North Star of Herschel Island

CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigy aboard yesterday for a tour of the ship and to hear her amazing story and also to learn about the book. The show will be aired in the near future and I will put up a link here.

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I have been invited to put on the slide show and lecture for Wooden Boat Wednesdays at Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Center on Wednesday March 20th, 2013 at noon. Reservations are required. See you there at one of our very favourite ports.

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We recently gave a tour of the ship to two young men from Sachs Harbour, Kevin Gully and Kyle Anthony Donovan. They remarked on how great it was that the ship seemed virtually unchanged from when she was built. They toured the main salon which used to be the cargo hold for either the furs […]

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The old ship continues to forge ahead with modern technology. Please give a follow to her @ArcticShip on Twitter!

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The book can be ordered directly from this site or from friesenpress.com. It is also for sale in
Victoria, B.C. - Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Munro’s Books
Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver Maritime Museum
Edmonton - Audrey’s Books
Saskatoon - McNally Robinson Books
Winnipeg - McNally Robinson Books
Thunder Bay - Thunder Bay Museum
Toronto - Nautical Mind Bookstore
Ottawa - Collected Works Bookstore
Almonte - […]

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I have signed on with a free service for authors - http://askdavid.com which will promote the book, North Star of Herschel Island, on their website and through their social media links. I am quite excited to see how this works. If a book sells through Amazon they will take a cut from Amazon but my royalties […]

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Launched the book, North star of Herschel Island, in the office of Mister Dennis Bevington, MP for the Western Arctic at Capital Hill, House of Commons, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. From there toured the book through Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Calgary and Thunder Bay. Quite a trip and many, many people now about Canada’s Arctic […]

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Launching the book today in the office of Mister Dennis Bevington, M.P. for the Western Arctic at 1600 hours. then off to the Collected Works Bookstore in Ottawa for a 1900 slide show and talk about the ship and the book. Here we go!

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The book, North Star of Herschel Island: last Canadian Arctic fur trading ship, is now up for sale on-line at friesenpress.com, amazon.ca, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, chapters.indigo.com or can be purchased in any bookstore by just asking for them to order it in - and then telling them to stock it! It is available in hardcover, softcover […]

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We have started a fund raising campaign on indiegogo.com to raise money to promote the book and the ship across much of Canada. Please check out the site and claim a reward for helping. Thank you!
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