By Canadian Streams

The book surveys Canada's major rivers, combining travelogue, natural description, Indigenous legends, and historical narrative of exploration and commerce. It traces water routes from Atlantic estuaries through inland lakes and portages to the Pacific, Arctic, and interior basins, showing how waterways served as highways for trade, migration, and missionary activity. Individual chapters profile rivers and regions, evoke seasonal moods and dramatic scenery, discuss navigation and the potential of rushing waters for power, and recollect episodes of exploration and local tradition that link geography to human activity along the banks.