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Breakfast at the Hoito: And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
Breakfast at the Hoito And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland Author:Charles Wilkins This book brings together a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior's north shore - on wilds and wildlife, people and places. This work allows you to: spend a day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito Restaurant in Thunder Bay; discover the secret life of ravens; the passions of the blueberry picker, the thrills and ... more »fears of the novice ice climber; tour Silver Islet, an eccentric summer community that has evolved from the medics of what was once the world's richest silver mine; and the town of Schreiber, half of whose 2,000 residents trace their roots to the Italian city of Siderno; visit a 16th-century pine forest, and meet Freda McDonald, one of Canada's most respected aboriginal elders; and, accompany the author on a refreshingly candid tour of contemporary Thunder Bay.« less