Dragging Canoe

Dragging Canoe

male, deceased (1792)
Dragging Canoe (c. 1738 - March 1, 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of young Cherokees against the United States in...
Bill Reid

Bill Reid

male, deceased (1998)
William (Bill) Ronald Reid was a Canadian jeweler, sculptor and artist. He was born to a father of European descent and a mother from the Haida...
Dorothy Molter

Dorothy Molter

female, deceased (1986)
Dorothy Louise Molter (1907 - 1986) lived alone for 56 years on Knife Lake in the Boundary Waters, near Ely, Minnesota. She made root beer and...
Birgit Fischer

Birgit Fischer

female
Birgit Fischer (born 25 February 1962 in Brandenburg an der Havel, then East Germany) is a kayaker, who has won 8 gold medals over a record 6...
Sigurd F. Olson

Sigurd F. Olson

male, deceased (1982)
Sigurd F. Olson (April 4, 1899 - January 13, 1982) was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. Born in...
Verlen Kruger

Verlen Kruger

male
Verlen Kruger (June 30, 1922, Pulaski County, Indiana - August 2, 2004) was a canoe enthusiast who paddled over 160,000km (100,000 miles) in his...
Richard Dalton

Richard Dalton

male, 30 years old
Richard Dalton (born August 27, 1979 in Cork, Ireland) is a Canadian canoeist. He is a student at St. Mary's University. He won a bronze medal at...
Joe Seliga

Joe Seliga

male
Joe Seliga was a master builder of wood-and-canvas canoes in Ely, Minnesota. Seliga was inspired by the elegant Morris canoes of Maine, built from...
Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley

female, deceased (1900)
Mary Henrietta Kingsley (October 13, 1862 - June 3, 1900) was an English writer and explorer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and...
Paul Landry

Paul Landry

male, 54 years old
Paul Landry M.B. (born September 6, 1955) is a French-Canadian polar explorer, author, and adventurer who is the only paid man to ever reach three...