The Forest

A blend of practical woodcraft instruction and travel narrative that follows a narrator and a companion on canoe and foot excursions through northern forests and waterways. Chapters alternate between hands-on guidance—packing light, making camp, canoe handling, walking through woods, insect and fishing techniques, and outfitting suggestions—and episodic accounts of river travel, encounters with wildlife, and meetings with local Indigenous people. Vivid scene-setting, problem-solving in rough water, and day-to-day camp life are combined with reflective passages on the emotional lure of wild places, concluding with an apologetic reflection and a compact list of outfit recommendations.