This Water Goes North

From the pleasant lakes of Minnesota to the frigid inland ocean of Lake Winnipeg, this engaging story of dodging rapids, bears, moose, bootleggers, floods, and Mounties is a classic tale of reckless youth. In 1979 four young Iowans with little money, antiquated gear, and no experience set out to paddle 1,400 miles from the farm country of Minnesota to the polar bears of Hudson Bay. Driven by a simple desire to see what lay beyond the prairie, the foursome launched beat-up canoes from a tiny park, and two and a half months later stepped onto permafrost at the remote York Factory outpost of fur trading lore.