Ottawa Outdoors writer receives award! Ottawa Outdoors regular contributor


Kathleen Wilker received the prestigious 2010 Bruce Timmermans Award in May for her outstanding contribution to encouraging cycling in Ottawa. Wilker is a founding member of the Hintonburg Cycling Champions and has initiated cycling programs in her neighbourhood’s schools. Wilker’s Ottawa Outdoors articles on riding with children have inspired area cyclists to hit the trails or the roads with their families and enjoy all the great outdoors opportunities our region has to offer. Congratulations Kathleen!!!


BOOK NOOK Sadly, the


rich personal experiences of those who built and first worked North America’s oldest active canal have been all but lost to history. These fictional accounts, consistent with historical records, speak to a


forgotten time when Irish, Scottish, American, French and English cultures converged and sometimes clashed. The stories attempt to revisit the


lives of navvies, surveyors, builders, voyageurs, lockmasters and others who shaped a region’s not-so-distant past. Faced with perilous conditions, extreme weather and deadly disease, their humanity and fortitude were arguably as colourful and impressive as the waterway itself. Title: Rideau Whispers In Stone Author: Darren Jerome (writes under Craig McCue) Date of Publication: 2009 Price; $19.95 Number of Pages: 175 Publisher: Rusali Publishing Available in local bookstores,


the Bytown Museum, and the Friends of the Rideau website: www.rideaufriends.com Contact author at: whispersinstone@gmail.com


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