Kipawa River Chronicles: Adventures in the North Woods

By Scott Sorensen

"Kipawa River Chronicles by Sorensen, Scott" This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096729830X
• ISBN13: 9780967298306
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Scott Sorensen
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Kipawa River Chronicles

For those who love the wilderness this book is a mixture of history, excitement and reality. This grouping of personal and historic stories of life in the wilderness of Canada is a pleasure to read. With it's regular reality checks that show you the modern day struggle that occurs in every wilderness area as man tries to balance his need for more with his love of unspoiled beauty this book shows us what challenges we must overcome to preserve what is left of the wilderness. Read it and rise to that challenge. Over the past thirty years I have spent many weeks in the Kipawa area. It is a joy to see and experience. Scott's stories give you a picture what it is to live in and experience these wild places. Life is to short to see them all but our challenge as Scott demonstrates in this book is to preserve them for our children and the many generations that follow. Read this book and you will be moved by the experience.

Life is a Journey...not a destination

The Kipawa River Cronicles is an inspirational true lifecronicle of not only a beautiful northern river...but a cronicle ofadventure in the north woods. Adventure that gives hope and inspiration to all those who are fortunate enough to read through its pages. Once I began to experience this adventure with Scott, I could not put it down. I spent the better part of two days reading of hiking, fishing, climbing, logging, boating, and rescues. All laced majestically with the beauty and grandure of nature and the wonderful peace and joy that comes from a true appreciation of woods, river, and lake. The people of the Kipawa are real, down to earth, likeable people who have not only added to the lives of Scott and his family...but now to mine. Read this book and you will join in the adventure and feel the inspiration of the journey.

transported every evening

Every evening before falling asleep I read a chapter or two of the Kipawa River Chronicles. I felt tranported from the busy, over-scheduled world that I live in to a distant place of calm, beauty, and adventure. I could hear the river running in my mind as I read the beautifully rendered real life stories of Scott Sorensen. What an amazing storyteller he is. I loved his characterization of Webster Quincy Smith, the man who could not take off his watch, even to save his own life. Ham the Cat was also unforgetable, I wish I had been there to see him nab the bat out of the air for dinner. Scott's philosophy of life is so refreshing in this world where happiness and position have become based on the size of your mansion and the number of your toys. He helps everyone realize that truly living is to connect with the natural environment and learn to love it.

A Great Escape!

I found "Kipawa River Chronicles" to be a well-crafted tale of adventure which literally transported me to a magnificent and serene locale far from the noise, congestion, and complexity of city life. Author Scott Sorensen is a natural story teller. He recounts his real-life experiences living at the mouth of the raging Kipawa River and Lake Temiscaming located on the northern borders of Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Scott describes the Kipawa region and people in great detail. The area seems, at times, so quiet and remote that you can almost hear the flies and mosquitoes buzzing in your ear, yet scenes of high drama and tragedy have played out on the lake and river, and Scott has seen his share of both. I enjoyed reading about the many characters who crossed paths with Scott over the years. The story of Webster and Earl was both entertaining and insightful, as is the story of the mysterious and elusive stranger, "The Whistler." Readers will also find the story of Pat's (Scott's wife) first trip to Kipawa to be quite an adventure. Scott weaves the story of his own life and that of his family with the events surrounding the endangered Kipawa River. You will meet some very interesting people, see some amazing places, and experience true accounts of human tragedy and joy as you read "Kipawa River Chronicles." It is a great read. I highly recommend it.

The Man in Moccasins

I sat and watched and listened and laughed and awed, right along with the forth graders who were spell bound as Scott Sorensen told a story about a boy bagging his first deer--quite incredible. Then Scott showed-off his animal calls. The call I thought I could do was the squirrel call. Scott said all you do is wet the back of your hand then kiss it--and that will call a squirrel. I tried that call, and all that happened was my wife became jealous, until she saw I was alone; then she started giving me strange looks.Well, the above mentioned is part of a wonderful assembly that Scott Sorensen puts on for schools in the western U.S.. I fell in love with his way of life and the manner in which he portrayed his life. He modestly presented his book "Kipawa River Chronicles" which I eagerly bought. Oh...as a side note: I didn't have any money with me to buy the book, but I mentioned to Scott that I would sure like to have one. He signed a book for me. . . put it in my hands and said, "Just slip me a check in the mail." I was amazed that his judge of character was so good that he would trust a stranger to send him the money.I don't see a way to talk about the book without talking about the man--they are inseperately joined--which brings us to the Kipawa River. Scott is waging a personal war against the diversion and damming of the Kipawa River. Now, I never knew that Scott Sorensen existed until he came to our school, nor did I know the Kipawa river was being diverted. It seems to me, if a man has such a worthy passion to save something that is so beautiful as the land he loves, well, then there should be more people involved in taking up that cause before it's too late. The "Kipawa River Chronicles" deserves more than a five star rating, it deserves your support by buying this book, and a hardy round of applause for the man in moccasins.