Five Months on the Missouri River: Paddling a Dugout Canoe

By Thomas Elpel and Thomas J. Elpel

his archetypal story of adventure in Montana involved carving and paddling a dugout canoe along the Missouri River like the famed explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Author Tom Elpel was privileged to live out this long-time dream when he connected with Churchill Clark, the great-great-great-great grandson of Captain Clark. Together they whittled a 10,000 lb. Douglas fir log down to a 500+ lb. canoe. Tom led a five-month "Missouri River Corps of Rediscovery" expedition, paddling this 2,341-mile segment of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail from Three Forks, Montana to St. Louis, Missouri.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892784505
• ISBN13: 9781892784506
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: HOPS Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic photo illustrated book of epic 2400 mile canoe trip down the Missouri river in a hollowed

Love this book! Elpel and the 4th great grandson of Capt. William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame chopped out this log into a beautiful canoe, then paddled her 2400 miles to St. Louis. I've never read ANY paddling book with over 700 color photos before! WOW, who puts this many images into a book? Great to see all the images along the route traveled by Lewis and Clark. These guys did a lot of natural foraging for wild plants too,which was great to see. Really well done book!