Canoe Lake

By Roy MacGregor

Book Overview

A troubled American woman travels to a small Ontario town, determined to find the mother she has never known. As she searches through dusty records and stirs up old memories among those around her, three young people emerge from the mists of the past . . . a beautiful woman named Jenny, a shy local boy named Russell, and a dark-eyed painter named Tom, who changes the course of Jenny and Russell's lives. Historical reality and conjecture are skilfully interwoven with intrigue and suspense as these three move unwittingly toward tragedy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771054602
• ISBN13: 9780771054600
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Canoe Lake

Ontario newspaper columnist Roy MacGregor weaves a fictional account of the life and death of Canada's most famous painter, who died by drowning in Ontario's Algonquin Park in 1917. Originally published as Shorelines to which MacGregor added an afterward suggesting that his story was based on certain crucial facts about his romance with Winnie Trainor. The latter edition admits that he is actually Winnie Trainor's great nephew -- her sister, Marie, married his uncle. MacGregor explains that the orginal book destroyed relations with that side of his family. This makes the book all the more interesting. Highly recommended.