Where the Green Light Shines: A Fifty-Year Odyssey from the Boundary Waters to the Far North

A unique glimpse into the world of arctic canoeing through the travels of one of North America's most renowned paddlersA centuries-long story of adventure runs through the Boundary Waters.Stretching from northern Minnesota into the Canadian Shield, this lake-dappled expanse - long an Indigenous homeland and later also a fur trading hub - is the most visited designated wilderness in North America, with more than 200,000 people dipping their paddles into its ancient waterways each year.Bridging the legendary arctic expeditions of the nineteenth century and the making of today's recreational paddling tradition, Where the Green Light Shines is a fascinating chronicle of canoe exploration, told through the journeys of a true master of the craft, Bob O'Hara. O'Hara first launched his canoe as a Boy Scout in the 1950s, and he spent every summer for the next sixty-five years venturing further north into the Canadian barrens, a region rarely seen by paddlers.Mentored by a generation of adventur