Lac aux Sables: Bark Lake Loop
- Ranger Lake Loop
- Lake Superior
- Lake Superior’s Old Woman Lake *
- White River
- Upper Missinaibi River
- Steel River
- Turtle River
- Kopka River *
- Wabakimi
- Hunter Island Loop
- Leopold’s North Country Loop
- The Pines Loop
- Bentpine Creeek Loop
- Sturgeon Lake / Olifaunt Lake
