The Canada Chronicles: A Four-Year Hitchhiking Odyssey
by Jackson, Matthew

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The Canada Chronicles: A Four-Year Hitchhiking Odyssey: In April 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, Alberta, and began the journey of a lifetime. His plan? To spend several months hitchhiking across Canada, meeting Canadians from every walk of life and experiencing firsthand our country's breathtaking landscape. The trip was supposed to take three months – maybe four, tops.

But the road has a mind of its own, as Jackson soon discovered, and he didn't arrive in Newfoundland until three-and-a-half years later. By that time he had traversed nearly 30,000 kilometres of gravel and asphalt, shot more than 25,000 photographs and met hundreds of people from every corner of the country. With each and every bend in the road, Jackson was inspired by the generosity of Canadians – from farmers and fishermen to cowboys, hippies, miners, and stay-at-home moms – who welcomed a stranger into their lives and earned a lasting place in his heart.

He spent a week working on a game ranch in northern Saskatchewan, rounding up elk calves and stretching bison hides. He hitchhiked on a sailboat across the Great Lakes, plying waters the voyageurs once travelled in huge ten-metre canoes. He thumbed through the Quebec heartland wearing a red CANADA T-shirt. He travelled above the Arctic Circle into the land of the Midnight Sun where he dined on traditional Inuit fare. He walked over the Chilkoot Pass and paddled the Yukon River down to the Klondike gold fields at Dawson City. And he rode across the windswept prairies to Fort Walsh with a group of Native horsemen, who were kind enough to lend him a horse.

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Weight:	1.16 kg
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ISBN-10:	097346710X
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780973467109
Author:	Jackson, Matthew
Publisher:	Summit Studios Calgary, Alberta
Publication Date:	2/2004
Pages:	399 pp
Size/Dimensions:	9.75 x 6.75 x 1 inches
Binding:	Hardcover
Signed:	Signed by Author