The Canadian Boy Scout (Legacy Edition): The First 1911 Handbook For Scouts In Canada - Hardcover

by Robert Baden-Powell (Author)

The Very First 1911 Version of the Canadian Boy Scout Handbook!

This deluxe reprint Legacy Edition of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's The Canadian Boy Scout is the first 1911 version of the scout handbook for scouts in Canada. Full of knowledge and instruction on what it takes to be an effective scout in the early Canadian scout program, this book is full of tips on camping, hiking, and mastering the vast Canadian wilderness.

Partially adapted from his earlier book Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell penned a wholly updated and unique book especially for scouts in Canada. As affiliates of the British scouting program, the extension of scouting into Canada was natural with the creation of the American scouting program at roughly the same time.

This book includes timeless knowledge on multiple topics, including: early Canadian scout organization and awards; camping; seamanship and sea scouting; signaling and communications; pioneering, knots, and ropework; traveling in the outdoors; camp cookery and kitchens; tracking and trailing animals; reading the landscape; spooring; nature lore; animal and plant identification; exercises for physical fitness; chivalry; patriotism; first aid and lifesaving; self-discipline; and self-improvement.

Pick up this book that was printed specially for scouts in Canada! Full of outdoors knowledge, its valuable contents will help anyone, from avid outdoorsperson to tenderfoot, achieve success in the outdoors. As a historical piece, it provides unparalleled insights into the earliest days of scouting in North America and Canada.

This book makes a perfect gift for campers, hunters, hikers, bushcrafters, outdoorsmen, folks who enjoy the forest and the open air, scouts, and scout leaders.

A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 11

This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Canadian Boy Scout is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge.

About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics

Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency!

As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations.