A nostalgic look back at the river and lake steamboats that travelled prairie waterways.

Reprint. Originally published: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, c1977.

First down the Red -- The Scot, the wolf, and the honourable company -- Paddles of peace and war -- Walterdale steam -- Saskatchewan tramp steamers -- The queer apple -- J.K. Cornwall and his N.T.C. -- Sontiainen lives -- Laird of the Saskatchewan -- In defiance of the bte noire -- On the sixth Great Lake -- Epilogue.