River Rough, River Smooth: Adventures on Manitoba's Historic Hayes River

by Anthony Dalton

Manitoba's Hayes River runs over six hundred kilometers from near Norway House to Hudson Bay. On its rush to the sea, the Hayes races over forty-five rapids and waterfalls as it drops down from the Precambrian Shield to the Hudson Bay Lowlands. This great waterway, the largest naturally flowing river in Manitoba, served as the highway for settlers bound for the Red River colony, ferrying their worldly goods in York boats and canoes, struggling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554887127
• ISBN13: 9781554887125
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.9"