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Katherine Jacob has travelled worldwide,
from trekking to Machu Picchu, tracing family routes in
the Balkans, and horseback riding along the Oregon Trail,
to sea kayaking with Orcas in the Pacific Ocean, skiing
under the midnight sun in Lapland, and dogsledding along
the Moose River near Hudson’s Bay. Her cultural
focus has included a wide variety of places from historical
cities such Florence, Italy and Quito, Ecuador, to backstreet
blues bars in Louisiana and the neon facades of Las Vegas.
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She has written hundreds of travel and cultural articles and
columns for a variety of national and international newspapers,
such as The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and The Boston
Globe, and magazines such as Equinox, Backpacker and Explore. |
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She is the author of a series of Canadian
best sellers: 44 Country
Trails, Bruce Peninsula Trails, Grand River Country Trails,
The Best of the Bruce Trail, Trails of the Oak Ridges
Moraine and Grand River Country Trails 2. Proceeds
from this book series have supported the following environmental,
conservation and charity projects: The Record Literacy
Fund (Kitchener-Waterloo), Thompson Creek Restoration
at the Grand River (Dunnville), Mountsbeg Centre for Birds
of Prey (Campbelville), The Grand River Trail (Kitchener-Waterloo),
Stacey Meadow Habitat Restoration (Hamilton), Black Creek
Conservation Area Trail (Port Dover), Groundwater Protection
on the Oak Ridges Moraine (Toronto) and the Bruce Trail
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A Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)
member, Katherine also holds a Masters
in Environmental Literature and Writing, and teaches
writing workshops. Her outdoor certificates range from
Yamnuska Avalanche Awareness I and Wilderness First Responder
to Boulder Outdoor Survival School and Karamat Winter
Wilderness Survival Skills courses.She is currently writing
a memoir based on her travels.
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