Disappointment River
Subtitle: finding and losing the Northwest Passage
By: Brian Castner
Edition: First Large print edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780525595373
Subjects: History; Discovery and exploration
Description: In 1789, Alexander Mackenzie traveled 1200 miles on the immense river in Canada that now bears his name, in search of the fabled Northwest Passage that had eluded mariners for hundreds of years. In 2016, the acclaimed memoirist Brian Castner retraced Mackenzie's route by canoe in a grueling journey -- and discovered the Passage he could not find.