Really a first rate book. Detailed and comprehensive hand drawn maps detailing the best strategies through rapids. Good intro on being prepared as well as interesting afternotes.

Here is a teaser......"Dene and Cree children often eat the horse fly (known as a "bull dog"). If you pull out the wings and squeeze the meaty thorax gently, a gel-sac pops out filled with a delicious nectar which can be scooped up in the tongue".