Hap Wilson is a self-taught artist, cartographer and nature photographer. He has been a Canadian park ranger, New Zealand mountain park warden, Outward Bound survival skills instructor, outfitter, wilderness canoe guide and sustainable trail builder. Wilson has lived off-grid, homesteading in the Laurentian Highlands along the Ottawa River and has paddled, hiked and skied more than 60,000 kilometers across Canada and published more than a dozen nature and adventure-related books. He is an International Fellow of the distinguished New York based Explorer's Club and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, recipient of the Bill Mason Award for lifetime achievement in river conservation and co-founder of the environment group Earthroots. Wilson was also the recipient of the Natural Resources Council of America Award for the Canada Parks publication, Voyages - Canada's Heritage Rivers for 'Best Environmental Book' of 1994. On the lighter side, Wilson taught actor Pearce Brosnan how to paddle a canoe and throw a knife for the Attenborough movie, Grey Owl. He lives with his wife Andrea in Rosseau, Ontario, Canada and together they operate Cabin Falls off-grid Ecolodge in Temagami . The author has traveled extensively in the wilderness areas depicted in this book.

Visit Hap Wilson at www.hapwilson.com.