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- ↑ Eric W. Morse Fonds (collections) R8288 Canadian National Archives R8288 Prepared in 2002 by R. Fisher for the Social and Cultural Archives Retrieved 10/28/20/13 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000794.pdf
- 1 2 Bio and Publishers Weekly book review info. Retrieved 10/28/13 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freshwater-saga-eric-w-morse/1114477701?ean=9780802026101
- ↑ Listing of honorary members of the Explorer's Club Retrieved 10/28/13 http://www.explorers.org/index.php/about/history/honorary_members Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Canadian Geographic magazine web site Retrieved 10/28/13 "From the archives" box gives 1977 date for Canadian Geographic article. "In 1977, canoeing pioneer Eric W. Morse described in the Canadian Geographical Journal the history of utilitarian and recreational canoeing in Canada. After the First World War, writes Morse, two-thirds of Canadians lived in cities, giving the wilderness—and canoeing—a new purpose. “[T]he wilderness instead of being hated and feared had come to have a new, escape value,” he writes, “and the canoe remained the best way to penetrate it.”" "Path of the paddle (Page 2) - Canadian Geographic". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- ↑ Canadian Geographic magazine article: Recreational canoeing in Canada; its history and its hazards. By Eric W. Morse Retrieved 10/28/13 http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/ja12/pdf/recreational_canoeing_web.pdf Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Che-mun journal Summer 2005 The Journal of Canadian Wilderness Canoeing Pages 5 & 8 Retrieved 10/29/13 http://www.ottertooth.com/che-mun/121/chemun121.pdf
- ↑ Sigurd F. Olson: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Historical Society archive inventory, summarization and overview Sig Olson materials Retrieved 10/29/13 http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00316.xml
- ↑ Barnes & Noble listing of his books Retrieved 10/28/13 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/eric-w.-morse
- ↑ Open directory project listing of his books. Retrieved 10/28/13 https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL971948A/Eric_W._Morse
- ↑ Amazon.com listing and image of Fur trade canoe routes of Canada / Then and now Retrieved 10/29/13https://www.amazon.com/Fur-Trade-Canoe-Routes-Canada/dp/0802063845
- ↑ Amazon listing, description and image of book Freshwater Saga Memoirs of a Lifetime of Wilderness Canoeing Retrieved 10/29/13 https://www.amazon.com/Freshwater-Saga-Lifetime-Wilderness-Canoeing/dp/0942802551
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