McGahern Stewart Publishing

McGahern Stewart Publishing is an independent Ottawa-based publishing house that specializes in books on northern travel. It was formed in 2011 in an attempt to bring out-of-print and never-before-published accounts of northern travel to the public’s attention in a series called “Forgotten Northern Classics.” McGahern Stewart Publishing is committed to making these historical northern titles available in high-quality, handsome editions with maps, photographs, and supplementary editorial material for the reader of the literature of the north.

To order and for inquiries, please contact us at:

McGahern Stewart Publishing
368 Dalhousie Street, Suite 301
Ottawa, ON K1N 7G3
mcspublishing@gmail.com
(613) - 230 - 2275

Click cover for more info	Sleeping Island is the account of author P. G. Downes’ 1939 canoe trip through little-known country to the edge of the Barren Lands. First published in 1943, Sleeping Island is considered a classic of far northern travel literature. Title: Sleeping Island: The Narrative of a Summer’s Travel in Northern Manitoba and the Northwest Territories Author: P. G. Downes Editor: R. H. Cockburn (new introduction & additional notes) Publication Information: McGahern Stewart Publishing, Ottawa, 2011 Includes: 54 photos, 8 maps, selections from Downes’ 1939 journal ISBN: 978-0-9868600-0-3 Price: 34.95

	Click here to view P. G. Downes’ Sleeping Island photographs, many in the original colour. (P.G. Downes wrote Sleeping Island, the first book in the McGahern Stewart Publishing “Forgotten Northern Classics” series)

Distant Summers Forthcoming Book	Distant Summers Distant is the collection of P. G. Downes’ inland journals of his northern journeys in the years 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1947. Many having never before appeared in print, these journals document Downes’ travels by canoe, boat, and floatplane in Canada’s far north. Title: Distant Summers: P.G. Downes’ Journals of Travels in Northern Canada, 1936-1947 Author: P. G. Downes Editor: R. H. Cockburn Publication information: McGahern Stewart Publishing To receive notice when Distant Summers and other titles and photo updates from McGahern Stewart Publishing become available, click here.