[2] A water park based on the book was opened in 2016 in the town of Nipigon, where the fictional journey begins.

[3] At Lake Nipigon, Ontario, a First Nation boy carves a wooden model of an “Indian” in a canoe.

At one point, a man finds the inscription very worn and adds a metal plate bearing similar words.

By chance, the original maker, now a grown man, is working there as a local guide and he also sees the newspaper.

Each movement of the canoe is celebrated by a short chapter, suitable for reading aloud to a child and decorated with black-and-white sketches and at least one full-page watercolor, all by the author.