The Haunting Nahanni: Tales of Canada's River of No Return

The Haunting Nahanni is the story of the 130-mile ascent in a canoe and a kayak of the south Nahanni River in Canada’s Northwest Territories to Virginia Falls—perhaps the first since R. M. Patterson made the river famous in The Dangerous River with his solo venture in 1927. Hoyt explores the gruesome deaths on the river in the early twentieth century that earned it the reputation as Canada’s River of No Return. Patterson was Hoyt’s hero. When he learns that Patterson never made it to Virginia Falls alone as he had claimed, Hoyt overcomes his shock and comes to accept his fallen hero.

Lovers of memoirs, outdoor adventure, Canadian history and explorations into real-life mysteries will all get something out of this book.