"not only for strength, but for beauty, the poet must, from time to time, travel the logger's path and the Indian's trail, to drink at some new and more bracing fountain . . . far in the recesses of wilderness."
Henry Thoreau, The Maine Woods
Other Media
Over the years, North Woods Ways has been featured in many forms. For those of you who would like to research more about our company, we have enclosed the following list for your enjoyment. A few of the articles are online below for your immediate viewing.
Film
- Winterwalk 2003 - Filmed and edited by Rollin Thurlow - VHS Videotape or DVD buy now from Northwoods Canoe Company
Books
- On Wilderness – voices of Maine , essay by Garrett Conover. buy now from Amazon.com
- Vanishing America by James Conaway ; profile of North Woods Ways. buy now from Amazon.com
- Wildness Within Wildness Without - photography by Bridget Besaw, foreward by Bill McKibben; chapter by Garrett Conover.
- Northern Wilds: Journeys of Discovery in the Northern Forest - Stephen Gorman 2002 buy now from Amazon.com
- Living Wild and Domestic: The Education of a Hunter-Gardener - Robert Kimber 2002 buy now from Amazon.com
- The American Wilderness - Stephen Gorman 1999 buy now from Amazon.com
- America's Wild and Scenic Rivers - National Geographic 1983 buy now from Amazon.com
- A Canoeist's Sketchbook - Robert Kimber 1991 buy now from Amazon.com
- Through the Woods: A Journey Through America's Forests (The Sylvan Path) - Gary Ferguson 1997 buy now from Amazon.com
Books by North Woods Ways
- Kristin's Wilderness, A Braided Trail - by Garrett Conover, Watercolors by Tanya Thompson and Rod MacIver 2006
- A Snow Walker's Companion - Alexandra & Garrett Conover 2006 buy now from Amazon.com
- Beyond the Paddle - Garrett Conover 1991 buy now from Amazon.com
- A Snow Walker's Companion - Alexandra & Garrett Conover 1995
- The Winter Wilderness Companion - A reissue of A Snow Walker's Companion - 2000 buy now from Amazon.com
Magazine Features
- Adventure Travel, November 1997
- American Craft, August/September 1984
- AMC Outdoors, March 1995, September 1993
- Attachè, January 2000
- Audubon, January 1986
- Be-Pal (Japan), January 1995
- Budget Travel, 1999
- Bushwacker, Winter 1998
- Buzzworm, February 1992
- Canoe, March 1990, August/September 1986, October 1983, August/September 1980
- Country Journal, June 1986
- Downeast, March 1992, February 1982
- Escape, Fall 1994
- GQ, December 1993
- Maine Life, July/August 1983
- Maine Mountain Digest, Winter 1987
- Men's Journal, 1998
- Messing About in Boats, May 1987, July 1986
- Middelsex News, Summer 1983
- Minnesota Monthly, January 1998
- New England Monthly, January 1987
- National Geographic Traveller, Jul/August 2001 Call of the Loon
- Outdoor Woman, February 1991
- Outside, April 1989, August 1999
Custom of the Country - Popular Woodworking, October/November 1986
- The Snowshoer, November 1997
- Snow Country, November 1990, Sometimes Life Isn't Weird Enough
- Trilogy, July/August 1991
- Walking Magazine, December 1995
- Wooden Boat, September/October 1990, March/April 1989, November/December 1987, September/October 1987, November/December 1985, November/December 1983
- Yankee, September 1995, Bragging Cold, September
1991, November 1984
December 2005, Winter Wonders
Newspapers
- Bar Harbor Times, 1/20/94, 3/19/81
- Bangor Daily, 1/15/88, 6/1/81, 8/4/80, 11/27-28/04, 2/11/04, 1/17/05, 2/14/05
- Boston Globe, 1/26/92, 2/14/05
- Boston Globe Magazine, 10/3/04 Content in Canvas
- Boston Sunday Globe, 1/23/05, 2/27/05
- Duluth News Tribune, 1/26/97
- Hartford Courant, 12/30/88
- Maine Times, 1/20/95, 8/12/94, 2/26/90, 1/27/89, 1/86, 8/24/84, 5/20/83
- New York Times, 6/15/91, 7/19/87
- Piscataquis Observer, 2/11/81, 12/83
- Portland Press Herald / Sunday Telegram, 1/10/05, 1/23/05, 2/31/05
- The Whig Standard Magazine (Toronto), 9/4/83
- USA Today, 1/10/05
Radio Interviews
WELY Ely, Minnesota- with Paul Schurke and Steve Piragis, January 1996
- with Host, January 1997
- Advertisement for Steger Mukluks, January 1997
- North House Folk School, June 2006
Television
- Bill Green's Maine, Winterwalk 2005 & 2006
WCSH-TV, Portland, ME, 2005, 2006 - CNN
byline on bottom of screen announcing that we had completed a 200 mile snowshoe trip celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary! And here we thought we were doing the Winterwalks to take schoolchildren on a vicarious winter trip! - The Writers
CCTV, Chelmsford, MA, February 1996 - Winter Camping with the Conovers & Studio Interview
WABI-TV, Bangor, ME, February 1995 - Color ME Green with Bill Green
WCSH-TV, Portland, ME, September 1994 - Made in Maine with Lou McNally
Maine Public Broadcasting, 11/11/93 - Made in Maine with Lou McNally
Maine Public Broadcasting, Fall, 1992 #301 - Maine Magazine with Russ Ottey
WCBB-TV, Lewiston, ME, June 25, 1985 #403 - Evening Magazine with Barry Nolan
WBZ-TV, Boston, MA, 30 Minutes, September 19, 1985