Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada

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SubjectLakes of Canada
Lakeland:
Journeys into the Soul of Canada
First edition cover of Canadian release
AuthorAllan Casey
SubjectLakes of Canada
GenreNonfiction[1]
PublisherGreystone Books
Publication date
November 10, 2009
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages360 pp.
ISBN9781553653080

Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada is a nonfiction book, written by Canadian writer Allan Casey, first published in November 2009 by Greystone Books. The book celebrates Canada's uniquely lake-rich landscape and explores the relationship that both the author and all Canadians have with this "Lakeland". In the book, the author chronicles his summer vacations to ten Canadian lakes. His tale begins at the cabin his father built on Saskatchewan's Emma Lake in 1960 and continues on a journey through ten of Canada's scenic lakes, extenuating their increasingly fragile existence as pristine lakes of Saskatchewan. It has been called an "extraordinary piece of writing",[2] earning accolades of literary recognition.

Lakeland received the 2010 "Governor General's Award for nonfiction".[3] The book also received shortlist recognition for the 2010 "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".[4]

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