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  • Where the Falcon Flies

  • A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey from My Doorstep to the Arctic
  • Written by: Adam Shoalts
  • Narrated by: Adam Shoalts
  • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Where the Falcon Flies

Written by: Adam Shoalts
Narrated by: Adam Shoalts
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From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastness of Canada’s landscape and history.


Looking out his porch window one spring morning, Adam Shoalts spotted a majestic peregrine falcon flying across the neighbouring fields near Lake Erie. Each spring, falcons migrate from southernmost Canada to remote arctic mountains. Grabbing his backpack and canoe, Shoalts resolved to follow the falcon’s route north on an astonishing 3,400-kilometre journey to the Arctic.

Along the way, he faces a huge variety of challenges and obstacles, including storms on the Great Lakes, finding campsites in the urban wilderness of Toronto and Montreal, avoiding busy commercial freighter traffic, gale force winds, massive hydroelectric dams, bushwhacking without trails, dealing with hunger, multiple bear encounters, and navigating white-water rapids on icy northern rivers far from any help.

In his signature style, Shoalts roams as much across space as he does time, winding his way through a stunning diversity of landscapes ranging from lush Carolinian forests to lonely windswept mountains, salty seas to trackless swamps, pristine lakes to glittering mega-cities, as well as the sites of long ago battles, shipwrecks, forgotten forts, and abandoned trading posts. Through his travels, he reveals how interconnected wild places are, from the loneliest depths of the northern wilderness to busy urban parks, and the vital importance of these connections.

Where the Falcon Flies invites readers on an extraordinary armchair adventure that spans five ecoregions and centuries of fascinating history, and is a masterwork by one of Canada’s most successful and audacious authors.

©2023 Adam Shoalts (P)2023 Allen Lane

What the critics say

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“For most of us, the expression “as the crow flies”—or, in this case, peregrine falcon—is usefully descriptive. Not so for adventurer-historian Shoalts. . . .” The Globe and Mail

“Epic. . . . fighting gale-force winds and plunging into freezing water . . . this trip was like no other.” The Hamilton Spectator

“Adam Shoalts has famously explored the Arctic, created A History of Canada in Ten Maps, and now in Where the Falcon Flies, reveal[s] the interconnectedness between landscape and nature.” Toronto Star

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Another great adventure!

Nice to break away from day to day life … thank you Adam for taking us along on your Canadian canoeing adventure, you have a descriptive way with words!

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if you are a paddler or historian, this is for you

great story, loved it.. just noted a repeat of a section early on in chapter 6.

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Captivating adventure!

Another great book by Adam! He is a great story teller, and his adventures are captivating to listen too! I look forward to the next one!

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It's an epic adventure!

This book was difficult to put down!

When starting the book, I was expecting a retelling strictly of the adventure to the Arctic, but I was pleasantly surprised by all the history intermixed within the adventure.

Adam is definitely living a dream many of us have had and is truly an inspiration.

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As always, an amazing adventure with Shoalts!

Another great book by one of Canadas best adventurers, with a talent to bring you along with him on his journey.

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A new style of adventure from Adam and its great

I have read and listened to all of Adam’s books, he is incredible and doing what we all want go on an adventure. This book is just as good as his others but with a much larger human element. Love it

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