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The Tent Dwellers
The Tent Dwellers by Albert Bigelow Paine tells the story of a two-week canoe and trout fishing journey dreamed up by Paine's friend Eddie Breck and led by two Nova Scotia wilderness guides, Del Thomas and Charles Charlton. The book, published in 1908, reprinted at least twice, and last year released in a centennial edition by Nova Scotia's Nimbus Publishing, has been lauded over the last century for its down to earth, sometimes poetic, always graphic, and realistic depiction of the ultimate wilderness paddling, fishing and camping expedition.
The Journey
To reach the starting point of the canoe and trout fishing expedition, Paine traveled by steamer from Boston to Yarmouth, by train by Yarmouth to Annapolis Royal, and by horse and wagon to meet up with Breck and their guides. Over the course of 14 days as the foursome paddled and portaged to what Paine describes as "the edge of the unknown", dozens of trout were caught and consumed, and over 150 miles of wilderness lake and river water were explored and paddled.sc
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