
An exploration of the Oberholtzer-Magee Expedition and the hidden history--both natural and human of this vast and beautiful wilderness.

In the spring of 1912, Anishinaabe guide Billy Magee received a letter from future conservationist Ernest Oberholtzer asking Magee to accompany him on a journey. Soon after the two set off on a five-month canoe expedition following the old way north, a largely unmapped territory...