Name Eric Morse Role Author | Died 1986, Ottawa, Canada | |
Books Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada: Then and Now | ||
Eric W. Morse was an author, wilderness canoe traveler and historian. He was born in 1904 and died in 1986.
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Life
In 1952, he and three diplomats from the United Nations began taking treks in the wilderness of Canada. Several of his wilderness trips were with Sigurd Olson. He was national director of Canadian Clubs from 1949 until 1971. In 1984, he was one of four persons (the others including Chuck Yeager and Sally Ride) conferred Honorary Memberships in the Explorer's Club. In 1977, Canadian Geographic magazine published an eight-page article by Morse titled Recreational canoeing in Canada; its history and its hazards. In 1955 Morse, Sigurd Olson and four others took a 500 mile canoe trip on the Churchill River from Île-à-la-Crosse to Cumberland House. An account of this trip was enshrined as Sigurd Olson's book The Lonely Land. This group took several trips together before and after that journey.
Books
Books authored by Morse include: