Intrepid Explorer: James Hector's Explorations in the Canadian Rockies - Softcover

Lakusta, Ernie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894856821 ISBN 13: 9781894856829

Publisher: Fifth House Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Years before the railway, and with only a network of ramshackle forts to support them, James Hector and his colleagues braved harsh winters, hot summers, unpredictable wildlife, personal conflict, and Native war parties to scout routes through the Rocky Mountains, often with only their wits to keep them alive.

The Intrepid Explorer tells the story of the famous Palliser Expedition from the point-of-view of one of its most remarkable members as he looks back on his life during one final visit to Canada in 1903. By the end of his life Sir James Hector had become a world-renowned geologist and explorer, but it was for his exploration of the Rockies that Hector was best remembered.

Ernie Lakusta uses journals, newspaper articles, and the original Palliser reports to paint a vivid picture of a true hero of Canadian history, a man whose brush with death is commemorated to this day by the Kicking Horse Pass in British Columbia.

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About the Author

Ernie Lakusta was born in Hardisty, Alberta, in 1944, but was raised in Calgary. He attended the University of Calgary, where he received both B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees before becoming a high-school biology teacher and science department head in Calgary. An avid hiker and scrambler, Ernie's passion for the outdoors has led him to explore, photograph, and write about many of the areas James Hector mapped for the Palliser Expedition. Ernie lives in Calgary with his wife of thirty-eight years, Jean.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fifth House Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894856821
• ISBN 13: 9781894856829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240