Maxwell W. Finkelstein

Max has spent his career as a biologist, interpretive planner and park planner with Canada’s national parks and the Canadian Wildlife Service. He has travelled more than 25,000 km by canoe throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Australia and has published two books on his paddling adventures. Max received the prestigious Bill Mason Award (National) for lifetime achievement in Canadian river conservation in 2009, was named one of Canada’s top 100 living explorers in 2015 by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and received the 2017 Nature Inspiration Award from the Canadian Museum of Nature for his work in bringing Canada to Canadians. In the summer of 2017, to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial, Max organized the Four Winds Brigade — the largest gathering of fur trade canoes in Ottawa since the fur trade era.

Articles by Maxwell W. Finkelstein

Virginia Falls
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Nahanni National Park Reserve
Caribou
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Ivvavik National Park
Flowerpot Island
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Cape Breton Island, Coast
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park
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Margaree River
Kouchibouguac National Park
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Kouchibouguac National Park
Canoes at Banff National Park
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National Parks of Canada
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Alsek River
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Kicking Horse River
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Boundary Waters-Voyageur Waterway
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Arctic Red River
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Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Gros Morne
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Gros Morne National Park
Grassland
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Grasslands National Park
Selkirk Mountains
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Glacier National Park
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Fundy National Park
Forillon National Park
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Forillon National Park
Mount Revelstoke Park
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Mount Revelstoke National Park
Radium Hot Springs
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Kootenay National Park
Green Gables
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Prince Edward Island National Park
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Main River
Lac Wapizagonke
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La Mauricie National Park
Pacific Rim
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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Moose Habitat
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Riding Mountain National Park
Bear grass flowers in Waterton
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Waterton Lakes National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park
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Wood Buffalo National Park
Minto Bridges
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Rideau River
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Shelburne River
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Seal River
Vuntut National Park
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Vuntut National Park
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Hillsborough River
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Soper River
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Canadian Heritage Rivers System
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Bloodvein River
Bison
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Elk Island National Park
Totem Poles, SGang Gwaay
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Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
 Banff National Park
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Banff National Park
Aulavik National Park
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Aulavik National Park
Night Rideau Canal
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Rideau Canal
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Mattawa River
Iles de Mingan
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Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
International Bridge
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Thousand Islands National Park (formerly St Lawrence Islands National Park)
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Thames River
Niagara Escarpment
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Bruce Peninsula National Park
Ellesmere Island
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Quttinirpaaq National Park
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Bonnet Plume River
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Humber River (Ontario)
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Grand River
Prince Albert National Park
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Prince Albert National Park
Auyuittuq National Park
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Auyuittuq National Park
Pukaskwa National Park
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Pukaskwa National Park
Coast of Terra Nova National Park
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Terra Nova National Park
Kluane National Park
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Kluane National Park and Reserve
Hiking in Qausuittuq National Park
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Qausuittuq National Park
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Rouge National Urban Park