The Lure of Faraway Places: Reflections on Wilderness and Solitude

The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published. But Pohls words and images provide a unique portrait of Canada by one who was happiest when travelling our northern waterways alone. Austrian-born Herb Pohl died at the mouth of the Michipcoten River on July 17 2006. He is remembered as "Canadas most remarkable solo traveller." While mourning their loss Herb Pohls friends found to their surprise and delight a manuscript of wilderness writings on his desk in his lakeside apartment in Burlington Ontario. He had hoped one day to publish his work as a book. With help and commentary from best-selling canoe author and editor James Raffan Natural Heritage is proud to present that book Herbs book The Lure of Faraway Places. "Theres nothing like it in canoeing literature " says Raffan. "Its part journal part memoir part wilderness philosophy and part tips and tricks of the most pragmatic kind written about parts of the country most of us will never see by the most committed and ambitious solo canoeist in Canadian history."