One Man's Mile

As the new curate at St. Thomas Church, Moose Factory Island, James Collins soon learned about the Crees who were his congregation. He studied their dialect and honed his language skills as he travelled across the North, visiting their villages and providing for their spiritual needs. He observed their ways, listened to their stories, and gained astonishing insights into life.
His eye for the beauty and poetry of the North has created a lasting record of a time that is fading into memory.
The author writes, "I experienced two different worlds growing up in a middle-class, suburban neighbourhood. . . . I lived another life, every summer, vacationing at a rustic cabin on a lake in Ontario. . . . I always dreamed of living in the woods."